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World Happiness Report 2021
Finland tops the list, India ranks at 136 and Afghanistan is the world's unhappiest country
The top seven happiest countries in the world for 2021 were all Northern European countries. The top 5 and bottom 5 happy countries
3 out of top 5 happy countries are Scandinavian (Finland, Denmark & Iceland).
Countries ranked from most happy to least happy
67 countries are less happy than the previous year. Pakistan has become significantly sadder than the previous year, 2020.
Top 10 countries whose Happiness index dropped significantly when compared to previous year.
Pakistan, El Salvador, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Turkey, Morocco, Benin, Malta and Nicaragua are the top 10 countries whose Happiness index dropped significantly when compared to previous year.
Source: worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/happiest-countries-in-the-world.
The base for the world tile grid map was taken from github.com/mustafasaifee42/Tile-Grid-Map
By Devarani Bodanapu, Information Designer, Storylabs.