10 April 2012
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has been listed the 26th happiest nation in the world in a survey released by the United Nations. Its GCC neighbor the United Arab Emirates held 17th position while two other GCC states, Kuwait and Qatar, ranked 29th and 31st.
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia has been listed the 26th happiest nation in the world in a survey released by the United Nations. Its GCC neighbor the United Arab Emirates held 17th position while two other GCC states, Kuwait and Qatar, ranked 29th and 31st.
The list of happiest nations is dominated by North European nations. Denmark was ranked at the top of the scale, ahead of Finland, Norway, the Netherlands and Canada.
According to statistics published by the Ministry of Economy and Planning last year, annual per capita income in the Kingdom reached SR49,000. The country's per capita income remained unchanged because of dramatic population increase.
The unhappy nation list is dominated by the poor African countries. At the bottom of the rankings are Togo, Benin, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Comoros, Haiti and Tanzania, said the 150-page report.
© Arab News 2012
