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Scandinavian countries rule the rankings; the U.S. places 17th.
Veenhoven's research shows that Scandinavian nations come out on top, making up five of the 13 happiest nations. Denmark tops the list as a whole — its citizens rank their average happiness as 8.2 on a 10-point scale.
It's comforting, though, that most people in the world report being satisfied with their lives. “Virtually every country in the world scores somewhere between five and eight on a 10-point scale,” Weiner writes. “There are a few exceptions.” So while, admittedly, those Scandinavians have it pretty good, the rest of us aren't too far behind. And that's something to be happy about.
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Veenhoven's research shows that Scandinavian nations come out on top, making up five of the 13 happiest nations. Denmark tops the list as a whole — its citizens rank their average happiness as 8.2 on a 10-point scale.
It's comforting, though, that most people in the world report being satisfied with their lives. “Virtually every country in the world scores somewhere between five and eight on a 10-point scale,” Weiner writes. “There are a few exceptions.” So while, admittedly, those Scandinavians have it pretty good, the rest of us aren't too far behind. And that's something to be happy about.
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Who can blame Scandinavians for being happy when they have local hotties like Kata Karkkainen running around?
Speaking of Kata, it has been twenty years since she graced the pages of Playboy (December playmate of the month, 1988), but she's still cute as a button.
She's about 6 months older than me. Maybe I do have a thing for older women after all...
