“He who knows he is happy is happy”, said Sophocles. Every year since 2012, the United Nations Happiness Report has been published. The study for the period 2019-2021 made it possible to draw up a ranking of 146 countries according to their happiness index.

This is based on several criteria including life expectancy, the evaluation of freedoms, corruption, the perception of generosity and national solidarity crossed with Gallup polls asking residents their level of happiness. All this makes it possible to obtain an overall score for each country.

“The lesson of the World Happiness Report in recent years is that social solidarity, generosity between people and honesty in government are crucial for well-being,” commented one of the report’s co-authors, Jeffrey Sachs. , as Les Echos points out. According to him, “World leaders should take this into account”.

If for some countries the result of this study is encouraging, for others, it is indicative of the troubles experienced by the populations. Here are the 10 least happy countries in the world according to the ranking of the “World Happiness Report”:

Now discover the top 20 happiest countries in the world according to the World Happiness Report.