Korea ranks at the bottom in happiness level, top in suicide rate in Gallup survey

Article: [Infographic] "Have you felt respected?" Korea's suicide rate ranks at the top, happiness at the bottom

Source: KBS via Naver [Gallup Article Here]

Korea ranked 118th out of 143 countries on the 'experience of happiness'. The results are based on a survey by Gallup where 1,000 people from each country over the age of 15 were asked a series of questions that they had to reply 'yes' to in order to be determined happy.

1. Did you feel well-rested yesterday?
2. Were you treated with respect all day yesterday?
3. Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?
4. Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?
5. Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?

Top 25 Happiest Countries/143

1. Paraguay - 89 points
2. Colombia - 84 points
-. Ecuador - 84 points
-. Guatemala - 84 points
5. Honduras - 82 points
-. Panama - 82 points
-. Venezuela - 82 points
8. Costa Rica - 81 points
-. El Salvador - 81 points
-. Nicaragua - 81 points
11. Philippines - 80 points
--. Singapore - 80 points
--. Swiss - 80 points
--. Uruguay - 80 points
15. Argentina - 79 points
--. Bhutan - 79 points
--. Canada - 79 points
--. Chile - 79 points
--. Dominican Republic - 79 points
--. Netherlands - 79 points
--. New Zealand - 79 points
--. Norway - 79 points
--. Rwanda - 79 points
--. Sweden - 79 points
--. United States - 79 points
43. China - 75 points
83. Japan - 66 points
118. South Korea - 59 points
143. Sudan - 47 points

Rate of suicide compared to happiness levels (out of 173 countries)

In order of happiness:
1. Paraguay (Suicide Rank: 110/173)
2. Colombia (120)
3. Ecuador (79)
4. Guatemala (86)
5. Honduras (118)
6. Panama (131)
7. Venezuela (158)
8. Costa Rica (103)
9. El Salvador (40)
10. Nicaragua (71)
11. Philippines (153)
.....
118. South Korea (3)
'in the bottom of happiness levels, in the top of suicide rates'

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1. [+3,682, -176] No matter what I do, I'm just not happy.

2. [+3,187, -89] Ah.. a really unfortunate reality... in pain over your education in your adolescence... in pain over your employment in your adulthood...

3. [+3,095, -60] Reading these surveys every day never changes anything.

4. [+2,756, -67] People are quicker to hate than to give respect

5. [+2,064, -139] Find strength, everyone...

6. [+527, -20] We don't live well or poorly but we all try so hard to look like we're well off... Sometimes I feel like I'd be happier living in the countryside of some South East Asian country even if I'm not as well off.

7. [+451, -8] How could we be lower than Yemen in a civil war;;;;;

8. [+439, -15] Aren't these results expected? We'd all be happier if we earned pay deserving of our work and had families but this is a country that only respects the person who made it to #1 and the rest of the 99 are considered failures... there's no way we can be happy like that. And even when people try to lower their standards and go into manufacturing jobs, the pay is still not enough while the pay for manual labor ranks in the top 10 in America along with dentists and pilots. Who would want to go for the lower prestige job when you get paid as much as a higher prestige job anyway?

9. [+422, -20] I'm a student and my only wish is to sleep and have more free time. I'm not trying to say I refuse to study but please...

10. [+408, -11] As a kid, you're depressed over your studies... grow up and that depression is focused on employment, marriage, financial issues... then as an elderly, you get ignored for being poor. Our country is ruining itself with people always in a rush and always comparing themselves to others. In Japan, someone can be respected just for being a master at making tamago.. while in our country, anyone who isn't a lawyer or a doctor is looked down on. Tsk tsk.

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