UN’s World Happiness Report 2021

• India has been ranked 139 out of 149 countries in the list of UN World Happiness Report 2021, in 2020, India was ranked 144 out of 156 countries.
• Finland ranked the top spot in the report with India’s neighbours Pakistan ranking 105th, Bangladesh at 101st and China on 84th on the report.
• Finalnd is followed by Iceland, Denmark, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Norway.
• The World Happiness Report 2021, issued by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, focuses on the effects of  COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared.

The Parameters used for measuring happiness in the report : The survey used the Gallup World Poll. This world poll asked people to vote on three indicators:

• Life Evaluations
• Positive Emotions
• Negative Emotions