“Ha Vinh Tho ist Glücksminister von Bhutan. NEON hat er erzählt, welche Aufgaben dieses Amt vorsieht, warum Deutschland zu wenig für das Wohlbefinden seiner Bürger tut und wie jeder Einzelne sein ganz persönliches Glück finden kann.”

Quelle: https://mobil.stern.de/neon/wilde-welt/gesellschaft/gluecksminister-dr–ha-vinh-tho–darum-sind-so-viele-deutsche-ungluecklich-7894280.html

Top50 World Happiness Rankings 2017

Editors: John Helliwell, Richard Layard and Jeffrey Sachs
Associate Editors: Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Haifang Huang and Shun Wang

Src: https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2017/HR17.pdf
http://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/206468/happiest-unhappiest-countries-world.aspx

http://worldhappiness.report/news/2018/03/14/finland-wins-double-gold-in-2018-world-happiness-report/

Top50 World Happiness Rankings 2018

src: https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf

Mental illness

while Mental illness is “big” in developed countries – SriLanka is leading the suicide stats.

“clearly recognised factors that increase an individual’s risk of suicide, for example:” (src)

debt
job loss
relationship breakdown
bullying
alcohol misuse

“Mental illness is one of the main causes of unhappiness in the world. It produces nearly as much of the misery that exists as poverty does,
and more than is caused by physical illness. Treating it should be a top priority for every government, as should the promotion of good
mental health.” (src: World Happiness Report 2018)