Denmark is named world's happiest country
Last updated 06/07/2008 14:21:40
Denmark, with its democracy, social equality and peaceful atmosphere, is the happiest country in the world, researchers suggest.
Overall, the world is getting happier, according to the U.S. government-funded World Values Survey, produced regularly by a global network of social scientists.
It found increased happiness from 1981 to 2007 in 45 of 52 countries analysed and suggested there was a strong correlation between happiness and democracy.