The top 10 continues to be dominated by Nordic countries. Sweden is #7 and is up a little from #9 last year.
The U.S. slipped a little further down to #19 from #18. That's not a good trend. We definitely need to work on those key variables contributing to everyone's well-being instead of benefiting the rich and well-connected. We could learn a few things from the countries above us on the list for how to better benefit everyone.
Our current home in Latvia is holding steady at #53 out of 156. It's a decent score in the top half of the world and we're pretty happy living here.
Venezuela is lower at #108 compared to #102 last year. They're way down from #44 in the 2016 report when we moved there. I really hope their situation turns around sooner rather than later. It's definitely an unhappy place right now.
I wonder if population has to a certain size to be considered for the list (ie Fiji - where they seemed to having nothing, would be evacuating from floods with a genuine smile on their face - didn't make the list. Nor did I see any of the other small Oceanic Island nations.
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