Word Happiness Report 2022: Mauritius remains the happiest country in Africa
Article Published on July 6, 2022
The latest World Happiness Report (the “Report"), released on 18 March 2022, marks the tenth anniversary of this series, and has, this year, directed its focus on the far-ranging effects of COVID-19. At the core, the Report aims to extract meaningful subjective data on happiness levels across the World and transform it into an objective analysis which can help guide individuals and societies towards better lives.
With an improved score of 6.071 (2021: 6.049), Mauritius takes the 52nd spot on the World Ranking, and has subsequently retained its position as the happiest country in Africa.
The analysis which demonstrates how the COVID-19 pandemic starting in 2020 has led to a 2021 pandemic of benevolence with equally global spread - takes into account the following variables:
• GDP per capita;
• social support;
• health life expectancy;
• freedom to make life choices;
• generosity and
• perceptions of corruption
The full Report can be accessed here
