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Danes are happiest people in the world: British survey
London (AFP) Jul 28, 2006 Danes are the happiest people in the world, according to a new survey published Friday that measures health, wealth, education, sense of identity and the aesthetic quality of the landscape. The survey follows another earlier this month that said the tiny South Pacific Ocean archipelago of Vanuatu was the happiest country on Earth. Friday's study, published by a University of Leicester academic who produced a World Map of Happiness, showed seven of the top 10 happiest countries were Western democracies, with the Bahamas, Bhutan and Brunei being the exceptions. The United States ranks 23rd, Germany comes in at number 35, and Britain ranks 41st. "When people are asked if they are happy with their lives, people in countries with good health care, a higher GDP (gross domestic product) per capita, and access to education were much more likely to report being happy," said Adrian White, the social psychologist who carried out the study. "The frustrations of modern life, and the anxieties of the age, seem to be much less significant compared to the health, financial and educational needs in other parts of the world." White's analysis was based on the findings of more than 100 different studies questioning 80,000 people around the world. In the study published earlier this month by the British think-tank New Economics Foundation, ranked certain members of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised countries much lower than the latest survey. The United States, for example, ranked 150th, Germany 81st and Britain 108th. The top 10 were: 1. Denmark 2. Switzerland 3. Austria 4. Iceland 5. Bahamas 6. Finland 7. Sweden 8. Bhutan 9. Brunei 10. Canada Selected others included: 15. Netherlands 17. Malaysia 19. Norway 22. UAE 23. United States 26. Australia 31. Saudi Arabia 38. Kuwait 45. Qatar 46. Spain 62. France 63. Hong Kong 64. Indonesia 76. Thailand 78. Philippines 82. China 90. Japan 109. South Africa 125. India 166. Pakistan 167. Russia Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Dirt, rocks and all the stuff we stand on firmly
Eleven officials sentenced for illegal logging in Cambodia
Phnom Penh (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 Eleven people, including police and military officials, have been given stiff prison sentences over an enormous logging scandal in which tons of timber were taken from a key Cambodian park, court officials said Thursday. |
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