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Denmark took the top spot on this year's World Happiness Report.Video provided by Newsy Newslook
This April. 4, 2006 file photo, shows Nyhan in Denmark. U.S. Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have singled out the small Scandinavian country as an example of a happy, well-oiled society.(Photo: Esben Nielsen, AP)
Feeling down? You might want to move to Denmark.
The country was ranked the happiest in the world, according to the most recent World Happiness Report prepared for the United Nations.
Denmark was closely followed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by Switzerland, Iceland and Norway. The U.S. nabbed the 13th spot, while Canada<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claimed the sixth<span style="color: Red;">*</span>spot for overall happiness, according to the report<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
The report by global researchers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>was released on Wednesday in Rome, as a precursor to the U.N. World Happiness Day, which falls on March 20th.
"Measuring self-reported happiness and achieving well-being should be on every nation's agenda as they begin to pursue the Sustainable Development Goals," Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University said in a statement.
The lowest ranking countries were Benin, Afghanistan, Togo, Syria and Burundi.
The fourth annual report was based on surveys conducted in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>156 countries. Seven factors were<span style="color: Red;">*</span>examined to measure happiness<span style="color: Red;">*</span>including a<span style="color: Red;">*</span>healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, perceived freedom to make life choices, freedom from corruption, generosity and higher<span style="color: Red;">*</span>gross domestic product per capita.
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