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India Happier Place

By LIFS September 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM

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Latin America is the happiest and East African the unhappiest place on Earth.

The Happy Planet Index, compiled by UK-based New Economics Foundation, ranks India 35 on the list, which is topped by Costa Rica.

India is way ahead of many developed economies, including the US and the UK, which are ranked 114 and 74 respectively. The index is based on life expectancy, life satisfaction and ecological factors. The survey points out that “the countries that are meant to represent successful development are some of the worst-performing in terms of sustainable well-being.”

Countries in HPI rank HPI

1	Costa Rica	76.1
2	Dominican Republic	71.8
3	Jamaica	70.1
4	Guatemala	68.4
5	Vietnam	66.5
6	Colombia	66.1
7	Cuba	65.7
8	El Salvador	61.5
9	Brazil	61
10	Honduras	61
11	Nicaragua	60.5
12	Egypt	60.3
13	Saudi Arabia	59.7
14	Philippines	59
15	Argentina	59
16	Indonesia	58.9
17	Bhutan	58.5
18	Panama	57.4
19	Laos	57.3
20	China	57.1
21	Morocco	56.8
22	Sri Lanka	56.5
23	Mexico	55.6
24	Pakistan	55.6
25	Ecuador	55.5
26	Jordan	54.6
27	Belize	54.5
28	Peru	54.4
29	Tunisia	54.3
30	Trinidad and Tobago	54.2
31	Bangladesh	54.1
32	Moldova	54.1
33	Malaysia	54
34	Tajikistan	53.5
35	India	53