Indians are happier than Americans

28 July,2009 03:42 PM IST |   |  MiD DAY Correspondent

Indians are happier than Americans


The Happy Planet Index (HPI) places India at the 35th position among happy countries, while the US comes 114.

You can download the report from their Website.

Wikipedia says that HPI is supposed to challenge well-established indices of development like GDP and the HDI.

While understanding it, it is good to know what happiness means.

But happiness comes at a price and this article says that fast-growing economies such as the US, China and India were all greener and happier 20 years ago than they are today.

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