Curt 1 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-13532525,00.html Vanuatu at number 1 and lots of central American countries in the top 10. Columbia at number 2? Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 The list appears in a "happy planet index", published by the UK-based New Economics Foundation (NEF), that attempts to log the progress of nations based on the amount of resources they use compared to the length and happiness of people's lives. The NEF has taken official figures on life expectancy and multiplied it by an index based on surveys of people's happiness in various countries. The combined figure for life length and satisfaction is then divided by the country's "ecological footprint" - a measure of the amount of land required to sustain the population and absorb its energy consumption. Here's the list: Contentment around the globe Vanuatu: 68.2 Colombia: 67.2 Costa Rica: 66.0 Dominica: 64.5 Panama: 63.5 Cuba: 61.9 Honduras: 61.8 Guatemala: 61.7 El Salvador: 61.7 St Lucia: 61.3 Vietnam: 61.2 Bhutan: 61.1 Western Samoa: 61.0 Sri Lanka: 60.3 Antigua & Barbuda: 59.2 Philippines: 59.2 Nicaragua: 59.1 Kyrgyzstan: 59.1 Solomon Islands: 58.9 Tunisia: 58.9 Indonesia: 57.9 Tonga: 57.9 Tajikistan: 57.7 Venezuela: 57.5 Dominican Republic: 57.1 Guyana: 56.6 Seychelles: 56.1 China: 56.0 Thailand: 55.4 Peru: 55.1 Suriname: 55.0 Yemen: 55.0 Fiji: 54.5 Morocco: 54.4 Mexico: 54.4 Maldives: 53.5 Malta: 53.3 Bangladesh: 53.2 Barbados: 52.7 Malaysia: 52.7 Palestine: 52.6 Argentina: 52.2 Belize: 52.0 Trinidad & Tobago: 51.9 Chile: 51.3 Paraguay: 51.1 Jamaica: 51.0 Nepal: 50.0 Mauritius: 49.6 Mongolia: 49.6 Uruguay: 49.3 Ecuador: 49.3 Uzbekistan: 49.2 Grenada: 49.0 Austria: 48.8 India: 48.7 Brazil: 48.6 Iceland: 48.4 Switzerland: 48.3 Italy: 48.3 Iran: 47.2 Ghana: 47.0 Bolivia: 46.2 Netherlands: 46.0 Madagascar: 46.0 Cyprus: 46.0 Algeria: 45.9 Luxembourg: 45.6 Bahamas: 44.9 Papua New Guinea: 44.8 Burma: 44.6 Belgium: 44.0 Slovenia: 44.0 Oman: 43.9 Germany: 43.8 Croatia: 43.7 Lebanon: 43.6 Taiwan: 43.4 Haiti: 43.3 Syria: 43.2 Spain: 43.0 Hong Kong: 42.9 Saudi Arabia: 42.7 Gambia: 42.5 Cambodia: 42.2 Albania: 42.1 Jordan: 42.1 New Zealand: 41.9 Japan: 41.7 Congo: 41.6 Egypt: 41.6 Turkey: 41.4 Denmark: 41.4 Brunei Darussalam: 41.2 Georgia: 41.2 Korea: 41.1 Bosnia/H'govina: 41.0 Senegal: 40.8 Azerbaijan: 40.7 Gabon: 40.5 Libya: 40.3 United Kingdom: 40.3 Laos: 40.3 Canada: 39.8 Ireland: 39.4 France: 36.4 USA: 28.8 Russia: 22.8 Estonia: 22.7 Ukraine: 22.2 Dem. Rep. Congo: 20.7 Burundi: 19.0 Swaziland: 18.4 Zimbabwe: 16.6 Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 what an odd list. i can't say i fully trust the results though. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Does seem rather curious. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 What do all those numbers mean? Very strange list! Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Whats with the central America angle? That good over there is it? Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 yeah i figured years of civil unrest, underground war, and rampant coruption of government would have ranked that area rather low. Link to post Share on other sites
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