by Paphamon Arayasukawa

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has moved up one spot to rank 60th on the World Happiness Report 2023, while Finland has maintained its position as the happiest country in the world for the sixth year in a row.

 

The report evaluates 137 countries based on various criteria, including social support, income, expectations of a healthy life, and perceptions of corruption, to assess happiness levels.

 

The report, released on March 20 to coincide with the International Day of Happiness, is published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Participants from each country rated their level of happiness on a scale of zero to ten, with zero indicating complete dissatisfaction and ten representing complete satisfaction.

 

Thailand scored 5.843, making it the third happiest country in Southeast Asia, behind Singapore (6.587) and Malaysia (6.012).

 

When analyzed by sub-factors, Thailand’s lowest score was in the perception of corruption category (0.013), followed by generosity (0.291), healthy life expectancy (0.461), freedom to make life choices (0.624), social support (1.344), and GDP per capita (1.515).

 

Afghanistan was ranked as the least happy country, with Lebanon, Zimbabwe, and Congo not far behind.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230323110956956

 

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Thailand should comare itself and learn from the upper ten.

Not be content going one step up, and that other neighboring countries comes out worse.

Sadly thailand has no real ambition, guess "to much work"..

Did Thailand move up one slot or did someone else move down?

How was Thailand's score this year compared with previous pre-Covid years?

Lot of people we know are miserable and depressed. Eyeballs in debt, smog, traffic jams in Bangkok, inflation, criminal government, corruption, low and expensive education for kids and so on.

 

Thailand is the best country in world to live in when you can afford it. Most people here cannot and are miserable. 

Anyone who believes that the Finns are way more happy than Thais, need to see a shrink.

What a load of rot. By the measures mentioned expect wealthier countries would float towards the top. Did they ask about family ties, general patience, respect and courtesy? Did they consider per capita suicide rates, divorce rates?

Am confident Thailand would fair much better if these factors, which are closely related to happiness, were considered.

Edited March 23, 20233 yr by Donga

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand has moved up one spot to rank 60th on the World Happiness Report 2023,

I can't think of a single reason why.

So being happier than Cambodia or Vietnam is a big deal now?

2 hours ago, VinnieK said:

Anyone who believes that the Finns are way more happy than Thais, need to see a shrink.

Then I need to see a shrink. Have you ever been to Finland?

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Thailand Improves Rank on World Happiness Report 2023

That's just anticipation that Prayut will be out the door this year...

5 hours ago, Tropicalevo said:

Did Thailand move up one slot or did someone else move down?

How was Thailand's score this year compared with previous pre-Covid years?

well Ukraine dropped like a stone  so it probably took the Russia invasion to move Thailand up 1 place

33 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

well Ukraine dropped like a stone  so it probably took the Russia invasion to move Thailand up 1 place

Maybe it's due to the Russian 'tourist' invasion...