Lebanon Simply Ranked 2nd Unhappiest Worldwide

Lebanon, regardless of its quite a few challenges, boasts a resilient inhabitants adept at discovering happiness amidst adversity, even amidst prevailing discontent.

Because the World Happiness Report (WHR) 2024 reveals its findings to commemorate the UN’s Worldwide Day of Happiness, Lebanon as soon as once more finds itself located among the many decrease tiers.

Becoming a member of Yemen and Egypt on the backside of the happiness index among the many least joyful nations within the Center East and North Africa, Lebanon is second solely to Afghanistan in international unhappiness, in accordance with the WHR.

Latest Gallup analysis signifies a decline in happiness ranges throughout all age teams within the Center East and North Africa, in addition to South Asia.

The report highlights substantial international happiness tendencies with Finland sustaining its high rating for the seventh consecutive 12 months.

Which nations have been within the backside 10?

Trying on the backside 10 first, Afghanistan stays the world’s unhappiest nation in a largely unchanged rating. Lebanon maintained the second least happiest place from the 2022 rankings.

134. Zambia

135. Eswatini

136. Malawi

137. Botswana

138. Zimbabwe

139. Congo

140. Sierra Leone

141. Lesotho

142. Lebanon

143. Afghanistan

Which nations have been within the high 10?

This 12 months’s high 10 rankings remained unchanged, particularly the highest three.

1. Finland

2. Denmark

3. Iceland

4. Sweden

5. Israel

6. Netherlands

7. Norway

8. Luxembourg

9. Switzerland

10. Australia

The WHR evaluates happiness utilizing standards similar to life evaluations, GDP per capita, wholesome life, expectancy, social help, freedom, generosity, and perceptions of corruption.

Since 2019, Lebanon has been coping with a multi-layered disaster affecting the financial system and political life, in addition to the Beirut port blast. All inflicting mass migration outdoors of the nation.