Afghanistan was listed as the world’s unhappiest country for the second year in a row.
The World Happiness Report placed Afghanistan as the world’s unhappiest country while Finland remained the world’s happiest country.
The World Happiness Report, a publication of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, every year rates happiness with a survey of about 150 countries.
The “World Happiness Report 2022” was first released 10 years ago, in 2012. The current report covers only 2019-2021. The current report presents the “usual ranking and modelling of national happiness based on data covering 2019 through 2021.”
Meanwhile, a number of residents of the country said unemployment, poverty and economic challenges are the main reasons for the survey results.
“I am sad because when I go home I have nothing to take home with me but my children are asking for it,” said Abdul Rahman, a Kabul resident.
“I have no motivation to study. There are no jobs. When you see everyone struggling with poverty, it certainly makes us sad,” said Zamir, a resident of Kabul.
“When the youth cannot reach their dreams, this is really disappointing and it hurts us,” said Naveed Kakar, a resident of Kabul.
In this report, Afghanistan has been placed at the very bottom of the report, indicating that it is the unhappiest country in the world.
“We seriously deny it. The people of Afghanistan can take a peaceful breath and are happy. Security is ensured all over the country. The people are resuming their business now,” said Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate.—Tolo news
