re: What makes these Countries the 10 happiest in the world?

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Aren't they nearly all socialist countries?

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Do you think there is a huge portion of bottom feeders that contribute 0% and consume a ton like there is in this country?

all jokes aside,

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Homogeneity

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this

I think you have that backwards

From skimming the link, the US is #13 (and Israel is #11, which surprised me).

Criteria seem to be:

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This ranking shows how the top 20 countries ranked on the 2016 World Happiness Report. The colors show the factors that explain the overall ranking: GPD per capita is yellow; social support is red; healthy life expectancy is navy; the freedom to make life choices is green; charitable giving is purple; perceptions of corruption is gray. The blue represents how they compare to a hypothetical country called Dystopia that’s equal to the lowest national averages for 2013-2015.

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WTH is this Dystopia crap and how do they compare countries to that?

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There you have it - the key to happiness is less Asians

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Swing and a miss.

For the record, the Top 21 countries:

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1. Denmark(7.526)
2. Switzerland(7.509)
3. Iceland(7.501)
4. Norway(7.498)
5. Finland(7.413)
6. Canada(7.404)
7. Netherlands(7.339)
8. New Zealand(7.334)
9. Australia(7.313)
10. Sweden(7.291)
11. Israel(7.267)
12. Austria(7.119)
13. United States(7.104)
14. Costa Rica(7.087)
15. Puerto Rico(7.039)
16. Germany(6.994)
17. Brazil(6.952)
18. Belgium(6.929)
19. Ireland(6.907)
20. Luxembourg(6.871)
21. Mexico(6.778)

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Swing and a miss.

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yeah, I totally misread "largest" minorities. Oh well, I'll take the lashings.

They should have top 10 unhappiest countries to further the study.

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Israel is #11, which surprised me).

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just because they are always complaining and purport to be victims, they have their money, which triggers their dopamine response.