Lebanon ranks 110th (out of 143 countries) in the New Economics Foundation’s 2009 installment of the Happy Planet Index (HPI), which measures “the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered around the world.”
USA rank was 114th.
Armenia ranks 48th (out of 143 countries). The HPI ranking of Armenia’s neighbors Georgia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan are 72, 83, and 85 respectively, while the U.S. fares even worse (114th).
According to the HPI website, the index is the first-ever “to combine environmental impact with well-being to measure the environmental efficiency with which country by country, people live long and happy lives… It shows the relative efficiency with which nations convert the planet’s natural resources into long and happy lives for their citizens. The nations that top the Index aren’t the happiest places in the world, but the nations that score well show that achieving, long, happy lives without over-stretching the planet’s resources is possible.”
Source:
Report: Armenia Much ‘Happier’ than Turkey, Azerbaijan, and US | Armenian Weekly
For more information and the complete report, go to:
www.happyplanetindex.org.
Interesting ranks:
1 Costa Rica
2 Dominican Republic
3 Jamaica
4 Guatemala
5 Vietnam
6 Colombia
7 Cuba
8 El Salvador
9 Brazil
10 Honduras
11 Nicaragua
12 Egypt
13 Saudi Arabia
14 Philippines
15 Argentina
16 Indonesia
17 Bhutan
18 Panama
19 Laos
20 China
21 Morocco
22 Sri Lanka
23 Mexico
24 Pakistan
25 Ecuador
26 Jordan
...
48 Armenia
49 Singapore
50 Yemen
51 Germany
52 Switzerland
53 Sweden
54 Albania
55 Paraguay
56 Palestine
57 Austria
58 Serbia
59 Finland
60 Croatia
61 Kyrgyzstan
62 Cyprus
63 Guyana
64 Belgium
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina
66 Slovenia
67 Israel
68 Korea
69 Italy
...
72 Georgia
73 Slovakia
74 United Kingdom
75 Japan
76 Spain
77 Poland
78 Ireland
79 Iraq
80 Cambodia
81 Iran
82 Bulgaria
83 Turkey
84 Hong Kong
85 Azerbaijan
86 Lithuania
87 Djibouti
88 Norway
89 Canada
...
110 Lebanon
111 Macedonia
112 Congo
113 Madagascar
114 United States of America
115 Nigeria
116 Guinea
117 Uganda
118 South Africa
119 Rwanda
...
137 Central African Republic
138 Burkina Faso
139 Burundi
140 Namibia
141 Botswana
142 Tanzania
143 Zimbabwe
Thank you
Lebanon 'Happier' than USA -
8th July 2009
