Guest guest Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 FYI source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Planet_Index 'The Happy Planet Index (HPI) is an index of human well-being and environmental impact, introduced by the New Economics Foundation (NEF), in July 2006. The index is designed to challenge well-established indices of countries 'International Ranking Rank Country HPI 1 Vanuatu 68.21 2 Colombia 67.24 3 Costa Rica 66.00 4 Dominica 64.55 5 Panama 63.54 6 Cuba 61.86 7 Honduras 61.75 8 Guatemala 61.69 9 El Salvador 61.66 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.37 11 Saint Lucia 61.31 12 Vietnam 61.23 13 Bhutan 61.08 14 Samoa 60.98 15 Sri Lanka 60.31 16 Antigua and Barbuda 59.23 17 Philippines 59.17 18 Nicaragua 59.09 19 Kyrgyzstan 59.05 20 Solomon Islands 58.93 21 Tunisia 58.92 22 S鉶 Tom 23 Indonesia 57.90 24 Tonga 57.90 25 Tajikistan 57.66 26 Venezuela 57.55 27 Dominican Republic 57.14 28 Guyana 56.65 29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.14 30 Seychelles 56.07 31 China 55.99 32 Thailand 55.39 33 Peru 55.14 34 Su riname 55.03 35 Yemen 55.00 36 Fiji 54.47 37 Morocco 54.43 38 Mexico 54.39 39 Maldives 53.52 40 Malta 53.26 41 Bangladesh 53.20 42 Comoros 52.92 43 Barbados 52.73 44 Malaysia 52.69 45 Palestinian Authority 52.64 46 Cape Verde 52.41 47 Chile 52.20 48 Timor-Leste 52.04 49 Argentina 51.96 50 Trinidad and Tobago 51.87 51 Belize 51.32 52 Paraguay 51.13 53 Jamaica 51.01 54 Nepal 51.5 55 Mauritius 51.4 56 Mongolia 51.3 57 Uruguay 51.2 58 Ecuador 51 59 Uzbekistan 51 60 Grenada 50.1 61 Austria 50.0 62 The Gambia 49.94 63 Iceland 49.92 64 Brazil 49.9 65 Switzerland 48.30 66 Italy 48.26 67 Iran 47.23 68 Ghana 46.98 69 Bolivia 46.17 70 Netherlands 46.00 71 Madagascar 45.99 72 Cyprus 45.99 73 Algeria 45.89 74 Luxembourg 45.62 75 Bahamas 44.90 76 Papua New Guinea 44.75 77 Myanmar 44.55 78 Belgium 44.04 79 Slovenia 44.03 80 Oman 43.94 81 Germany 43.83 82 Croatia 43.71 83 Lebanon 43.64 84 Taiwan 43.41 85 Haiti 43.34 86 Syria 43.23 87 Spain 43.04 88 Hong Kong 42.88 89 Saudi Arabia 42.65 90 India 42.46 91 Cambodia 42.15 92 Albania 42.13 93 Jordan 42.05 94 New Zealand 41.92 95 Japan 41.70 96 Republic of the Congo 41.59 97 Egypt 41.58 98 Turkey 41.40 99 Denmark 41.40 100 Brunei 41.16 101 Georgia 41.15 102 South Korea 41.11 103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.96 104 Senegal 40.81 105 Azerbaijan 40.69 106 Gabon 40.52 107 Libya 40.33 108 United Kingdom=2 040.29 109 Laos 40.26 110 Benin 40.10 111 Canada 39.76 112 Pakistan 39.40 113 Ireland 39.38 114 Poland 39.29 115 Norway 39.18 116 Republic of Macedonia 39.14 117 Israel 39.07 118 Namibia 38.41 119 Sweden 38.17 120 Romania 37.72 121 Hungary 37.64 122 Guinea 37.42 123 Finland 37.36 124 Mauritania 37.30 125 Kazakhstan 36.92 126 Togo 36.86 127 Kenya 36.70 128 Czech Republic 36.59 129 France 36.42 130 Armenia 36.15 131 Singapore 36.14 132 Slovakia 35.81 133 Greece 35.71 134 Tanzania 35.08 135 Guinea-Bissau 35.08 136 Portugal 34.83 137 Eritrea 34.49 138 Bahrain 34.35 139 Australia 34.06 140 Mali 33.68 141 Mozambique 33.01 142 Cameroon 32.76 143 Djibouti 32.72 144 Ethiopia 32.53 145 Bulgaria 31.59 146 Nigeria 31.14 147 Moldova 31.12 148 Burkina Faso 30.08 149 Lithuania 29.29 150 United States 28.83 151 CéŒe d'Ivoire 28.80 152 Rwanda 28.35 153 Sierra Leone 28.24 154 United Arab Emirates 28.20 155 Angola 27.88 156 South Africa 27.80 157 Sudan 27.74 158 Uganda 27.68 159 Kuwait 27.67 160 Latvia 27.27 161 Niger 26.80 162 Malawi 26.66 163 Zambia 25.91 164 Central African Republic 25.90 165 Belarus 25.78 166 Qatar 25.50 167 Botswana 25.42 168 Chad 25.37 169 Turkmenistan 23.96 170 Equatorial Guinea 23.77 171 Lesotho 23.05 172 Russia 22.76 173 Estonia 22.68 174 Ukraine 22.21 175 Democratic Republic of the Congo 20.69 176 Burundi 19.02 177 Swaziland 18.38 178 Zimbabwe 16 ..64 ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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