This morning the new World Happiness Report was published and it records that the country is less happy than last year. Chile went from 35th to 38th place in the ranking.
This year the report focused on global inequality in happiness and warns that it has increased more than 20% in the last 12 years, in all regions and age groups.
The report reveals that in Chile young people and older adults are the least happy. Among those under 30, Chile is ranked 39th in the ranking and among those over 60 it occupies 46th place. Those over 40 and under 55 are the happiest, occupying 32nd place in the ranking.
This record is again led by Finland. The top 10 countries in the ranking have remained since before COVID.
Six variables are evaluated: GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, freedom to make life decisions, generosity and corruption.
The report uses global survey data to inform how people evaluate their own lives in 143 countries around the world.
A characteristic that all countries with high levels of happiness share is that their people feel that their governments work for them efficiently, that they are stable and take care of the problems of their citizens.
Despite falling three places, 68% of the population declares themselves happy.