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Are World Happiness Rankings Culturally Biased?

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The World Happiness Report ranks 146 countries by their average level of happiness. The happiness scores come from a survey of life satisfaction. People in collectivist cultures would typically rate their happiness highly only if other people around them were also happy. In other countries, the cultural orientation to happiness is more relationship-oriented and focused on interpersonal harmony.

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Are World Happiness Rankings Culturally Biased?

Every year, the World Happiness Report ranks 146 countries around the globe by their average level of happiness. Scandinavian countries usually top the list, the U.S. falls someplace in the mid-teens, and war-torn and deeply impoverished countries are at the bottom. The happiness scores come from a survey of life satisfaction, which goes something like this: Considering your life as a whole and using the mental image of a ladder, with the best …

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