The United Nations recently released the "World Happiness Report" (World Happiness Report) after the global epidemic. The rankings of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan sparked heated discussions among netizens.
The United Nations released the Global Happiness Report on March 20. China ranks 64th in the report, up 8 places from last year.
The report interviewed a total of 100,000 people around the world, covering 137 countries and regions. The evaluation method was to ask 1,000 people in each region. From 2020 to 2022, a full score of 10 was used as a measure of happiness, and at the same time life expectancy, per capita GDP, social assistance, levels of corruption, levels of freedom, and the generosity with which people take care of each other are used as criteria. The Chinese people ranked 64th, their happiness index in the report is only 5.8 points.
Taiwan ranks second in Asia in terms of happiness
The report shows that the general sense of well-being of the people has not declined due to the new crown epidemic in the past three years. In the report, the country that ranks first in happiness is Finland, which scored 7.8 points in the report. This is the sixth consecutive year that Finland has won the championship. In addition, the top 10 countries are Denmark, Iceland, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand. Among Western countries, the US ranks 15th and the UK ranks 19th.
In Asia, Taiwan ranks 27th in the world with a score of 6.5, just behind Singapore, which ranks 25th; Hong Kong ranks 82nd with a score of 5.3.
The five countries with the lowest happiness index in the world are located in the Middle East and Africa, namely the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, and Lebanon. Afghanistan is at the bottom with a happiness index of 1.9.
Is China the "happiest" country in the world?
A few days ago, the Chinese media widely reported on the Global Happiness Index Report issued by Ipsos, an "internationally renowned polling agency". Among the 32 surveyed countries, the report shows that China's happiness index is 91%, which is 91%. The "happiest" of all countries. This data is not only completely different from the United Nations survey, but also caused Chinese netizens to complain on social platforms.
Some netizens said that this is a "report that even the Chinese themselves don't believe", "The Pusuo Group was bribed by the CCP, and this organization is no longer worthy of trust." Another netizen pointed out, “The survey sample only selects officials at the provincial, ministerial, and bureau levels. The 91% happiness level means that 9% of them are being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.