More than 3 quarters of people around the globe who were questioned in an international poll said they were happy with their lives and nearly a quarter described themselves as very happy.
Ipsos Global, which has surveyed the happiness of more than 18,000 people in 24 countries since 2007
Mr. John Wright, Senior Vice President, Ipsos Global said, "The world is a happier place today and we can actually measure it because we have been tracking it," said
But he added that expectations of why people are happy should be carefully weighed.It is not just about the economy and their well being. It is about a whole series of other factors that make them who they are today."
HIGHLIGHTS OF SURVEY..!
# Brazil & Turkey rounded out the top 5 happiest nations, while Hungary, South Korea, Russia, Spain and Italy had the fewest number of happy people.
# Perhaps proving that money can not buy happiness, residents of some of the world biggest economic powers, including the United States, Canada and Britain, fell in the middle of the happiness scale.
# Sometimes the greatest happiness is a cooked meal or a roof over your head.
# Relationships remain the No. 1 reason around the world where people say they have invested happiness and maybe in those cultures family has a much greater degree of impact.
# Regionally Latin America had the highest number of happy people, followed by North America, Asia Pacific and the Middle East and Africa.
# Only 15% of Europeans said they were very happy.
# Married couples tended to be happier than singles but men seemed to be as content as women.
# Education and age also had an impact with more people under 35 saying they are very happy than 25-49 year old.
# Higher education also equated with higher happiness.
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