Pakistanis are happier than Indians, according to the United Nation's Happiness Index

LAHORE - Pakistan has been ranked 75th, ahead from India (133rd), among 156 countries in United Nations 2018 ranking of the world's happiest countries.

It appears India is getting unhappier by the year as it dropped eleven slots from last year, 2017 when it ranked 122 on the list and came behind China, Pakistan, and Nepal, Sri Lanka, all are the immediate neigbours of the country.

The index shows India, an arch-rival of Pakistan, which used to leave no stone unturned to portray Pakistan as a terror-ravaged country, is unable to make efforts to make its people happy.

Pakistan was stood at 80th in 2017 Index and now it's on number 75, up five spots on the list.

The World Happiness Report was issued by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations yesterday (March 14), putting Finland at the top, based on indicators such as life expectancy, social support and corruption.

Norway, last year's winner, clinched second place in the 2018 report. It is followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.

"The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries -- Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland -- have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report," said report co-editor John Helliwell, a professor emeritus of economics at the University of British Columbia.

"In a division with such excellent teams, changes in the top spot are to be expected," he said.