{"id":104770,"date":"2013-09-11T01:07:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T19:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=104770"},"modified":"2013-09-16T02:23:25","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T20:53:25","slug":"world-happiness-report-2013-sri-lanka-amongst-the-last-20-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/world-happiness-report-2013-sri-lanka-amongst-the-last-20-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"World Happiness Report 2013: Sri Lanka Amongst The Last 20 Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka ranked 137 out of 156 countries listed the World Happiness Report for 2013, compiled by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the lowest ranking for any South Asian country listed on the index.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/world-happiness-report-2013-sri-lanka-amongst-the-last-20-nations\/happy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-104775\" title=\"Happy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Happy-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Happy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Happy-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Sri Lanka is in the bottom 20 countries on the index, ranking below Mali, Uganda, the Palestinian Territories, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Haiti.<\/p>\n<p>Denmark leads the index, with the US coming in at #17 and the United Kingdom at #22.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka ranks below India (#111), Bangladesh (#108), Nepal (#135) in the South Asian region. 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