If you're happy and you know it... you're Danish

Who's happy? Denmark. That's according to a University of Leicester UK survey of 80,000 people around the world. The results are not very surprising: a country in Scandanavia is at the top; Canada is in the top 10; the US is lower on the list, but not in the toilet; most of Africa and former USSR is at the bottom. Denmark takes top spot. One reason cited: 5-6 weeks of vacation per year. Yeah, I could adjust to an additional three weeks of vacation per year...

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Country	SWL Ranking (1)	SWL Index (2)	Life Expectancy (3)	GDP per capita (4)	Access to education score (5)
Albania	157	153.33	73.8	4.9	75.8
Algeria	134	173.33	71.1	7.2	66.9
Angola	149	160	40.8	3.2	.
Antigua And Barbuda	16	246.67	73.9	11	.
Argentina	56	226.67	74.5	13.1	93.7
Armenia	172	123.33	71.5	4.5	.
Australia	26	243.33	80.3	31.9	.
Austria	3	260	79	32.7	99.1
Azerbaijan	144	163.33	66.9	4.8	80.2
Bahamas	5	256.67	69.7	20.2	.
Bahrain	33	240	74.3	23	102
Bangladesh	104	190	62.8	2.1	53.7
Barbados	27	243.33	75	17	101.1
Belarus	170	133.33	68.1	6.9	94.2
Belgium	28	243.33	78.9	31.4	145.4
Belize	48	230	71.9	6.8	71.6
Benin	122	180	54	1.1	21.8
Bhutan	8	253.33	62.9	1.4	.
Bolivia	117	183.33	64.1	2.9	.
Bosnia & Herze	137	170	74.2	6.8	.
Botswana	123	180	36.3	10.5	81.8
Brazil	81	210	70.5	8.4	103.2
Brunei Darussalam	9	253.33	76.4	23.6	.
Bulgaria	164	143.33	72.2	9.6	92
Burkina Faso	152	156.67	47.5	1.3	10
Burma	130	176.67	60.2	1.7	.
Burundi	178	100	43.6	0.7	.
Cambodia	110	186.67	56.2	2.2	17.3
Cameroon	138	170	45.8	2.4	.
Canada	10	253.33	80	34	102.6
Cape Verdi	100	193.33	70.4	6.2	.
Central African Republic	145	163.33	39.3	1.1	.
Chad	159	150	43.6	1.5	11.5
Chile	71	216.67	77.9	11.3	87.5
China	82	210	71.6	6.8	62.8
Columbia	34	240	72.4	7.9	70.9
Comoros	97	196.67	63.2	0.6	.
Congo Democratic	176	110	43.1	0.7	18.4
Congo Republic	105	190	52	1.3	.
Costa Rica	13	250	78.2	11.1	50.9
Croatia	98	196.67	75	11.6	.
Cuba	83	210	77.3	3.5	.
Cyprus	49	230	78.6	7.14	.
Czech Republic	77	213.33	75.6	19.5	87.9
Denmark	1	273.33	77.2	34.6	.
Dijbouti	150	160	52.8	1.3	14.7
Dominica	29	243.33	75.6	5.5	.
Dominican Republic	42	233.33	67.2	7	.
Ecuador	111	186.67	74.3	4.3	56.7
Egypt	151	160	69.8	3.9	.
El Salvador	61	220	70.9	4.7	49.8
Equitorial Guinea	135	173.33	43.3	50.2	.
Eritrea	162	146.67	53.8	1	28.2
Estonia	139	170	71.3	16.7	107
Ethiopia	153	156.67	47.6	0.9	5.2
Fiji	57	223.33	67.8	6	.
Finland	6	256.67	78.5	30.9	124.5
France	62	220	79.5	29.9	108.7
Gabon	88	206.67	54.5	6.8	54.4
Gambia	106	190	55.7	1.9	27
Georgia	169	136.67	70.5	3.3	77.7
Germany	35	240	78.7	30.4	99
Ghana	89	206.67	56.8	2.5	37.3
Greece	84	210	78.3	22.2	94.6
Grenada	72	216.67	65.3	5	.
Guatemala	43	233.33	67.3	4.7	32.7
Guinea	140	170	53.7	2	.
Guinea-Bissau	124	180	44.7	0.8	20.4
Guyana	36	240	63.1	4.6	81
Haiti	118	183.33	51.6	1.7	.
Honduras	37	240	67.8	2.9	.
Hong Kong	63	220	81.6	32.9	.
Hungary	107	190	72.7	16.3	98.6
Iceland	4	260	80.7	35.6	108.8
India	125	180	63.3	3.3	49.9
Indonesia	64	220	66.8	3.6	.
Iran	96	200	70.4	8.3	80
Ireland	11	253.33	77.7	41	123.1
Israel	58	223.33	79.7	24.6	93
Italy	50	230	80.1	29.2	92.8
Ivory Coast	160	150	45.9	1.6	21.7
Jamaica	44	233.33	70.8	4.4	83.6
Japan	90	206.67	82	31.5	102.1
Jordan	141	170	71.3	4.7	87.7
Kazakhstan	101	193.33	63.2	8.2	87
Kenya	112	186.67	47.2	1.1	.
Kuwait	38	240	76.9	19.2	55.6
Kyrgyzstan	65	220	66.8	2.1	83
Laos	126	180	54.7	1.9	35.6
Latvia	154	156.67	71.6	13.2	88.9
Lebanon	113	186.67	72	6.2	78.2
Lesotho	165	143.33	36.3	2.5	28
Libya	108	190	73.6	11.4	.
Lithuania	155	156.67	72.3	13.7	93.4
Luxembourg	12	253.33	78.5	55.6	95.3
Macedonia	146	163.33	73.8	7.8	.
Madagascar	103	193.33	55.4	0.9	.
Malawi	158	153.33	39.7	0.6	.
Malaysia	17	246.67	73.2	12.1	98.8
Maldives	66	220	66.6	3.9	42.7
Mali	131	176.67	47.9	1.2	15
Malta	14	250	78.4	19.9	90.4
Mauritania	132	176.67	52.7	2.2	.
Mauritius	73	216.67	72.2	13.1	107.3
Mexico	51	230	75.1	10	73.4
Moldova	175	116.67	67.7	1.8	.
Mongolia	59	223.33	64	1.9	64.4
Morocco	114	186.67	69.7	4.2	39.3
Mozambique	127	180	41.9	1.3	13.9
Namibia	74	216.67	48.3	7	59.8
Nepal	119	183.33	61.6	1.4	53.9
Netherlands	15	250	78.4	30.5	124.1
New Zealand	18	246.67	79.1	25.2	112.9
Nicaragua	85	210	69.7	2.9	.
Niger	161	150	44.4	0.9	.
Nigeria	120	183.33	43.4	1.4	.
Norway	19	246.67	79.4	42.3	117
Oman	30	243.33	74.1	13.2	67.8
Pakistan	166	143.33	63	2.4	39
Palestine	128	180	72.5	5.8	80.7
Panama	39	240	74.8	7.2	68.7
Papua New Guinea	86	210	55.3	2.6	21.2
Paraguay	75	216.67	71	4.9	56.9
Peru	115	186.67	70	5.9	80.8
Philippines	78	213.33	70.4	5.1	75.9
Poland	99	196.67	74.3	13.3	.
Portugal	92	203.33	77.2	19.3	112
Qatar	45	233.33	72.8	27.4	92.4
Romania	136	173.33	71.3	8.2	80.2
Russia	167	143.33	65.3	11.1	81.9
Rwanda	163	146.67	43.9	1.5	12.1
Samoa Western	52	230	70.2	5.8	76
Sao Tome And Prinicpe	60	223.33	63	1.2	.
Saudi Arabia	31	243.33	71.8	12.8	68.5
Senegal	116	186.67	55.7	1.8	19.5
Seychelles	20	246.67	72.7	7.8	.
Sierra Leone	143	166.67	40.8	0.8	23.9
Singapore	53	230	78.7	28.1	.
Slovakia	129	180	74	16.1	86.6
Slovenia	67	220	76.4	21.6	98.8
Soloman Islands	54	230	62.3	1.7	.
South Africa	109	190	48.4	12	90.2
South Korea	102	193.33	77	20.4	97.4
Spain	46	233.33	79.5	25.5	112.8
Sri Lanka	93	203.33	74	4.3	.
St Kitts And Nevis	21	246.67	70	8.8	.
St Lucia	47	233.33	72.4	5.4	94.3
St Vincent And The Grenadines	40	240	71.1	2.9	.
Sudan	173	120	56.4	2.1	28.8
Suriname	32	243.33	69.1	4.1	50.7
Swaziland	168	140	32.5	5	.
Sweden	7	256.67	80.2	29.8	152.8
Switzerland	2	273.33	80.5	32.3	99.9
Syria	142	170	73.3	3.9	42
Taiwan	68	220	76.1	27.6	.
Tajikistan	94	203.33	63.6	1.2	76
Tanzania	121	183.33	46	0.7	5.31
Thailand	76	216.67	70	8.3	79
Timor-Leste	69	220	65.5	0.4	.
Togo	147	163.33	54.3	1.7	.
Tonga	70	220	72.2	2.3	.
Trinidad And Tobago	55	230	69.9	16.7	78.4
Tunisia	79	213.33	73.3	8.3	74.6
Turkey	133	176.67	68.7	8.2	.
Turkmenistan	171	133.33	62.4	8	.
UAE	22	246.67	78	43.4	74.4
Uganda	156	156.67	47.3	1.8	.
Ukraine	174	120	66.1	7.2	92.8
United Kingdom	41	236.67	78.4	30.3	157.2
Uruguay	87	210	75.4	9.6	91.6
USA	23	246.67	77.4	41.8	94.6
Uzbekistan	80	213.33	66.5	1.8	.
Vanuate	24	246.67	68.6	2.9	28.5
Venzuela	25	246.67	72.9	6.1	.
Vietnam	95	203.33	70.5	2.8	64.6
Yemen	91	206.67	60.6	0.9	.
Zambia	148	163.33	37.5	0.9	25.5
Zimbabwe	177	110	36.9	2.3	45.3

Notes

1. SWL (satisfaction with life) rating calculated from data published by New Economics Foundation (2006).

2. SWL (satisfaction with life) index calculated from data published by New Economics Foundation (2006).

3. Life Expectancy from UN Human Development Report (2003)

4. GDP per capita from figure published by the CIA (2006), figure in US$.

5. Access to secondary education rating from UNESCO (2002)