With respect to the World Happiness Report, 2023, consider the following statements:

Nepal, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are happier than India.

India’s rank has worsen as compared to last year.

Israel is the only Asian country in the top five spots.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Question

On ‘International Day of Happiness’, annually observed on March 20, ‘World Happiness Report’ unveiled its 11th edition this year. The report is published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN).
The report considers 6 key factors: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption.
It assigns a happiness score based on an average of data over a 3-year period.
For the 6^thyear running, Finland was named the world\'s happiest country followed by Denmark and Iceland.
Israel occupied fourth position, up 5 spots from last year.
Afghanistan has occupied the bottom spot (137^th) on the table since 2020.
India was ranked 126^thon the report (136^th in 2022).
Nepal featured at 78, China at 64, Bangladesh at 118 and Sri Lanka at 112 and Pakistan at 108.

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On ‘International Day of Happiness’, annually observed on March 20, ‘World Happiness Report’ unveiled its 11th edition this year. The report is published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN).
The report considers 6 key factors: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption.
It assigns a happiness score based on an average of data over a 3-year period.
For the 6^thyear running, Finland was named the world\'s happiest country followed by Denmark and Iceland.
Israel occupied fourth position, up 5 spots from last year.
Afghanistan has occupied the bottom spot (137^th) on the table since 2020.
India was ranked 126^thon the report (136^th in 2022).
Nepal featured at 78, China at 64, Bangladesh at 118 and Sri Lanka at 112 and Pakistan at 108.

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