Comments on: Happiness Rankings by Country

By: John Gabel

John Gabel — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:36:42 +0000

I am not surprised that Denmark tops the list.
Even though the people of Denmark pay an average
tax in the range of 40%, they get a lot of service
for this: old age pensions (social sevurity, free
health care, free tuition for students who not
only have no tuition, they are paid an average of
around $1,000 a motnh while attending
college. They are guaranteed six week vacation
annually and working after four in the afternoon
is not common. Almost everyone can travel abroad
for vacations. The country has a high GDP, a low
crime rate with little extreme wealth or object
poverty. The government of Denmark looks after
the interest of its people and doesn’t try to run
the world like the U.S.

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By: john

john — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:10:43 +0000

jaoan rocks?

go to the link below and tell me if japan is still cool-this is in consideratin that japan has covered this up and teaches lies to its school children…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

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By: Lala72

Lala72 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:40:59 +0000

It’s funny how this “study” is so skewed toward socialized nations and indeed so far from this other study, which offers, from my experiences, a far more accurate list: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/5733503/Britain-74th-in-world-happiness-rankings.html

By: Japan rocks big time dude.

Japan rocks big time dude. — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:52:53 +0000

Japan is like totally way cool, dude. peace love

By: Yoshimi

Yoshimi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:45:49 +0000

I was interested to view this ranking, and had moments of pondering and wondering and then nodding why Japan ranks so low, even though it is wealthy, and highly technological and industrial. To be candid, Japan and its people are not in a healthful environment at all. They are Islanders and thus much of their world is what happens in their lands. Govt system is dysfunctional, high in debt, politicians are old and not so innovative. Still traditional views and mind set predominates the system and thus laws and lives of Japanese. Education system is currupt, not all, but some students and/or parents are lack in confidence, and bribery is an effective yet secret ritual to some. As you see, there is no such a thing as Demorcracy. Politicians do not listen to the poeple who elected them. There is no town hall meeting like the one held in the cities of U.S. It is almost rare to meet them in person, unless you win Olympics. I believe Japan is deeply in trouble with domestic issues by not listening to its own people. I am frustrated due to all this, even though I take pride in its highly creative culture.