By The Associated Press, Associated Press
Gallup Inc. asked roughly 1,000 people in each of 148 countries the following questions: Did you feel well-respected yesterday? Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you laugh or smile a lot yesterday? Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?
Here are the 10 the countries where the highest percentage of people answered "yes" to all five questions, and the nine countries with the lowest percentages:
HAPPIEST
Panama, 85 percent
Paraguay, 85 percent
El Salvador, 84 percent
Venezuela, 84 percent
Trinidad and Tobago, 83 percent
Thailand, 83 percent
Guatemala, 82 percent
Philippines, 82, percent
Ecuador, 81 percent
Costa Rica, 81 percent
SADDEST
Singapore, 46 percent
Armenia, 49 percent
Iraq, 50 percent
Georgia, 52 percent
Yemen, 52 percent
Serbia, 52 percent
Belarus, 53 percent
Lithuania, 54 percent
Madagascar, 54 percent
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Source: Gallup Inc., http://www.gallup.com/poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx
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