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The happiest and saddest countries in the world
AP via Yahoo News ^ | 12/19/2012

Posted on 12/20/2012 8:23:27 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: country; happiest; happiness; psychology; saddest; top10
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To: Terry Mross

Good move.

Just put your assets into the Canadian dollar instead of the US dollar.

As socialist as Canada is - they are solvent.


21 posted on 12/21/2012 12:11:25 AM PST by Arlis (.)
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To: SeekAndFind
I call bunk on this one...

The top Countries listed have the highest murder rate per capita
in the world.

22 posted on 12/21/2012 2:28:32 AM PST by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: Daffynition

Hey! That’s my Uncle Joe and Aunt Edna. Before the stock Market crash in ‘87. Wonder where they went?


23 posted on 12/21/2012 2:33:26 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Going out on a limb here, but I would venture that the high grade quality of marijuana and cocaine in these locations may contribute to the happiness factor.

I recall Montego Bay, Jamaica in the early eighties. People were/are poor as dirt but happy as hell. Was offererd pot,coke, acid and black girls before I got to baggage claim. Welcome to Jamaica, Mon. A land free from malaria


24 posted on 12/21/2012 2:53:47 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: Ken H

The survey confused the words happy with hungry!


25 posted on 12/21/2012 2:56:17 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: SeekAndFind
Paraguay, 85 percent

Anyone else been to Paraguay? The part of it I visited was so miserable it was heartbreaking just to see. It left a big impression on me. Perhaps they are Christian, that joy will carry you through anything. I wasn't there long enough to find out and at that point in time I wasn't confident about walking around and asking.

26 posted on 12/21/2012 4:00:03 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SeekAndFind
Where's Finland?

A country that spend decades with the highest suicide rate . . . and to quote Kaunis Maa (Finish Language and Culture for Fun):

"Pekka, an expatriate Finnish man visiting California, was recently diagnosed as clinically depressed, tanked up on anti-depressants and scheduled for controversial Shock Therapy when doctors realised he wasn’t depressed at all - only Finnish."

The short article's worth a read.

27 posted on 12/21/2012 7:26:44 AM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: Scoutmaster

RE: Where’s Finland?

According to Gallup ( See here: http://www.gallup.com/poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx#2 ).

74% of Finns polled say they are happy. That’s just 2% below the USA.

See the Table in the above link.


28 posted on 12/21/2012 7:31:29 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Thanks. That ‘happiness’ rate perhaps explains the high national rate of depression, alcoholism, and suicide.


29 posted on 12/21/2012 7:53:24 AM PST by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: Terry Mross

You are welcomed here in Panama.


30 posted on 12/21/2012 8:10:40 AM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: doorgunner69

Keep away from our Panama.

We don’t want you here.

Go keep Obama company.


31 posted on 12/21/2012 9:49:37 AM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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