ArmInfo.Armenia ranked 116 out of 156 in the ranking of the happiest countries in the world, compiled by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Thus, compared with the year 2018, improving its position by 13 points.
First place in the list was taken by Finland, gaining the maximum number of points - 7.76. The second and third places were taken by Denmark (7.6) and Norway (7.55), respectively. Switzerland took 6th place (7.48), Canada - 9th (7.27), Israel - 13th (7.13), and Germany - 17th place (6.98). Russia was in 68th place (5.64) between Pakistan and the Philippines, and, compared with 2018, lost nine positions.
Moldova is at the 71st place (5.53) between Serbia and Libya. Belarus - on the 81st (5.32) between Malaysia and Greece, Armenia - on the 116th (4.56), Georgia -on the 119th (4.51). Ukraine is in 133rd place (4.33) between Chad and Ethiopia.
It is noteworthy that in the published list, the highest rating of all the post-Soviet countries is Uzbekistan, located on the 41st position (6.17). Closes the list of the happiest countries of South Sudan - 156th place with an index of 2.83. When calculating the level of happiness, experts took into account six factors: GDP per capita, life expectancy, generosity, social support, as well as freedom and corruption in terms of their influence on making important life decisions. Each of these factors was assessed on a ten-point scale, after which the average score for the country was derived. Finland has already become the happiest country in the 2018 ranking. And in 2017, she topped the list of the Danish The Happiness Research Institute. For the compilation of this rating, estimates based on the recommendations of the UN and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, such as unemployment, inflation, GDP per capita, and citizen satisfaction surveys, were used.