Many of these countries are just plain eaten up by Muslims. I find the results difficult to believe.
Of these, I’d pick Australia to retire to.
Canada is just too COLD and the rest are just too liberal.
It seems odd to me that of these 10 “happiest” countries, only two (Israel and The Netherlands) have suicide rates that are lower than the US. (See:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate)
The definition of “happy” varies widely. Which nation is “happiest” is more a matter of what percentage of residents achieve _their_ definition of happy, not whether demographic statistics adhere to a Western Leftist’s definition thereof.
Oh please. We have higher disposable income than any of these nations and hence we have more purchasing power than any of these nations and in fact many cases we have much higher purchasing power than countries like Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, and Israel.
Israel is seriously on this list? They are constantly under the threat of terrorist attacks. So much death of innocents because of the radical Muslim animals, and they make the list of happiest countries? Something is wrong with this list.
Life is hard...harder when you’re stupid.
Too many stupid people in america...they are dragging down our average.
A little more seriously, you have to look very closely at the weighting factors of any of these surveys. I dug deeply into a heavily reported one about which countries had the best medical care. If you scrape away all of the camouflage, it came down to which countries had the most socialized and "fair" health care. It mattered little whether you survived cancer or a heart attack, just so long as the government picked up the tab for your life or death. A country where half the population could afford good care and the other half couldn't would be ranked lower than one where just about no one could afford that care.
Sorry, it was many years ago (maybe when Hillarycare was announced) and I don't remember all the details.
These countries have in common high scores on the secular-rational dimension, on the self actualization dimension, and in prosperity.
What crap!...All those Scandinavian countries contribute next to nothing for their national defence! They rely on the good ol U.S. taxpayer to defend them! I’ll stay in America thankyou! What Euro weenie set this up anyway?