The happiest country in Europe revealed
The happiest country in Europe revealed
Eurostat says that in past year ‘EU citizens tended to be quite satisfied with their life in general’
It's Austria, just to save you a click.
We are? The world is really going downhill isn't it?
Maybe you're fairly content with life, as was the case with us in Finland being the "happiest country on earth".
But you don't worry about your glaciers melting. Or your corrupt government. You keep buying cheap Russian gas and being happy. Happiness is like ignorance, it's a bliss. So, don't worry, be happy.
how bad is it there? I’d imagine lots of European countries are doing worse
It's actually quite okay. Inflation is just high (above average), the prices of everyday life have been skyrocketing for months. Buying real estate has become impossible for most people. Our far-right party has been at the top of the polls for almost exactly a year. Nevertheless, it has to be said that the common Austrian is doing quite well. Public transport is relatively good (at least in the cities) an annual ticket for the whole of Austria costs only €1095 (price for a single state starts at €365). Nature is beautiful, food is good, education is free, social system works. So, could be worse.
So for those who don't want to give a click to this rag, here is the article published by the EU with links to the study: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Quality_of_life_indicators_-_overall_experience_of_life
Edit: updated the link as the one I posted was to the previous study from 5 years ago
This article is about the old study from 2018, not the new one from 2023. 2 of the links bellow lead to an empty page.
This is not about Europe, but EU. The title is garbage.
Wasn't that Denmark or Finland for many years in a row before?
20 per cent of adults were “overwhelmed by anxiety”
This concerns me. To be struck down by anxiety in the first place, you have to give a fuck. Frankly, avoiding anxiety, even when you deserve it, is a big part of why not giving a fuck is so popular.
Anyways though, they're people that care, just being bludgeoned by their information environment. Into paralysis, eventually, if it gets bad enough.
Upvoted for saving me a click!
Anyone having a full list? This article is kinda free of information, and full of ads
This article is kinda free of information
I would say it's ... independent of information. Ba dum tss.
Ah, yes. We Germans are notorious "miesepetrig".
In fact, we would be even more grumpy if there wasn't Stuff to be grumpy about. Our highest compliment is "Für den Preis kann man nicht meckern." (You can't complain about it for that price).
This is the best summary I could come up with:
New figures from the EU’s statistics agency rank Austria as the happiest country in the 27-member bloc.
Austria scored an overall 7.9 out of 10 in Eurostat’s annual publication of its “quality of life indicators”, which is based on surveys conducted throughout member states.
It said that factors such as level of education, family and financial stability impacted survey respondents’ overall satisfaction with their lives, rather than simply wealth.
Italy, Spain and France, three of the largest economies in the EU, all hover around the 7.1 average for the continent.
While the study does not indicate the cause behind the drop in the general life satisfaction of a German, it appears consistent with other polls that reflect a dip in the mood of the country’s residents.
Concerns appear to be related to Germany’s economic stagnation, the Ukraine war and immigration.
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We finished second. Oh well, that's pretty good too