The world's happiest country report released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations has relesed a recent report that states Finland is the happiest country in the world and the United States has dropped down to 19th. "The top 10 countries tend to rank high in all six variables, as well as emotional measures of well-being," says report co-editor John Helliwell. The report ranks countries on six key variables that support well-being: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. Finland was not only happy, but they also had the happiest immigrants in the world.
For the United States, a country where they preach land of the free and home of the brave; The United States ranks 61st in freedom and 42nd place for corruption in the world. Politics in the United States preach how the U.S. is the best country in the world. However, the statistics to prove this show other wise. These ranking really do make you think. What could the United States truly become if we were ranked in the top 10 of happiness? What would it be like to live in an environment like that? Is it possible for the United States to achieve such a goal?
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