Georgia Ranked 119th in 2019 World Happiness Report
By Tea Mariamidze
Friday, March 22
The 2019 World Happiness Report, which reflects results from 2016-2018 surveys, has been released which ranked Georgia 129th among 156 nations worldwide.
The best score was 10, the lowest-0. Georgia gained a quite low figure of 4.519 scores. Last year, Georgia was ranked 128th in the same index.
Georgia’s neighboring countries could show better outcomes: Russia ranked 68th, Azerbaijan- 90th, Turkey-79th and Armenia ranked 116th.
Finland has been ranked the happiest country in the world for the second time in a row. Finland’s Nordic neighbors: Denmark, Norway, and Iceland weren’t far behind, taking second, third and fourth place respectively. The Nordic countries have dominated the index since its inception in 2012.
At the other end of the spectrum, South Sudan, Central African Republic, and Afghanistan came in the bottom of the ranking.
The UK came 15th and Ireland was 16th, while the US took 19th place.
10 happiest countries in the world
1. Finland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4. Iceland
5. Netherlands
6. Switzerland
7. Sweden
8. New Zealand
9. Canada
10. Austria
