{"id":111413,"date":"2015-04-26T05:54:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T05:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=111413"},"modified":"2015-04-26T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-26T10:05:27","slug":"ghana-is-the-worlds-114th-happiest-country-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=111413","title":{"rendered":"Ghana is the world&#8217;s 114th happiest country &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been ranked the 114th happiest country in the world in a new World Happiness report.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third annual World Happiness index produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), an initiative under the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111417\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report-2ryt.jpg\" alt=\"report 2ryt\" width=\"702\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report-2ryt.jpg 702w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report-2ryt-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the poll which examined 158 countries, Switzerland was ranked the happiest country in the world followed by\u00a0Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111418\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report.jpg\" alt=\"report\" width=\"675\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report.jpg 675w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/report-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Four African countries,\u00a0Togo, Burundi, Benin and Rwanda are ranked as the least happy countries with\u00a0\u00a0Syria following closely behind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111419\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ghana.jpg\" alt=\"Ghana\" width=\"722\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ghana.jpg 722w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ghana-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Ghana-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ghana placed 114th, just above Robert Mugabe&#8217;s Zimbabwe, Ebola ravaged Liberia, Sudan and Haiti and behind Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>The report considers factors\u00a0such as real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, corruption levels and social freedoms.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111420\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ghana2.jpg\" alt=\"ghana2\" width=\"847\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ghana2.jpg 847w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/ghana2-300x76.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-111421\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/reportsub.jpg\" alt=\"reportsub\" width=\"421\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/reportsub.jpg 421w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/reportsub-300x55.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Increasingly happiness is considered a proper measure of social progress and goal of public policy,&#8221; the report said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A rapidly increasing number of national and local governments are using happiness data and research in their search for policies that could enable people to live better lives&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana has been ranked the 114th happiest country in the world in a new World Happiness report. 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