New Delhi: The United Nations World Happiness Report, which touted Finland as the happiest place to live in, has concurred that India is getting unhappier by the day.
On the other hand, all of it’s neighbours, including Pakistan are much happier.
India, which dropped four places in the 2017 World Happiness Report, fell a further 11 places in the 2018 report. It now ranks a low 133 on the list of 156 countries monitored by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
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By comparison, Pakistan, which was already happier than India in the 2017 rankings, is shown as being even happier in the 2018 rankings. It’s on number 75, up five spots from last year.
Not just Pakistan, all of India’s immediate neighbours are more joyful than Indians, despite many of them not being nearly as well-off economically or even socially. Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka are all ahead of India in the Happiness rankings.
Even ‘state-controlled’ China is happier than India, stated a report in Times of India.
