The 2019 World Happiness Report has ranked Ghana as the 4th happiest country in Sub-Sahara Africa and 98th in the world
The new report by Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a global initiative for the United Nations, with analytics from Gallup, ranks 156 countries by how happy their citizens perceive themselves to be.
Ghana has improved on its 2018 ranking where Ghana placed 108th in the world and12th in Africa respectively.
The report which was released showed Finland as the happiest country while South Sudan came last on the list of 156 countries ranked.
Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, and Austria took the second to 10th respectively.
In Sub-Sahara Africa, Ghana ranked 4th after Mauritius, Nigeria and Cameroun. Ivory Coast, Benin, and Congo Brazzaville followed on after Ghana in succession.
The World Happiness Report ranks countries according to their scores on indicators such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption.
