During the same time, the number of so-called mega cities – cities that have more than ten million inhabitants, most of which are located in the Global South – is expected to increase from 33 to 43, with the fastest growth in Asia and Africa. In 2018, there were 548, and in 2030, a projected 706 cities will have at least one million inhabitants. There were 371 cities with more than one million inhabitants at the turn of the century in 2000. By 2045, this figure is estimated to increase by 1.5 times, to more than six billion. Ranking Cities’ Happiness Around the WorldĪbout 4.2 billion people, more than half of the world’s population (55.3 per cent), are living in urban areas today.In terms of well-being-years per person born, the world has made great progress in recent decades which even Covid-19 has not fully offset. After all, as Richard Layard, co-director of the Wellbeing Programme at LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance, points out: “Living long is as important as living well. This year, countries like Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Jordan were ranked as some of the unhappiest countries in the world.īut in a time like this, who needs to focus on being unhappy? So read on for the top 20 happiest countries in the world-and try to focus on happier days ahead. “The evidence shows that people’s morale improves when the government acts,” says the report’s editors.īesides the happiest countries in the world, the Happiness Report also looked at the places where people are the most miserable. There were similar success rates in Australia, which ranked number 12 and New Zealand, at number nine. “The East Asian experience shows that stringent government policies not only control Covid-19 effectively, but also buffer the negative impact of daily infections on people’s happiness,” said Shun Wang of the Korea Development Institute. Many Asian countries performed better on the 2021 list and the researchers- who took a deep dive into the lessons learned there-weren’t surprised.
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