The World's Happiest (And Saddest) Countries, 2013

NAPITA · 2013-10-30T09:09:57+00:00

HAPPIEST 1. Norway Enjoying the harborside in Bergen, Norway. In 2013 the Scandinavian nation ranked 1st overall on the Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index for the fifth straight year, with leading scores in the Economy and Social Capital sub indexes. 2. Switzerland Davos. Switzerland jumped from 9th to 2nd place in the Legatum Index. Its 1st place rankings in Governance are balanced out by a 27nd place ranking in education. It ranks 2nd in Economy and 3rd in Health. 3. Canada The skyline of booming Calgary, Alberta. Canada improved from 6th place to 3rd overall. The nation scores 1st in Personal Freedom and 3rd in Education. 4. Sweden A view of Central Stockholm. Sweden's dropped one spot to 4th overall this year. The nation ranks 1st in Entrepreneurship and Opportunity. 5. New Zealand A view of the harbor in Auckland, New Zealand, which ranks 5th overall, is 1st in Education and 2nd in Governance and Social Capital. 1. (Saddest) Chad Chad is the least prosperous country in the world, according to the 2013 Legatum Index, ranking at the bottom of the 142-country list. Here, a woman brings her baby to be examined for signs of malnutrition at a walk-in feeding center in Dibinindji, a desert village in the Sahel belt of Chad, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. An influx of Chadians returning from Libya after the conflict there has exacerbated social tensions. 2. (Saddest) Central African Republic The Central African Republic ranks 141 on the Prosperity Index. It ranks at the bottom in Education, Entrepreneurship & Opportunity. Despite significant mineral resources in a country twice the size of France, CAR is suffering atrocities under the rule of armed gangs that overthrew Pres. Francois Bozize. Amnesty International calls the violences of the security forces "out of control." 3. (Saddest) Congo D.R. Amid ongoing war, the Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 140th on the Prosperity Index. Here, a Congolese girl carries a box of food aid at the Mugunga III camp for internally displaced persons, which is often raided by armed men. 4. (Saddest) Afghanistan Decades of war have left many Afghans in abject poverty. No country ranks worse in Governance. Here, Afghan travellers including a woman in full burkha journey on a horse cart along a street in Herat on December 30, 2012. 5. (Saddest) Burundi Like neighboring Rwanda, Burundi has suffered decades of sectarian violence between the Hutu and Tutsi people. Hizo ni nchi tano katika kila kundi lakini zipo 20 kwa kila kundi na jumla yake zinakuwa 40 unaweza kutazama nyingine hapa kwa mujibu wa Information for the World's Business Leaders - Forbes.com

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Start date Oct 30, 2013

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