Editing Quality of life (section)

===World Happiness Report===
{{Main | World Happiness Report}}
[[File:World map of countries by World Happiness Report score (2023).svg|thumb|250x250px|Map showing happiness of countries by their score according to the [[:File:World map of countries by World Happiness Report score (2023).svg|2023 World Happiness Report]]]]
The World Happiness Report is a landmark survey on the state of global happiness. It ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, reflecting growing global interest in using happiness and substantial well-being as an indicator of the quality of human development. Its growing purpose has allowed governments, communities and organizations to use appropriate data to record happiness in order to enable policies to provide better lives. The reports review the state of happiness in the world today and show how the science of happiness explains personal and national variations in happiness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://worldhappiness.report/|title=World Happiness Report|date=2016|website=Overview|publisher=Helliwell, J., Layard, R., & Sachs, J. (2016). World Happiness Report 2016, Update (Vol. I). New York: Sustainable Development Solutions Network|access-date=12 May 2016|archive-date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211080715/https://worldhappiness.report/|url-status=live}}</ref> 

Developed again by the [[United Nations]] and published recently{{when|date=October 2022}} along with the HDI, this report combines both objective and subjective measures to rank countries by happiness, which is deemed as the ultimate outcome of a high quality of life. It uses surveys from [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]], real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, perceived freedom to make life choices, freedom from corruption, and generosity to derive the final score. Happiness is already recognized as an important concept in global public policy. The World Happiness Report indicates that some regions have in recent years{{when|date=October 2022}} been experiencing progressive inequality of happiness.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=26 March 2016|title=Health and Happiness|journal=The Lancet|doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30062-9|pmid=27025416|volume=387|issue=10025|pages=1251|last1=The Lancet|s2cid=35328608}}</ref>