Norway Happiest Country: Declares Forbes.com, Prosperity.com, Li.com

22 Jan 2013

Norway is the happiest country in the world as per recent rankings and USA has slipped to 12^th from 10^th position.

This ranking was as per a study on 142 countries that comprises of 96% of the world’s population conducted by the London-based Legatum Institute Prosperity Index, a report posted on Forbes.com said.

89 indicators were assessed which were divided into 8 categories - economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, education, health, safety and security, personal freedom and social capital.

Norway whose per capita GDP is at $57,000 a year is the happiest and is followed by Denmark, Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Ireland in the ranking list.

“Norwegians have the second-highest level of satisfaction with their standards of living: 95 percent say they are satisfied with the freedom to choose the direction of their lives; an unparalleled 74 percent say other people can be trusted,”

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