According to the World Happiness Report 2017, the happiest country in the region is Costa Rica, in eleventh place in the world. Norway is the happiest place on earth.
The report was published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network of the United Nations on occasion International Happiness Day on 20 March 2017.
The writers of the report analyzed the level of happiness in the 155 participating countries using several indicators including the political system, resources, corruption, education and the health system. Data from 2014 to 2016 was used.
The conclusions showed that Costa Rica was the happiest in Latin America in 11th place followed by Chile (20), Brazil (22), Argentina (24) Mexico (25), Uruguay (28), Guatemala (29) and Panama (30).
Further down the table were Colombia (36), Nicaragua (43), Ecuador (44), El Salvador (45), Bolivia (58), Peru (63) and Paraguay (70).
Bringing up the rear were Venezuela (82), Dominican Republic (86) and Honduras (91).
The report is the fifth to come out since 2012 and continues to gain global recognition as governments, organizations and civil society increasingly use happiness indicators to inform their policy-making decisions.
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