Philippines Rank 20th in HPI Happiest Countries in the World

The Philippines has been consistently included on the list of the happiest countries in the world during past years. Undeniably, Filipinos have long been known as happy and enduring people. Filipinos never forget to smile, or even throw a joke, no what struggles that comes along the way. I think it has something to do with our strong religious belief that motivates us to stand up strong once again and ready to start a new beginning.

According to the recent report of Happy Planet Index 2016 of the New Economics Foundation, the Philippines ranked 20th of the 140 countries included.

The Philippines got an HPI overall score of 35.0.

Wellbeing	5.0/10 and ranked 83rd of 140
Life Expectancy	67.9 years and ranked 98th of 140
Inequality of Outcome	26% and ranked 90th of 140
Ecological Footprint	1.1 gha/p and ranked 16th of 140

*gha/p – global hectares per person

The HPI report considers the:

Wellbeing. Residents of each country asked how they feel life overall, on a scale of zero to ten. Data collected by Gallup World Poll.

Life Expectancy. The average number of years a person expected to live in each country. Data provided by the UN.

Inequality of Outcomes. This refers to the inequalities between people in each country when in comes to how long they live and how happy they feel.

Ecological Footprint. The impact that each resident of a country placed on the environment. Data provided by Global Footprint Network.

For the year 2016, Costa Rica ranked first in the list with an HPI score of 44.7.

2016 HPI Top 20 Happiest Countries in the World

Costa Rica	44.7
Mexico	40.7
Colombia	40.7
Vanuatu	40.6
Vietnam	40.3
Panama	39.5
Nicaragua	38.7
Bangladesh	38.4
Thailand	37.3
Ecuador	37.0
Jamaica	36.9
Norway	36.8
Albania	36.8
Uruguay	36.1
Spain	36.0
Indonesia	35.7
El Salvador	35.6
Netherlands	35.3
Argentina	35.2
Philippines	35.0

Read more at http://happyplanetindex.org/