PH is 20th happiest nation in the world

In the recent report of Happy Planet Index (HPI), the Philippines ranked 20^th as the happiest country in the world.

 

PH IS 20^TH HAPPIEST NATION. Philippines gets a 35.0 overall rating, according to Happy Planet Index (HPI). (Image grabbed from executivechronicles.com)

 

The Philippines garnered an overall rating of 35.0, placing in the 20^th spot as one of the happiest nations in the world according to HPI by the New Economics Foundation, United Kingdom’s (UK) leading think tank. To get the rating, the HPI measures four factors namely well-being (how satisfied are the residents of the said country), life expectancy (average number of years expected to live), inequality of outcomes (inequality between how long people live and how happy they feel), and ecological footprint (impact of a resident places on the environment).

The Philippines scored 5.0/10 for well-being, ranking 83^rd, life expectancy is at 67.9 years ranking 98^th, ecological footprint of 1.1 global hectares ranking 16^th, and inequality of outcomes that made it rank 90^th.

Other countries that made it to the Top 20 list are Costa Rica, topping the list with a 44.7 HPI score. The remaining countries are Mexico, Colombia, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Panama, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Thailand, Ecuador, Jamaica, Norway, Albania, Uruguay, Spain, Indonesia, El Salvador, Netherlands, and Argentina. Philippines moved up five places higher when it ranked 25^th in the previous Happy Planet Index list.

 

Source: Happy Planet Index, GMA Network, Manila Bulletin