Colombia once again ranked happiest country in the world: survey

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: Colombia Reports


For the second year in a row, Colombia has topped the list as the world’s happiest country, according to a survey released Thursday by WIN-Gallup.

The survey known as the 2014 Barometer of Happiness and Hope reported that of the 1,012 Colombians polled, 86% self-reported as “happy,” while only 2% reported themselves as “unhappy.” This represents a rise of 9% from 2012 when 77% of respondents rated themselves as “happy.”

Over half, 58%, of respondents reported they would not change countries.

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Fiji, Finland and Argentina follow Colombia in terms of self-reported happiness, according to the poll.



Read more: http://colombiareports.co/colombia-ranked-happiest-country-world-survey/

[Fred Sanders]

1. More like the Barometer of Bullshit and Boring

[demwing]

10. Exactly - How can they be so damned happy when they are clearly

so not us?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

2. "Source: Colombia Reports"

[Bacchus4.0]

3. right, Colombia Reports reported on the Gallup survey of people in 60+ countries n/t

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[demwing]

9. What's so funny?

Colombia is the happiest country "according to a survey released Thursday by WIN-Gallup." Are Colombian media sources supposed to ignore this?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. Am I the ONLY one here that knows about the CIA front that IS "Columbia"?

[demwing]

14. Why did you misspell Colombia and put it in "quotes"?

Did I misspell the word? I'm puzzled.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. Read up on the Civil War where the main casualties seem to be anyone trying to start a union.

[tabasco]

16. Reading is fundamental

Gallup did the survey, genius.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Gallup hasn't exactly been trustworthy.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/18/1121497/-Why-I-remove-Gallup-and-Rasmussen-from-the-Abbreviated-Pundit-Round-up-charts#

[hughee99]

4. Other than a murder rate 6 times higher than even the US, what's not to love?

I understand it's a beautiful country, and the few Colombians I've met have been very nice.

[7962]

5. Fiji being 2nd place? Cant imagine why......

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. The comments tell a different story

They point to cultural reasons that Colombians may say that they're happy when they're not.

[Bacchus4.0]

7. you mean the two comments on the message board from the non-Colombians?

Well, I see someone isn't happy. Maybe you should go to Colombia to lift your spirits.

[jsr]

8. Brought to you by the Make it Happy Foundation?

http://fusion.net/modern_life/story/forget-coffee-cocaine-colombia-export-happiness-16106

[ForgoTheConsequence]

12. Impossible.

They don't have a Walmart and Starbucks on every corner, how can they know true happiness?

[ronnie624]

13. Most of the poverty in Colombia is in the rural areas.

I wonder how many people in those areas were polled. I would bet none.