The 2016 World Happiness Report is out and Lebanon has surprisingly gained 10 spots. “GDP per capita” is still the most important explanatory variable in determining national happiness, followed by healthy life expectancy and social support for Lebanon.
Here’s the complete ranking list for Arab countries:
28- UAE (Down 8 spots)
34- Saudi Arabia (Up 1 spot)
36- Qatar (Down 8 spots)
41- Kuwait (Down 2 spots)
42- Bahrain (Up 7 spots)
67- Libya (Down 4 spots)
80- Jordan (Up 2 spots)
108- Palestine (No change)
112- Iraq (No change)
120- Egypt (Up 15 spots)
147- Yemen (Down 11 spots)
157- Syria (Down 1 spot)
Syria remains the least happy country in the Arab world and in the world right after Burundi.
You can read more about the report [here].
Possibly because even more people are living in denial!
Or more are getting another nationality 😀
True!
The garbage stench must be giving a spectacular high. 😀
They got used to being masochistic and accept everything like slaves
Well… we’re getting drunk more to forget our miseries… maybe that’s actually working out…
Maybe …@Mario
To put things in perspectives: Libyans are way happier than us.
The conclusion of your post is the Lebanese are getting more and more dumb as time passes and the country literally rots in garbage, useless political crises, economical crises and many other problems such as lack of access to public spaces (although foreigners are more than welcome to access those places). In fact, this is bad news since we are happier when things are deteriorating instead of improving…. Bravo Lebanon. Way to go!