Which country is the most stressful? Where do people feel like their countrymen and women treat them with the most respect? Where are people more likely to be sad?
A new global poll by the international survey company Gallup asked 140,000 people around the world how they feel, with the goal of creating a global emotional temperature map.
Indonesia and Malaysia topped the list for the world’s most well-rested countries, while 99 per cent of people in Paraguay said they were treated with respect all day long.
Unlike many surveys that look at income, life expectancy or health care, the Global Emotions report looks at how people around the world are feeling.
Asked if they felt well rested yesterday, 86 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed in Indonesia and Malaysia said yes, followed by Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Taiwan. By contrast, in Lebanon (73 per cent), Afghanistan (68 per cent) and Ukraine (55 per cent), people said no.
Other questions included, “Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?”, “Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?” and “Were you treated with respect all day yesterday?”
Honduras was listed as the most smile-filled country, followed by Indonesia, Panama and Cambodia.
Other questions related to anger, sadness and pain.
Lebanon was found to be the angriest nation in the world, with the highest number of worried people who are least likely to smile, learn something new or experience enjoyment. The responses symbolise the new mood of despair, frustration and sadness that has enveloped the Arab country as it struggles with a dire economic crisis and the political and emotional fallout from the August 4, 2020, port blast.
Gallup’s global emotional temperature map powers the World Happiness Report, the UN's annual benchmark index.
Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for the fifth time, followed by three of its Nordic neighbours, Norway, Denmark and Iceland.
The UN World Happiness Report is mainly based on factors such as the fight against corruption and life expectancy, and it is published by the body's Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
Here are the full results of the survey:
Are you angry?
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Lebanon, riven by protests about power cuts, the economy and corruption, was the world's angriest country in the Gallup survey. EPA -
Turks, such as those protesting here in May over plans to replace Taksim Gezi Park in Istanbul with a shopping mall, were the second angriest. EPA -
Third was Armenia, where a woman protests about a peace deal with Azerbaijan in 2020. Getty Images -
Iraq, scene of clashes such as these in Baghdad in 2020, was fourth. AFP -
Afghanistan, from which thousands have fled since the Taliban took power last year, made the top five. EPA -
Finns have the least to be angry about, especially after Finland won the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championship. AFP -
Mauritius, the second least angry country, had plenty to sing and dance about. Getty Images -
All smiles, as Estonians came third. AFP -
Portugal was the fourth least angry country. AFP -
With its vibrant capital, Amsterdam, there's little to be angry about for many in the Netherlands. EPA
Did you experience anger yesterday?
Yes:
- Lebanon
- Turkey
- Armenia
- Iraq
- Afghanistan
No:
- Finland
- Mauritius
- Estonia
- Portugal
- Netherlands
Are you in pain?
Did you experience physical pain yesterday?
Yes:
- Sierra Leone
- Iraq
- Benin
- Jordan
- Egypt
No:
- Vietnam
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Malaysia
Are you happy?
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Despite the odd volcanic eruption, Iceland was the happiest country in the global Gallup poll. AFP -
Are spectacular sunsets the secret for Paraguay, in second place? AP -
Playing happily in Denmark, which came third. AFP -
Irish eyes are smiling in Dublin. Ireland was fourth. Getty Images -
The fifth happiest country was ... Cambodia. AFP -
Lebanon, with its struggling economy and fallout from the 2020 Beirut port explosion, was the least happy. AFP -
Afghanistan, taken over by Taliban extremists last year, was ranked the second least happy. AFP -
Turks, such as this man running a shoeshine business in Sanliurfa, were third on the list. AFP -
Egypt was fourth. AFP -
Fifth was Sierra Leone. Getty Images
Did you experience enjoyment yesterday?
Yes:
- Iceland
- Paraguay
- Denmark
- Ireland
- Cambodia
No:
- Lebanon
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Egypt
- Sierra Leone
Are you sad?
Did you experience sadness yesterday?
Yes:
- Afghanistan
- Lebanon
- Turkey
- Guinea
- India
No:
- Kosovo
- Taiwan
- Singapore
- Kazakhstan
- Japan
Are you stressed?
Did you experience stress yesterday?
Yes:
- Afghanistan
- Lebanon
- Turkey
- Ecuador
- Jordan
No:
- Uzbekistan
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Indonesia
- Mongolia
Are you worried?
Did you experience worry yesterday?
Yes:
- Afghanistan
- Brazil
- Lebanon
- Malta
- Ecuador
No:
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Taiwan
- Mauritius
- Uzbekistan
Learnt something new?
Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?
Yes:
- Philippines
- Senegal
- Finland
- Panama
- Peru
No:
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Lebanon
- Pakistan
- Egypt
Treated with respect?
Were you treated with respect all day yesterday?
Yes:
- Paraguay
- Chile
- Uruguay
- El Salvador
- Honduras
No:
- Lao
- Japan
- South Korea
- Republic of the Congo
- Nepal
Laughed or smiled?
Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?
Yes:
- Honduras
- Indonesia
- Panama
- Cambodia
- Lao
No:
- Afghanistan
- Turkey
- Lebanon
- Nepal
- Serbia
Are you well rested?
Did you feel well rested yesterday?
Yes:
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Uzbekistan
- Taiwan
No:
- Lebanon
- Afghanistan
- Ukraine
- Turkey
- Hungary
