Gallup Inc. asked roughly 1,000 people in each of 148 countries the following questions: Did you feel well-respected yesterday? Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you laugh or smile a lot yesterday? Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?
Here are the 10 the countries where the highest percentage of people answered “yes” to all five questions, and the nine countries with the lowest percentages:
HAPPIEST
Panama, 85 per cent
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Paraguay, 85 per cent
El Salvador, 84 per cent
Venezuela, 84 per cent
Trinidad and Tobago, 83 per cent
Thailand, 83 per cent
Guatemala, 82 per cent
Philippines, 82, per cent
Ecuador, 81 per cent
Costa Rica, 81 per cent
SADDEST
Singapore, 46 per cent
Armenia, 49 per cent
Iraq, 50 per cent
Georgia, 52 per cent
Yemen, 52 per cent
Serbia, 52 per cent
Belarus, 53 per cent
Lithuania, 54 per cent
Madagascar, 54 per cent
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Source: Gallup Inc., http://www.gallup.com/poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx
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