The happiest and saddest countries in the world

AP via Yahoo News ^ | 12/19/2012

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Gallup Inc. asked roughly 1,000 people in each of 148 countries the following questions: Did you feel well-respected yesterday? Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you laugh or smile a lot yesterday? Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?

Here are the 10 the countries where the highest percentage of people answered "yes" to all five questions, and the nine countries with the lowest percentages:

HAPPIEST

Panama, 85 percent

Paraguay, 85 percent

El Salvador, 84 percent

Venezuela, 84 percent

Trinidad and Tobago, 83 percent

Thailand, 83 percent

Guatemala, 82 percent

Philippines, 82, percent

Ecuador, 81 percent

Costa Rica, 81 percent

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CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE SADDEST COUNTRIES...

[Leo Carpathian]

I you no happy in Venezuelllaa, you get shot.
Next...

[svcw]

What a bovine excrement list.

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“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln

[Ken H]

I notice that most are Spanish speaking. Not sure what that means, if anything

[Terry Mross]

I’m seriously looking at moving to Panama or Ecuador.

[Gay State Conservative]

I've been to two of the nations listed,Thailand (on the "happiest" list) and Singapore (on the "saddest" list).From what little I saw of Thailand the people there don't have a whole lot to be happy about.OTOH,Singapore is a clean,orderly,peaceful and *very* prosperous nation.

Go figure!

[GeronL]

ridiculous

[doorgunner69]

Having spent a while in Panama, I have to wonder.

A place with dozens of species of poisonous snakes, flies that will lay eggs under your skin to later hatch, hellacious humidity. Drive through any village and see all the windows with heavy bars over them. Locals say that is a joke, thieves just use portable car jacks to pry them apart. More affluent all live behind gates.

ATM holdups are common, traffic is kamikaze, etc. Maybe a better place if you live in Detroit or Philly............

[BwanaNdege]

"You Can't Rollerskate In A Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller"

Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it

[Theoria]

The 'happiest' countries appear to have high birth rates.

Singapore is in decline, and without the Malays and Indians, they would be even worse off in sheer numbers.

[Daffynition]

Happiness is a state of mind.

Some people are happy no matter where they *are.*

[AlexW]

Happiness is in the eye of the beholder.
Central and western South America are now real hot spots for Americans escaping the USSA.
Two web sites concentrating of that region:
InternationalLiving.com and EscapeFromAmerica.com
You can sign up for their email updates.

I do not know about Thailand, as I was there only one time in 1999.
I am as happy as a clam on my Philippine beach,
I have no plan to return, even to visit the USSA.

[JCBreckenridge]

I do. There’s a reason for it too.

[mylife]

I hear that Uruguay is the gayest place on the planet.

[Conservative4Ever]

I was thinking cause they don’t have cold winters nor have to shovel snow. :-)

[caveat emptor]