Young people in India are ‘happiest’, while people in ‘lower middle’ classes are least happy (representative)
New York:
India ranked 126 out of 143 countries in the Global Happiness Index released on Wednesday, which noted that older people are associated with higher life satisfaction in the world’s most populous country.
Finland tops the list of the 2024 World Happiness Report as the happiest country in the world, marking the seventh year in a row that the country has topped the list.
Other countries in the top 10 include Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Australia.
India ranks 126th on the list, behind countries such as Libya, Iraq, Palestine and Niger, according to the survey released on Wednesday to mark the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness.
The World Happiness Report is a partnership between Gallup, the Oxford Center for Well-Being Research, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the WHR Editorial Board.
Young people in India are the “happiest” while those in the “lower and middle” classes are the least happy.
The United States (23rd) has fallen out of the top 20 for the first time since the World Happiness Report was first released in 2012, due to a sharp decline in happiness among Americans under 30.
Afghanistan remains at the bottom of the overall ranking of the “unhappiest” countries in the world. Pakistan ranks 108th in the list.
In India, older age is associated with higher life satisfaction, the report said, “refuting some claims that the relationship between age and life satisfaction exists only in high-income countries.” On average, older Indian men are more satisfied with life than older women. More satisfied, “but taking all other measures into account, older women reported higher life satisfaction than men,” the report said.
In India, older adults with secondary or higher education and those from higher social castes have higher life satisfaction than older adults with no formal education and older adults from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
“India has the second largest elderly population in the world. There are 140 million Indians aged 60 and above, second only to China’s 250 million. In addition, the average growth rate of India’s population aged 60 and above is three times the overall population growth rate. national,” the report said.
In the study, satisfaction with living arrangements, perceived discrimination and self-rated health emerged as the top three predictors of life satisfaction in India, the report said.
“We found that older men, older men, married men and educated men reported higher life satisfaction than their peers. Lower satisfaction with living arrangements, perceived discrimination and self-evaluation Poor health is an important factor associated with low life satisfaction among older Indians,” it said.
The report states that the findings of this study suggest that strengthening family networks to ensure comfortable living arrangements for older people, men, widows, and especially those without formal education, and strengthening social networks to reduce discrimination, may improve older people’s health and well-being. well-being.
The report adds that Serbia (37th) and Bulgaria (81st) have seen the largest increases in average life assessment scores since the Gallup World Poll first measured them in 2013.
The next two countries with the largest increases in life evaluations are Latvia (46th) and Congo (Brazzaville) (89th), which rose 44 and 40 places respectively between 2013 and 2024.
For the first time, the report gives separate rankings by age group, which in many cases differ significantly from the overall rankings. Lithuania tops the list among children and young people under 30, while Denmark is the happiest country in the world among people aged 60 and over.
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