The World Health Organization (WHO)

 In the latest report released by the United Nations agency, Norway has been declared the happiest country in the world.

 Last year, Denmark topped the list.

 The World Happiness Report analyzes factors such as people's well-being, how happy they are and why.

 In this year's list, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and Finland are the five happiest countries in the world respectively.

 In contrast, the sub-Saharan African countries in Central Africa are among the most unhappy countries in the world.

 Countries in Western Europe and North America lead the way, while the United States is ranked 14th and the United Kingdom is ranked 19th.

 Pakistan is ranked 80th in the World Happiness Report

 In this list, Pakistan is ranked 80th while India is ranked 122nd and Afghanistan is ranked 141st.

 On the list of 155 countries, war-torn Syria is ranked 152nd, while Yemen and Sudan, facing famine-like conditions, are ranked 146th and 147th respectively.

 The International Day of Happiness is celebrated by the United Nations on March 20 and this time, coincidentally, the list of the happiest countries has been released on the same day.

 Under this, psychological questions are asked to 1000 people in 150 countries of the world every year.

 For example, consider a ladder with ten rungs starting at zero and the highest rung being the tenth.  The highest rung of the ladder represents the best possible life, while the lowest rung reflects the worst possible life.  So personally, where do you find yourself at the moment?'

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 Sub-Saharan African countries in Central Africa are among the most unhappy countries in the world

 The average result obtained under this question is the country's score.  Under this, Norway has the highest seven-point score of 54, while the lowest two-point score of the African Republic is 69.

 But in this process of measuring happiness, many factors like economic development, social support, freedom to use options, average life expectancy, generosity and corruption are also taken into consideration.

 This time, a question was also asked that why the level of happiness is decreasing despite the steady economic growth in America.

 The authors of this report say that focusing only on economic growth in the United States does not bring happiness, but that America needs to address a variety of social problems such as inequality, corruption, isolation, and mistrust.  need of

 According to the report, America's crisis is not economic but social.