Vietnam increased 2 ranks

Assessment of “Happiness” is based on indicators such as life expectancy, health, per capita income, social support in difficult times, corruption and social trust. Along with that is the generosity of the community and the people are free to make important decisions in life.

The above indicators are compiled from more than 150 countries, conducted by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, with data mainly from Gallup World.

Finland became the happiest country in the world for the fifth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2022. Moreover, Finland’s score is significantly higher than that of the top 15 happiest countries. Best.

Finland is the happiest country in the world, according to the World Happiness Report 2022. Photo: CNN.

Other countries that scored high were Denmark (2nd), Iceland (3), Switzerland (4), the Netherlands (5) and Luxembourg (6), Sweden and Norway ranked 7th and 8th respectively. .

Canada (15), the US (16) and the UK (17) all feature in the top 20.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict puts both countries in the bottom half of the world rankings for happiness, with 80th and 98th positions respectively, while Vietnam ranks 77th. in 2021, Vietnam will increase 2 ranks; In the ranking of 2020, Vietnam is ranked 83rd.

Vietnam ranks 77th among the happiest countries in the world in 2020. Photo: United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Nordic countries have high rankings in the ranking of the happiest countries in 2022. Photo: NY Times.

This year’s report found some good news amid growing global unrest – compassion between people.

“Activities that contribute to charity, help strangers or volunteer are appearing more and more in all regions of the world, compared to before the pandemic and in 2020” – said John Helliwell , the report’s founding editor, told CNN.

Another bright spot in the 2022 report is that the anxiety and stress index has decreased in the 2nd year of the Covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, in 2020, this index will increase by 8%, while in 2021 it will only increase by 4% compared to before the pandemic.

“I think it’s partly because people know what they need to do to deal with the epidemic in the second year, even if there are surprises,” he added.