Greeks are the least happy people in Europe, according to the results of the annual “Happiness Atlas” survey, published Monday in the German financial magazine Wirtschaftswoche. The country with the happiest people proved to be Denmark.
Three thousand people across Europe were asked questions as to their “personal situation” and the results were bundled on a scale from zero to 10. Denmark placed first with 8.9 and Greece came last with 3.4 points.
Other crisis-hit countries such as Portugal, Italy and Spain, showed a drop in satisfaction levels. Marked improvements were recorded in Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania).
Researchers found that the satisfaction gap between citizens in different European countries has grown since 2002 when the first report was released. The gap between Greece and Denmark is 5.5 points today, compared to 3.4 points in 2002. In 2007, Greece was graded with
5.7 points, compared to 3.4 points today.
The report’s authors are Bernd Raffelhüschen and Renate Köcher. It is sponsored by Deutsche Post, Germany’s postal service.
With information from DW, ANA-MPA.