According to the latest World
Happiest Report compiled by the Sustainable Development Solutions
Network for the United Nations, six key factors were measured to establish a
global ranking of the happiest countries; GDP per capita, social support,
healthy life expectancy, freedom to make life choices, generosity and
perceptions of corruption.
Only five African countries
rank among the top 100, and eight of the last ten overall are in Sub-Saharan
Africa, having ranked very low on some of the key factors that lead to
happiness.
Here are the first ten African
countries as they appear on the global list.
1. Algeria
2. Mauritius
3. Libya
4. Somalia
5. Tunisia
6. Nigeria
7. Zambia
8. Namibia
9. Ethiopia
10. South
Africa
The last eight on the list are:
Madagascar, Tanzania, Liberia, Guinea,
Rwanda, Benin, Togo and Burundi.