Jamaica more efficient than the UK:
nef publishes 2012 Happy Planet Index
Costa Rica and Vietnam are happiest countries in the world,
given their resource use
The UK tops the EU, ranking 41 out of 151 countries globally
Spain and Greece experience significant falls in national wellbeing.
A new report published today finds the UK is less efficient than Jamaica and most Latin
American nations at using environmental resources to create long and happy lives for its
citizens.
The Happy Planet Index, compiled by the New Economics Foundation (NEF) ranks countries
based on the health and happiness they produce per unit of environmental input, using
global data on life expectancy, happiness and environmental sustainability.
Happy Planet Index is the leading global measure of sustainable well-being. The Happy
Planet Charter has been endorsed by leading environmentalists, economists, and politicians
ahead of next week’s United Nations Earth Summit.
Costa Rica and Vietnam are the happiest countries in the world
given their resource use
The 2012 Happy Planet Index is topped by Costa Rica, Vietnam and Colombia – the
countries that live the longest, happiest, most sustainable lives.
Costa Ricans have higher average life expectancy and well-being than people living in the
United States and the country has a per capita Ecological Footprint one third the size of that
of the US.
Of the nine countries closest to achieving happy, green lives, eight are in Latin America and
the Caribbean.
UK ranks 41 out of 151 countries
The UK ranks ahead of all other G8 nations and comes top of EU nations in the Happy
Planet Index. But the UK’s HPI score is 48/100 which ranks it behind Jamaica, Mexico and
India ranked 32, Pakistan 16,Afghanisthan 109, Bangladesh 11, SriLanka 35,Nepal 58,in Happy Planet Index ,Austrailia 76 , USA 105, Japan 45 and United Kingdom 41 in survey of 151 countries
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