Congo in the list of the 10 happiest countries in Africa

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Starting from 81st place in the 2021 ranking, Congo drops to 99th place out of 146 countries in 2022. Similarly, its score of 5,342 drops to 5,075. On World Happiness Day, March 20, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has released the 10th edition of its World Happiness Report. A study that aims “to measure and understand well-being subjectively”. Several criteria are taken into account to produce this report: GDP per capita, social assistance, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and the absence of corruption. Starting from 81st place in the 2021 ranking, Congo drops to 99th place out of 146 countries in 2022. Similarly, its score of 5,342 drops to 5,075. On the continental level, the Republic of Congo is in the top 10 of the happiest countries. In this ranking have found Mauritius in the lead for several years, Libya, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Gambia, Algeria, Liberia, and Congo in 8th place. Morocco and Mozambique closing the ranking. Thus, according to this study, the Republic of Congo would be the happiest country in Central Africa. In the world, the podium of the classification is occupied by Finland (7,821 points), Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland and the Netherlands. On the other hand, Botswana (142nd), Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Lebanon and Afghanistan (146th) occupy the bottom of the ranking. For the report writers, the data from 2021 “confirm the 2020 findings that average lifespan assessments, reflecting the net effects of offsetting negative and positive influences, have remained remarkably resilient during the Covid-19 crisis. » “For young people, life satisfaction has declined, while for those over 60 it has increased – with little overall change. Worry and stress have increased, by 8% in 2020 and 4% in 2021”, compared to pre-pandemic levels. For the future, the prospects of happiness “will depend on a range of factors, including the future course of the pandemic and the extent of military conflict, but a significant contribution will come from improvements in the science of happiness”concludes the report.