Libya ranks 86th in happiness index

The 2022 Happiness Index Report just released by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network shows that Libya ranks 86th among the happiest countries in the world. In the Arab world, it ranks fifth among 146 countries.

Countries are scored from 0 to 10 based on a variety of factors. These factors include social support, personal freedom, GDP per capita, personal opinions, healthy life expectancy and levels of corruption. The data for the study was collected over a three-year period between 2019 and 2021, and a mathematical equation was used to determine each place’s score.

Libya: Africa’s top ten

Libya is one of the top ten countries in Africa World Happiness ReportOf the 146 African countries surveyed, the top countries include:

52. Mauritius
53. Libya
54. Ivory Coast
55. South Africa
56. Gambia
57. Algeria
58. Liberia
59. Congo
60. Morocco
61. Mozambique

Mauritius and Libya maintained their rankings as last year. Five countries rose to the top ten: South Africa, Algeria, Liberia, Morocco and Mozambique.

The last three countries remained unchanged in the rankings. Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe, the newest countries to join the report, ranked 142nd, 143rd and 144th respectively, while Lebanon and Afghanistan dropped to 145th and 146th respectively.

Promote brain well-being

There are many things that go into making someone happy. It is influenced not only by environment and situation but also by brain chemistry.

Chemicals in your brain are called neurotransmitters and hormones, and they help your brain understand, evaluate, and communicate what you’re experiencing. Neurotransmitters and hormones have specific roles. They are each triggered in a specific way, indicating different sensations and stimulating different brain locations.

When it comes to a person’s sense of well-being, particularly key indicator chemicals include:

• Serotonin helps balance mood. It promotes feelings of happiness and contentment. It is produced by being kind to others and yourself, eating a healthy diet, getting exercise, and spending time in nature.
• Dopamine is known as the feel-good hormone. that’s why happyDopamine is obtained through being kind to others and yourself, getting enough sleep, exercising, and listening to music.
• Endorphins are known as the body’s natural painkillers. Stress and discomfort can be relieved by endorphins. Laughter, meditation, outdoor activities, and exercise are all ways to get endorphins.
• Oxytocin helps people interact socially and makes them feel good. You can tap into it by listening to music, spending time with others, sharing laughter, and expressing affection and love.

World Happiness Report FAQs

What is the theme of this year’s Happiness Report?

The World Happiness Report is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and considering that this year is the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report has three main focuses. It looks back at the situation before the pandemic, then takes a closer look at how individuals are faring during the pandemic, and finally looks to the future to see how likely they are to thrive.

How are rankings calculated?

The World Happiness Report uses data from the Gallup World Poll from 2019 to 2021. Participants were asked to rank their lives on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the worst possible life and 10 being the best possible life.

What is the sample size?

The sample size is typically 1,000 people per country per year. Many countries do not conduct annual surveys. If countries conducted annual polls, the sample size would be 3,000 people. Answers are taken from the last three years to provide an up-to-date and reliable calculation of life estimates. In this year’s report, data from 2019-2021 was combined to make the sample size large enough to reduce random sampling errors.

Is this sample size large enough?

A sample size of 2,000 to 3,000 is sufficient to provide good estimates across the country.

What is a dystopia?

Dystopia is a fictional country whose inhabitants are the least happy in the world. The reason for creating Dystopia is to provide a benchmark so that all countries can be positively compared to it, because no country will perform worse than Dystopia. Each country is ranked based on six key variables. Therefore, the lowest scores on the six key variables represent Dystopia. Since living in a place in the world with the lowest income, lowest life expectancy, least generosity, least honesty, least freedom, and least social support would be very unpleasant, it is called a “dystopia”, as opposed to a utopia.