BEIJING: Costa Rica earned the name of "the happiest place" in the world for its most content people, ecological footprint and life expectancy, according to a new Happy Planet Index (HPI) published on Saturday.
The "Happy Planet Index" seeking countries with the most content people and tiny carbon footprint was conducted by an independent research group in Britain.
Among the total 143 countries surveyed, Costa Rica stands out for the highest levels of reported life satisfaction, a long life expectancy of 78.5 years and 99 percent of its energy coming from renewable sources.
While leaders of the developed world attending G8 talks in Italy tried to find way to salvage world economy out of recession, the HPI said it may provide food for thinking as to whether wealth can truly buy happiness.
the HPI takes three separate indicators - ecological footprint,
life-satisfaction and life-expectancy - and then carries out complex
calculations.
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