According to the Happy Planet Index (HPI) report of think tank New Economic Foundation (NEF) which was currently released, Philippines got the 20th place as the most happiest country in the world.
The Philippines got a HPI score of 35.0, The score was got by obtaining and considering the well-being (where the residents of a country were asked on how they are feeling about life overall, on a scale from 0 to 10);
life expectancy (average number of years of a person in each country is expected to live); inequality of outcomes (“the inequalities between people within a country, in terms of how long they live, and how happy they feel”); and ecological footprint of the citizens of the country.
The life expectancy of Filipinos is at 67.9 years according to United Nation's data.
The Costa Rica got the no.1 place and was tagged as the happiest place on Earth, with an HPI score of 44.7 this year 2016, and they are also considered as the happiest in the world back in the year of 2009 and 2012.
However for this year, the ranking countries are Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Panama, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Thailand, Ecuador, Jamaica, Norway, Albania, Uruguay, Spain, Indonesia and El Salvador.
Meanwhile, report told that the western countries which are known to be as "standards of success" they are the ones who don't rank highly on the HPI.
The HPI was made by Nic Marks and was initially presented by the NEF in 2006 and there are 140 participating countries which are included in the HPI report.
Even though Philippines belongs to third world country, it would not affect the capacity of every person on how to give smile and be happy though the world is unkind.
For instances like every year, floods and typhoons came to hit the Philippines and there are many Filipinos are affected. There are times that their homes were ruined by the typhoon but still you could see them smiling, despite the tragedies.
No doubt about it, Filipinos are good somehow in handling and treating problems.
Source: Inquirer