World HAPPINESS index : Sierra Leone deteriorated 46 places from mid-table during Ernest Koroma era to third bottom during Maada Bio’ s tenure

SIERRA LEONE DETERIORATED SERIOUSLY IN THE WORLD HAPPINESS INDEX AFTER PRESIDENT MAADA BIO CAME TO POWER IN 2018.
How much unhappiness President Maada Bio has inflicted on the people of Sierra Leone can be clearly seen when you compare Sierra Leone’s ratings in the 2014 to 2018 World Happiness rankings to the UN- sponsored 2023 report just released on World Happiness Day by Gallup  on March 20, 2023.
THIS IS THE KIND OF NEWS NO SIERRA LEONE PEOPLE’S PARTY ( SLPP) AND PRESIDENT BIO WOULD WANT TO HEAR NOW AS SIERRA LEONE HEADS INTO ELECTIONS IN A FEW MONTHS. But the facts are very clear. Sierra Leone became the third most unhappiest country in the world after President Bio came to power.

The United Nations-sponsored report from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network has been tracking key indicators of happiness in countries around the globe from the Gallup World Poll since 2005. Their research came together for the first World Happiness Report in 2012, making this the seventh report.

To create the list, researchers use survey data from 156 countries on six factors that science has shown to indicate general well-being and happiness: GDP per capita, social support, freedom, generosity, healthy life expectancy and absence of corruption.

The latest report came out on March 20, which the United Nations has declared to be the International Day of Happiness.

Sierra Leone was the 105th happiest country in the world between 2014-2016 ( 49 places from the bottom )  when President Koroma was in power, according to the index compiled by the Gallup World Poll. Today Sierra Leone is the third unhappiness country in the world plunging to where there are only two countries unhappier than us. This is a very shameful statistics that President Bio should be ashamed of.
During the Maada Bio era, Sierra Leone plunged 49 places down the ladder.

World’s 20 Unhappiest Countries in 2023

 

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Lebanon
  3. Sierra Leone
  4. Zimbabwe
  5. Congo
  6. Botswana
  7. Malawi
  8. Comoros
  9. Tanzania
  10. Zambia
  11. Madagascar
  12. India
  13. Liberia
  14. Ethiopia
  15. Jordan
  16. Togo
  17. Egypt
  18. Mali
  19. Gambia
  20. Bangladesh

 

2014-2016 WORLD HAPPINESS INDEX
Life Today
2014-2016
Norway 7.537
Denmark 7.522
Iceland 7.504
Switzerland 7.494
Finland 7.469
Netherlands 7.377
Canada 7.316
New Zealand 7.314
Australia 7.284
Sweden 7.284
Israel 7.213
Costa Rica 7.079
Austria 7.006
United States 6.993
Ireland 6.977
Germany 6.951
Belgium 6.891
Luxembourg 6.863
United Kingdom 6.714
Chile 6.652
United Arab Emirates 6.648
Brazil 6.635
Czech Republic 6.609
Argentina 6.599
Mexico 6.578
Singapore 6.572
Malta 6.527
Uruguay 6.454
Guatemala 6.454
Panama 6.452
France 6.442
Thailand 6.424
Taiwan 6.422
Spain 6.403
Qatar 6.375
Colombia 6.357
Saudi Arabia 6.344
Kuwait 6.105
Slovakia 6.098
Bahrain 6.087
Malaysia 6.084
Nicaragua 6.071
Ecuador 6.008
El Salvador 6.003
Poland 5.973
Uzbekistan 5.971
Italy 5.964
Russia 5.963
Belize 5.956
Japan 5.920
Lithuania 5.902
Algeria 5.872
Latvia 5.850
South Korea 5.838
Moldova 5.838
Romania 5.825
Bolivia 5.823
Turkmenistan 5.822
Kazakhstan 5.819
Northern Cyprus 5.810
Slovenia 5.758
Peru 5.715
Mauritius 5.629
Cyprus 5.621
Estonia 5.611
Belarus 5.569
Libya 5.525
Turkey 5.500
Paraguay 5.493
Hong Kong 5.472
Philippines 5.430
Serbia 5.395
Jordan 5.336
Hungary 5.324
Jamaica 5.311
Croatia 5.293
Kosovo 5.279
China 5.273
Pakistan 5.269
Indonesia 5.262
Venezuela 5.250
Montenegro 5.237
Morocco 5.235
Azerbaijan 5.234
Dominican Republic 5.230
Greece 5.227
Lebanon 5.225
Portugal 5.195
Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.182
Honduras 5.181
Macedonia 5.175
Somalia 5.151
Vietnam 5.074
Nigeria 5.074
Tajikistan 5.041
Bhutan 5.011
Kyrgyzstan 5.004
Nepal 4.962
Mongolia 4.955
South Africa 4.829
Tunisia 4.805
Palestinian Territories 4.775
Egypt 4.735
Bulgaria 4.714
Sierra Leone 4.709
Cameroon 4.695
Iran 4.692
Albania 4.644
Bangladesh 4.608
Namibia 4.574
Kenya 4.553
Mozambique 4.550
Myanmar 4.545
Senegal 4.535
Zambia 4.514
Iraq 4.497
Gabon 4.465
Ethiopia 4.460
Sri Lanka 4.440
Armenia 4.376
India 4.315
Mauritania 4.292
Congo (Brazzaville) 4.291
Georgia 4.286
Congo (Kinshasa) 4.280
Mali 4.190
Ivory Coast 4.180
Cambodia 4.168
Sudan 4.139
Ghana 4.120
Ukraine 4.096
Uganda 4.081
Burkina Faso 4.032
Niger 4.028
Malawi 3.970
Chad 3.936
Zimbabwe 3.875
Lesotho 3.808
Angola 3.795
Afghanistan 3.794
Botswana 3.766
Benin 3.657
Madagascar 3.644
Haiti 3.603
Yemen 3.593
South Sudan 3.591
Liberia 3.533
Guinea 3.507
Togo 3.495
Rwanda 3.471
Syria 3.462
Tanzania 3.349
Burundi 2.905
Central African Republic 2.693
Averages based on Gallup World Poll surveys conducted in 2014-2016
GALLUP WORLD POLL

2018

 

2023

World’s 20 Unhappiest Countries in 2023

 

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Lebanon
  3. Sierra Leone
  4. Zimbabwe
  5. Congo
  6. Botswana
  7. Malawi
  8. Comoros
  9. Tanzania
  10. Zambia
  11. Madagascar
  12. India
  13. Liberia
  14. Ethiopia
  15. Jordan
  16. Togo
  17. Egypt
  18. Mali
  19. Gambia
  20. Bangladesh

 

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