Albania was ranked penultimate in Europe in the Happiness Index 2022, a publication of the United Nations (UN), which is published in the framework of Happiness Day, which is March 20.
Albania was ranked 90th out of 146 countries in total, while among European countries it leaves behind Turkey, which is in 112th place.
Northern Macedonia ranks slightly ahead of Albania in 89th place. Bosnia-Herzegovina is in 67th place, Montenegro 75th. Serbia is one of the 10 countries in the world that has had the highest improvement, ranking 43rd.
In contrast to the Albanians of Albania, the Albanians of Kosovo are ranked the happiest people in the region and among the happiest in the world, ranking 32nd, almost the same as the Italians and Spaniards.
Indicators on which the index is based take into account per capita income, expectations for a healthy life, support from friends and relatives, data on charity, freedom to make choices in life and perceived levels of corruption.
The global ranking is dominated by the Nordic countries
After the pandemic, the good news is that in this year’s report there is an improvement in the perception of happiness in the world.
For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the happiest country in the world.
The Nordic country and its neighbors, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all have very good results in the indicator that the report uses to explain its findings: healthy longevity, GDP per capita, social support in difficult times, corruption of low and high social trust, generosity in a community where people care about each other and freedom to make key life decisions.
Denmark is in second place in this year’s ranking, followed by Iceland in third place. Sweden and Norway are in seventh and eighth place respectively.
Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg rank 4th to 6th, Israel ranks 9th and New Zealand closes the top 10.
Canada (No. 15), the United States (No. 16) and the United Kingdom (No. 17) all entered the top 20.
According to the report, anxiety and stress subsided in the second year of the pandemic.
Adapted from Monitor *
