India ranks 136th in World Happiness Report, Rahul Gandhi says "May soon top Hate and Anger charts"
Sunday, 20 March 2022 (08:17 IST)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at the Centre over the country's ranking in the latest World Happiness Report, said India would soon top hate and anger charts.
Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi shared the report and said, "Hunger Rank: 10, Freedom Rank: 119, Happiness Rank: 136. But, we may soon top the Hate and Anger charts!"
India among the unhappy countries in the world as it ranked 136th in the World Happiness Report 2022 published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network, while Finland takes the top spot in the list for the fifth consecutive year.
Denmark continues to occupy second place, while Iceland and Switzerland stood at third and fourth place followed by the Netherlands and Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, Israel and New Zealand were the remaining countries in the top 10. United States at 16th rank in the list.
Afghanistan was the most unhappy country in the world with Lebanon, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Botswana respectively. It got the 146th rank in the list.
India ranked 139th in last year's report while this year, inspite of facing innumerable challenges due to Covid-19, grabbed the 136th position.
Happiness rankings are based on life evaluations as the more stable measure of the quality of people's lives. (Inputs from UNI)
