World Happiness Report 2026

Post by wise_blood » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 8:23 AM UTC

bigtones wrote: post #8

FYI: This world happiness report is entirely based on asking just one obtuse question, which does not even have the word happiness in the actual question: Please imagine a ladder with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you…

Post by raymakirahba » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 11:10 AM UTC

kwar13 wrote: post #105

Crazy to see Afghanistan at the bottom and Iran is not even on the list.

Post by UncleMeat » Fri, Mar 20, 2026, 1:33 PM UTC

emptysongglass wrote: post #107

throw0101d wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Howtown channel had a video on this last year, 'One weird metric picks the world's "happiest country"': * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg1--c2r8HE They link to their sources: * https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vFO-3Sq5-rorCWBIKwuR-Spk... Specifically the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale ("Cantril Ladder") is used: * https://www.sciotoanalysis.com/news/2024/2/9/what-is-cantril... * https://news.gallup.c…

This is one of those things that just is not true, no matter what sort of evidence is presented, because actual humans can go walk outside their door and see it isn't. Denmark has ranked as one of the happiest countries for years running, but, Dane here, we hoover up antidepressants like it was our breakfast. There are also deep cultural factors at play that make Danes more likely to mask that everything is fine when…