28th July 2006
Great to be a Dane
Adrian White from the University of Leicester in the UK used the responses of 80,000 people worldwide to map out subjective wellbeing.
Denmark came top, followed closely by Switzerland and Austria. The UK ranked 41st. Zimbabwe and Burundi came bottom.
A nation’s level of happiness was most closely associated with health levels.
Wealth and education were the next strongest determinants of national happiness.
Posted by Nic Price at 9:07 pm on 28th July 2006
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I think all this stuff about wellbeing is fascinating - I booked a very nice man called Dr Nick Baylis to talk to the senior bods in BBC Global News about wellbeing as he is co-founder of the Wellbeing Institute at Cambridge University. He turned a room full of quite cynical hacks into mesmirised putty. It was amazing! Here’s a link to his site: http://www.NickBaylis.com