Happy International Day of Happiness

[taiwan_girl]

March 20 is the day!!!

(Fun Fact - the only country with a Minister of Happiness is Bhutan)

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/02/04/1228505757/agent-of-happiness-bhutan-documentary-film-gross-national-happiness

[Doctor Phibes]

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2025/03/20/the-20-happiest-countries-in-the-world-for-2025-according-to-a-new-report/

Number 1-20

Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Netherlands
Costa Rica
Norway
Israel
Luxembourg
Mexico
Australia
New Zealand
Switzerland
Belgium
Ireland
Lithuania
Austria
Canada
Slovenia
Czech Republic

[Axtremus]

If the Mexicans are happier than the Americans and the Canadians, you'd think the migration flow would go from north to south.

[Mik]

How exactly does one measure happiness, I wonder.

[taiwan_girl]

I agree, the ranking seems kind of weird in some aspects.

I remember hearing some world leader say that the best way to measure how good a country is, is to have every country open their borders and check the + and - of the migration.

[jon-nyc]

If Brazil isn’t top then the list sucks.

[Wim]

@Doctor-Phibes One foor in the grave?

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in Happy International Day of Happiness:

If Brazil isn’t top then the list sucks.

An old girlfriend of mine is there now - in Florianopolis. Looks spectacular.

[jon-nyc]

Nice. Weather is probably fantastic.

[Horace]

@Mik said in Happy International Day of Happiness:

How exactly does one measure happiness, I wonder.

Must be something in the water in the nordic countries.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Wim said in Happy International Day of Happiness:

@Doctor-Phibes One foor in the grave?

Indeed. Mr. Meldrew is Britain's happiness representative.