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City/Country (Global Ranking)
Looking at the ranking from the bottom end which features the world’s least happy countries/cities, there were quite a number of African entries.
These are the 10 least happy African countries/cities in the world:
City/Country (Global Ranking)
In what was a rather curious absence, there was no room for Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, Nigeria, on the rankings.
Finland was once again crowned as the world’s happiest country for the third year running, extending its lead over Denmark and Switzerland. The United States occupies the 18th spot and the worst ranking country on the list was Afghanistan which occupied the last spot.
However, in a separate ranking highlighting which countries have seen the most positive changes and witnessed the most significant happiness boost between 2005 and 2013, there were 6 African countries/cities in the top 10 with Cote d’Ivoire taking first place globally.
10 Most Improved African Territories In World Happiness Report 2020
City/Country (Global Ranking)
- Algiers/Algeria (93rd)
- Niamey/Niger (100th)
- Port-Louis/Mauritius (104th)
- Tripoli/Libya (111th)
- Benghazi/Libya (112th)
- Johannesburg/South Africa (120th)
- Mogadishu/Somalia (123rd)
- Freetown/Sierra-Leone (125th)
- Accra/Ghana (129th)
- Cape Town/South Africa (130th)
Looking at the ranking from the bottom end which features the world’s least happy countries/cities, there were quite a number of African entries.
These are the 10 least happy African countries/cities in the world:
City/Country (Global Ranking)
- Juba/South Sudan (182nd)
- Dar-es-salaam/Tanzania (181st)
- Bangui/Central African Republic (178th)
- Cairo/Egypt (177th)
- Kigali/Rwanda (176th)
- Kumasi/Ghana (175th)
- Khartoum/Sudan (174th)
- Monrovia/Liberia (173rd)
- Antananarivo/Madagascar (172nd)
- Harare/Zimbabwe (171st)
In what was a rather curious absence, there was no room for Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, Nigeria, on the rankings.
Finland was once again crowned as the world’s happiest country for the third year running, extending its lead over Denmark and Switzerland. The United States occupies the 18th spot and the worst ranking country on the list was Afghanistan which occupied the last spot.
However, in a separate ranking highlighting which countries have seen the most positive changes and witnessed the most significant happiness boost between 2005 and 2013, there were 6 African countries/cities in the top 10 with Cote d’Ivoire taking first place globally.
10 Most Improved African Territories In World Happiness Report 2020
City/Country (Global Ranking)
- Abidjan/Cote d’Ivoire (1st)
- Cotonou/Benin (5th)
- Dakar/Senegal (7th)
- Conakry/Guinea (8th)
- Niamey/Niger (9th)
- Brazzaville/Congo Brazzaville (10th)
- Ouagadougou/Burkina Faso (11th)
- Freetown/Sierra-Leone (12th)
- Douala/Cameroon (15th)
- Libreville/Gabon (18th)