Ghana’s position among the happiest nations in the world has dramatically declined.
The little West African nation was formerly among the happiest nations on the continent, ranking among the top 10.
Ghana is one of the unhappiest countries in the world, according to the latest list of Happiest Countries in America compiled and published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Finland led the list for the sixth year in a row, with the Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, and Switzerland rounding out the top five.
Mauritius is the only African nation in the top 50, coming in at number 52 overall.
The study makes use of data from international surveys conducted in more than 150 nations. The majority of the data comes from the Gallup World Poll’s life evaluations.
Countries are assessed according to how happy they are based on the average life evaluations done over the three years prior—in this case, from 2020 to 2022.
The Gallup World Poll is cited by the writers as the main data source for the World Happiness Reports, which they claim use a range of statistics.
The only African nation on the list of the top 50 happiest nations is Mauritius, which came in at position 52.
See the list of the happiest countries in Africa below;
- Mauritius (52nd)
- Libya (86th)
- Cote d’ Ivoire (88th)
- South Africa (91st)
- Gambia (93rd)
- Algeria (96th)
- Liberia (97th)
- Congo Brazzavlle (99th)
- Morocco (100th)
- Mozambique (101st)
- Cameroon (102nd)
- Senegal (103rd)
- Niger (104th)
- Gabon (106th)
- Guinea (109th)
- Ghana (111th)
- Burkina Faso (113th)
- Benin (115th)
- Comoros (116th)
- Uganda (117th)
