Can you measure the happiness of the planet?
The second global ranking of the ecological efficiency with which the world's nations deliver long and happy lives for the people who live there - the 'Happy Planet Index' - confirms a surprising picture of the relative wealth and progress of nations.
The report, The Happy Planet Index 2.0: Why good lives don't have to cost the earth, published by nef (new economics foundation) at the beginning of July, presents the results of the second global compilation of the Happy Planet Index (HPI).
The new HPI is based on improved data for 143 countries from around the world, representing 99 per cent of the world's population. The report shows that globally we are still far from achieving good lives within the Earth's finite resource limits. Latin America tops the HPI with Costa Rica as the 'greenest and happiest' country. Nine of the ten highest-scoring nations are Latin American, while the USA, China and India were all 'greener and happier' twenty years ago than they are today. By the way, the same index ranks the UK as 74th. A lot still to do?
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