Survey says: Canada is second happiest country in the worldNational Post: According to a new global survey from Gallup, 69% of Canadians rated their lives as 'thriving' in 2010 -- putting the country in a tie with Sweden for second place in the rankings. The top spot belongs to Denmark, where 72% of residents are feeling pretty great about life...
Respondents had three options to choose from: 'thriving' -- where they classified their lives as 'a 7 or higher and their lives in 5 years an 8 or higher,' 'struggling,' or 'suffering.' Gallup's method is based on the Cantril Scale, which encourages participants to imagine a ladder with 10 steps (to signify a scale of 10). The top of the ladder is the best life imaginable, and as you can expect, 0 is the worst.
The top ten countries:1. Denmark: 72%2. Canada: 69%2. Sweden: 69%4. Australia: 66%5. Finland: 64%5. Venezuela: 64%7. Israel: 63%7. New Zealand: 63%9. Netherlands: 62%9. Ireland: 62%
The bottom 10 countries:1. Chad: 1%2. Central African Republic: 2%3. Haiti: 2%4. Burkina Faso: 3%5. Cambodia: 3%6. Niger: 3%7. Tajikistan: 3%8. Tanzania: 4%9. Mali: 4%10. Comoros: 4%
