By Amadu Lamrana Bah
Sierra Leone is the 4th unhappiest country in the world, only ahead of Lesotho, Lebanon, and Afghanistan, according to the just-released Gallup World Happiness Report 2024.
The country is ranked 140 out of 143 countries in the 2024 report based on life evaluation as the most stable measure of the quality of people’s lives.
Sierra Leone was the third unhappiest country in the world in 2023, ranking 135th out of 137 countries ahead of Lebanon and Afghanistan, who are still at the bottom of this year’s ranking.
The World Happiness Report, a partnership among Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network is an annual publication that provides valuable, interdisciplinary insights into the well-being and happiness of people across the globe.
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