Friday, March 19 2021 17:46

ArmInfo.Armenia was ranked 86th in the World Happiness Report, located between the Ivory Coast and Nepal. However, over the year, Armenia improved its indicators by 30 positions, since in the 2020 happiness rating, it was on the 116th position.

In the current rating, Armenia is four points ahead of Azerbaijan and  22 points ahead of Georgia, which took the 108th place. Russia, in  turn, is 10 points ahead of Armenia.

The Global Happiness Report 2021 released today says it focuses  focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world  have fared. ''Our aim was two-fold, first to focus on the effects of  COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people's lives, and second  to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have  dealt with the pandemic. In particular, we try to explain why some  countries have done so much better than others.''

Note that Finland ranks first in the ranking. Denmark is on the  second line, and Switzerland is on the third place. Finland has been  leading the happiness index for the 4th year in a row. The top 10  also includes Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg,  New Zealand and Austria. Rounding out the list are Rwanda, Zimbabwe  and Afghanistan.

When determining the place in the ranking, the jury members take into  account such indicators as GDP per capita, social support, life  expectancy, people's sincerity, perceptions of corruption, etc.  The  latest Report, which measures the level of happiness in 149  countries, was published on the eve of the International Day of  Happiness, celebrated on 20 March.  World Happiness Ranking The  Columbia University Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) is based  on research from the Gallup World Survey and the Lloyd's Register  Foundation and assesses the level of life satisfaction in more than  150 countries around the world in accordance with the Bhutan  Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in June 2011 year in  which national governments were asked to "put more emphasis on  happiness and well-being in determining how to achieve and measure  socio-economic development."