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Russia Ranks as 76th Happiest Country in World

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Russian ranks as the 76th happiest country in an international list of some 150 countries, according the World Happiness Report, released this week, by the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

Russian ranks as the 76th happiest country in an international list of some 150 countries, according the World Happiness Report, released this week, by the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

Well-known economist John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs, who are the authors of the report, concluded that the happiest countries are in northern Europe. They assessed the political freedom, social security and lack of corruption of all countries included in the survey. These factors, according to scientists, are much more important than the income of the population. The table was topped by such wealthy nations as Denmark, Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, Canada and Switzerland. Their “happy factor” is 7.6 out of 10 points.

According to the report, Australians, Irish and Americans come in 9th, 10th and 11th, the United Kingdom was18th on the list.

Russia took 76th place in the study, Kazakhstan finished at 59th place, Lithuania was 60th, Belarus came in at number 62 and Estonia ranked as the 72nd happiest country. In turn, Ukraine made it only to the 91st place and Latvia, 116th.

U.S. experts have recognized “sub-Saharan” countries as the "least happy" countries. They include Togo, Benin, the Central African Republic and Sierra Leone. Their average survival was 3.4 points.

The table was created by the UN, which compiled worldwide survey responses from 2005 until mid-2011 to determine the happiness level of 156 different countries.

 

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