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The index show six cardinal variables that contribute to the full score , relative to a hypothetical country send for “ Dystopia ” symbolize the worst sexual conquest from the 2013 - 2015 forefinger .
Dystopia is an imaginary body politic with the world ’s least - felicitous people . Dystopia would have the lowest incomes , lowest life expectancy , lowest generosity , most degeneracy , least exemption and least societal support .
Chart showing top and bottom 20 countries ranked by happiness index.
Top 20 Happiest :
1 . Denmark ( 7.526 )
2 . Switzerland ( 7.509 )
3 . Iceland ( 7.501 )
4 . Norway ( 7.498 )
5 . Finland ( 7.413 )
6 . Canada ( 7.404 )
7 . Netherlands ( 7.339 )
8 . New Zealand ( 7.334 )
9 . Australia ( 7.313 )
10 . Sweden ( 7.291 )
11 . Israel ( 7.267 )
12 . Austria ( 7.119 )
13 . United States ( 7.104 )
14 . Costa Rica ( 7.087 )
15 . Puerto Rico ( 7.039 )
16 . Germany ( 6.994 )
17 . Brazil ( 6.952 )
18 . Belgium ( 6.929 )
19 . Ireland ( 6.907 )
20 . Luxembourg(6.871 )
Bottom 20 :
138 . Comoros ( 3.956 )
139 . Ivory Coast ( 3.916 )
140 . Cambodia ( 3.907 )
141 . Angola ( 3.866 )
142 . Niger ( 3.856 )
143 . South Sudan ( 3.832 )
144 . Chad ( 3.763 )
145 . Burkina Faso ( 3.739 )
146 . Uganda ( 3.739 )
147 . Yemen ( 3.724 )
148 . Madagascar ( 3.695 )
149 . Tanzania ( 3.666 )
150 . Liberia ( 3.622 )
151 . Guinea ( 3.607 )
152 . Rwanda ( 3.515 )
153 . Benin ( 3.484 )
154 . Afghanistan ( 3.360 )
155 . Togo ( 3.303 )
156 . Syria ( 3.069 )
157 . Burundi ( 2.905 )
