Jordan 11th among Arabs, 124th globally in World Happiness Index

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AMMAN — Jordan came in 11th place amongst Arab countries and 124th overall in the 2022 World Happiness Index, the latest update shows.اضافة اعلان

Among Arabs, Bahrain ranked first for the second consecutive year, while the UAE came second as the 25th happiest globally. Saudi Arabia came third among Arabs and 26th globally, Khaberni reported.

For the sixth consecutive year, Finland topped the list of the world's happiest countries.

The Scandinavian country and its neighbor, Denmark, scored very well in the measures used by the report. Those include GDP per capita, social support in times of turmoil, low corruption, high social trust, generosity in society, caring for each other, and freedom to make key life decisions.

The UN runs a global initiative named, Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which publish the World Happiness Index Report every year.

The first report was published in the year 2012. 


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