Filipinos felt less happy in 2020, a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, based on an annual survey that measures the levels of happiness of people around the world., the Philippines ranked 61st among 149 countries, with a score of 5.88. The report uses the average of the scores in the 3 previous years, or from 2018 to 2020.in the previous year's reportThe report also isolated the 2020 score as a way to assess the impact of COVID-19 in people's happiness.
On the other hand, Afghanistan was in last place among the 149 countries in the 2018-2020 results, followed by Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Botswana, and Lesotho. The report took on new meaning in 2020 due to COVID-19. It found out that despite the pandemic,"global life evaluations have shown remarkable resilience."
However, the report noted that among negative emotions, worry and sadness"have both shown statistically significant increases for the global sample of countries, while anger has not changed." Meanwhile, among positive emotions,"both laughter and enjoyment yesterday were mostly unchanged between 2017-2019 and 2020."
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