The score is survey based, not based on economic/life indicators. The authors of the index then try to explain the results of the survey based on these indicators, but
>The rankings in Figure 2.1 of World Happiness Report 2022 use data from the Gallup World Poll surveys from 2019 to 2021. **They are based on answers to the main life evaluation question asked in the poll. This is called the Cantril ladder: it asks respondents to think of a ladder, with the best possible life for them being a 10 and the worst possible life being a 0. They are then asked to rate their own current lives on that 0 to 10 scale.** The rankings are from nationally representative samples for the years 2019-2021. They are based entirely on the survey scores, using the Gallup weights to make the estimates representative. The sub-bars in Figure 2.1 show the estimated extent to which each of six factors (levels of GDP, life expectancy, generosity, social support, freedom, and corruption) is estimated to contribute to making life evaluations higher in each country than in Dystopia. Dystopia is a hypothetical country with values equal to the world’s lowest national averages for each of the six factors (see FAQs: What is Dystopia?). **The sub-bars have no impact on the total score reported for each country but instead are just a way of explaining the implications of the model estimated in Table 2.1.** People often ask why some countries rank higher than others – the sub-bars (including the residuals, which show what is not explained) attempt to answer that question.
Our goal is to at least be better than Belgium and that makes us happy
So, money *does* equal happiness? Who knew.
Torille.
I can guarantee Balkan is 10000x times happier than Scandinavia. We complain more because our life quality is lacking but at the end of the day we don’t listen to Rock and dress all black and hide from the neighbors
doesn’t make sense when you consider suicide rate map posted the other day lol. happiness from material wealth is not same type of happiness you’ll experience from people in developing countries that have very little..like some fisherman dude in asia or africa etc
Finland must have some weird definition of happiness which causes them to win every time. I’ve never met a happy fin, they’re always miserable in some way – and even if they aren’t they sure as shit aren’t the HAPPIEST MOFOS IN EUROPE. I truly believe that their “one shouldn’t complain unless lying on the floor bleeding out from stab wounds” attitude causes them to say that they’re happy when someone from any other culture would answer differently under the same circumstances.
Finns aren’t that much happier than the rest. I would argue that folks around here are just more humble and modest, and thus more often content with their lot than not.
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[Source](https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2022/happiness-benevolence-and-trust-during-covid-19-and-beyond/#ranking-of-happiness-2019-2021).
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The score is survey based, not based on economic/life indicators. The authors of the index then try to explain the results of the survey based on these indicators, but
>The rankings in Figure 2.1 of World Happiness Report 2022 use data from the Gallup World Poll surveys from 2019 to 2021. **They are based on answers to the main life evaluation question asked in the poll. This is called the Cantril ladder: it asks respondents to think of a ladder, with the best possible life for them being a 10 and the worst possible life being a 0. They are then asked to rate their own current lives on that 0 to 10 scale.** The rankings are from nationally representative samples for the years 2019-2021. They are based entirely on the survey scores, using the Gallup weights to make the estimates representative. The sub-bars in Figure 2.1 show the estimated extent to which each of six factors (levels of GDP, life expectancy, generosity, social support, freedom, and corruption) is estimated to contribute to making life evaluations higher in each country than in Dystopia. Dystopia is a hypothetical country with values equal to the world’s lowest national averages for each of the six factors (see FAQs: What is Dystopia?). **The sub-bars have no impact on the total score reported for each country but instead are just a way of explaining the implications of the model estimated in Table 2.1.** People often ask why some countries rank higher than others – the sub-bars (including the residuals, which show what is not explained) attempt to answer that question.
[Source](https://worldhappiness.report/faq/).
Our goal is to at least be better than Belgium and that makes us happy
So, money *does* equal happiness? Who knew.
Torille.
I can guarantee Balkan is 10000x times happier than Scandinavia. We complain more because our life quality is lacking but at the end of the day we don’t listen to Rock and dress all black and hide from the neighbors
doesn’t make sense when you consider suicide rate map posted the other day lol. happiness from material wealth is not same type of happiness you’ll experience from people in developing countries that have very little..like some fisherman dude in asia or africa etc
Finland must have some weird definition of happiness which causes them to win every time. I’ve never met a happy fin, they’re always miserable in some way – and even if they aren’t they sure as shit aren’t the HAPPIEST MOFOS IN EUROPE. I truly believe that their “one shouldn’t complain unless lying on the floor bleeding out from stab wounds” attitude causes them to say that they’re happy when someone from any other culture would answer differently under the same circumstances.
Finns aren’t that much happier than the rest. I would argue that folks around here are just more humble and modest, and thus more often content with their lot than not.
As a Finn, can confirm.