Happiness is a fairly subjective feeling. If the criteria differ from one person to another, happiness has beneficial repercussions already demonstrated by researchers: longer life expectancy, less negative thoughtsand stress, making it more resistant to disease.
In short, happiness is everything, and everyone should be entitled to it. However, as the UN happiness report published on Sunday, September 8 shows, there are countries where we are more predisposed to be happy. Of the 156 countries taken into account by the United Nations, we discover that the key to happiness is found in Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Canada, which corresponds to the top 6 of the happiest countries (in order of appearance).
At the antipodes of these six champions of happiness, at the bottom of the list, we find the countries of sub-Saharan Africa: Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Benin and Togo.
France is in 25th position, ahead of its German neighbor.
The 6 criteria of happiness
How do the Scandinavians manage to be so happy? This greater aptitude for well-being has been measured in the light of specific criteria: GDP (gross domestic product) per capita, healthy life expectancy, friends who can be counted on, a sense of being. free to make his life choices, generosity and the absence of corruption.
Taking charge of mental health is a challenge to make humanity happier, according to the report. Even in rich countries, only a third of people with mental disorders (anxiety, depression, etc.) are treated effectively, the report points out.
For maintain our mental health, the journal Psychological Bulletin, unveiled tips to be happier like sleeping six hours a night, staring at the blue of the sky, or breaking your routine. Maybe the Danes respect them to the letter.
