Happiest Countries in the World 2012: Happy Nations Complete List

The So-Called Happy Planet Index 2012 Results Were Released. Here is a Full List of the World's Happiest Countries For 2012

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The so-called Happy Planet Index released its 2012 results. The organization released its 2012 list of happiest countries in the world. The happiest country in the world for 2012? Costa Rica (Pura Vida!) Latin America features prominently in the top 10 with eight of the 10 happiest countries located in Central and South America.

How do they rate the world's happiest countries? The HCI describes its methods here.

Here is the complete list of happiest countries for 2012

1    Costa Rica
2    Vietnam
3    Colombia
4    Belize
5    El Salvador
6    Jamaica
7    Panama
8    Nicaragua
9    Venezuela
10    Guatemala
11    Bangladesh
12    Cuba
13    Honduras
14    Indonesia
15    Israel
16    Pakistan
17    Argentina
18    Albania
19    Chile
20    Thailand
21    Brazil
22    Mexico
23    Ecuador
24    Peru
25    Philippines
26    Algeria
27    Jordan
28    New Zealand
29    Norway
30    Palestine
31    Guyana
32    India
33    Dominican Republic
34    Switzerland
35    Sri Lanka
36    Iraq
37    Laos
38    Kyrgyzstan
39    Tunisia
40    Moldova
41    United Kingdom
42    Morocco
43    Tajikistan
44    Turkey
45    Japan
46    Germany
47    Syria
48    Austria
49    Madagascar
50    France
51    Italy
52    Sweden
53    Armenia
54    Uzbekistan
55    Georgia
56    Saudi Arabia
57    Paraguay
58    Nepal
59    Cyprus
60    China
61    Myanmar
62    Spain
63    Korea
64    Bolivia
65    Canada
66    Malta
67    Netherlands
68    Yemen
69    Lebanon
70    Finland
71    Poland
72    Malawi
73    Ireland
74    Bosnia and Herzegovina
75    Romania
76    Australia
77    Iran
78    Haiti
79    Serbia
80    Azerbaijan
81    Libya
82    Croatia
83    Greece
84    Malaysia
85    Cambodia
86    Ghana
87    Slovenia
88    Iceland
89    Slovakia
90    Singapore
91    Egypt
92    Czech Republic
93    Uruguay
94    Ethiopia
95    Turkmenistan
96    Namibia
97    Portugal
98    Kenya
99    Zambia
100    Ukraine
101    Sudan
102    Hong Kong
103    Belarus
104    Hungary
105    United States of America
106    Djibouti
107    Belgium
108    Rwanda
109    Afghanistan
110    Denmark
111    Mauritius
112    Comoros
113    Cote d'Ivoire
114    Mozambique
115    Zimbabwe
116    Liberia
117    Estonia
118    Latvia
119    Kazakhstan
120    Lithuania
121    Congo
122    Russia
123    Bulgaria
124    Cameroon
125    Nigeria
126    Senegal
127    Angola
128    Mauritania
129    Burkina Faso
130    United Arab Emirates
131    Uganda
132    Benin
133    Tanzania
134    Congo, Dem. Rep. of the
135    Burundi
136    Trinidad and Tobago
137    Guinea
138    Luxembourg
139    Sierra Leone
140    Macedonia
141    Togo
142    South Africa
143    Kuwait
144    Niger
145    Mongolia
146    Bahrain
147    Mali
148    Central African Republic
149    Qatar
150    Chad
151    Botswana