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Happiness, not just economic growth, is increasingly seen as a proper measure of social progress and the advised goal of social policy.
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According to the World Happiness Report 2017, the Norwegians are the happiest people on the planet, followed by the Danish and Icelandic. What the Nordic countries have in common is a rather even distribution of wealth.
This chart shows a ranking of the happiest countries worldwide 2014-2016, by index score.
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