happy and sad countries dependancy by saeed alketbi https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv Made with good vibes en-us 2021-06-04 08:28:42 UTC 2025-11-14 04:10:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Switzerland - maya mayastarstern https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584814449 Switzerland is ranked as the 24th happiest country in the world]]> 2021-06-04 08:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584814449 Zimbabwe - Saeed saoodalketbi21 https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584815514 education system: Zimbabwe have a large number of private schools which are publicly funded. an interesting stat I found is that most students do not make it past secondary school meaning their population which has access to university is very low (Zimfact, 2016). every person pays for school whether its a small tuition fee in public schools, or full fees at private schools.

Health system: the health system in Zimbabwe is very weak, 1.6 physicians and 7.2 nurses for every 10,000 people. this lack of staff. the coronavirus only makes this worse with the state of this medical crisis not improving since 2015. (WHO, 2019)

employment rate: Zimbabwe have a 5% unemployment rate, this is relatively good (Macrotrends, 2019). however, a author on bbc suggested that the figure may be closer to 95% unemployed as there is a large amount of people receiving very low salaries making the countries GDP to be very, very, very, very low. (BBC, 2019)

poverty: the extreme poor has reached 7.9 million people. almost 49% of their population. (WBG, 2020)

dependency: independent]]> 2021-06-04 08:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584815514 Switzerland benefits - Maya mayastarstern https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584817047 Poverty- welfare is available for individuals living below the poverty line

Health care- there is not free health care in Switzerland but all Swiss residents are obligated to have private health insurance 

Holiday leave - all employees in Switzerland get a minimum of 4 weeks paid holiday  

Maternity & paternity leave - maternity leave is 14 weeks long and paternity leave is two weeks

Education - Switzerland has state, private, bilingual and international schools ]]> 2021-06-04 08:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584817047 India - Isaiah 1159214868 https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584817080
  • India ranks fourth from the bottom in the latest World Happiness Report. And only Jordan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe ranked lower than India in terms of happiness.
  • income and employment
    • In 2020，the world is effected by the COVID-19，and then many countries choose to lock down to prevent the spread of the epidemic. India is one of them.  However, the excessive blockade has caused serious damage to the Indian economy. the steepest decline in incomes were witnessed in April 2020, of 19 percent and 41 percent in rural and urban India respectively. This decline corresponds to an economic degrowth of 23.9 percent and an unemployment rate of around 24 percent.

    Income is one of the important factors to ensure the happiness of citizens. Too low income can cause people to lack the most basic material foundation. This will lead to a decrease in happiness
    ]]>     2021-06-04 08:33:32 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584817080     Welfare dependency in Switzerland mayastarstern https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584827106 Switzerland has managed to eliminate welfare dependency and intergenerational poverty]]> 2021-06-04 08:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584827106 Finland - Chachi 783893961 https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584835100 The survey, conducted by Gallup, uses a three-year rolling average of survey responses around six factors: GDP per capita; social support; life expectancy; freedom to make life choices; generosity; and corruption levels. Finland scores well on all factors but particularly strongly on generosity.

    "Finnish happiness isn't skin deep and immediately visible — it's deeply engrained in our being. Sustainable happiness is our superpower, and it means we tend to take life as it comes — a trait that is helping us through these challenging times," said Heli Jimenez, senior director of international marketing at Business Finland, in a press release.

    Finnish taxes are very high, and the tax rate for high-income people may be as high as 51.5%. In 2016, Meik Wiking, head of the Happiness Research Institute, a think tank in Copenhagen, wrote, "We are not paying taxes, we are investing in society, and we are buying quality of life." However, the tax money collected is reinvested into society through a series of social programs, such as free university education, free medical care, generous maternity leave benefits, and unemployment benefits.

    The Copenhagen-based Happiness Research Institute points out that Finland tops the happiness list despite not having the highest GDP of the Nordic countries. It is the country’s social safety net combined with personal freedom and a good work-life balance that gives it the edge.

    The World Happiness Report says countries which improve civic engagement by making their government more representative will be happier. Happier populations have higher voter turnout, while political division and declining social trust reduce happiness.]]>     2021-06-04 08:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584835100     Low levels of educational attainment 1159214868 https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584853202 As the table above indicates, 87.79 percent of the workforce have higher secondary education or below.

    In the COVID-19 era, it is obvious then that those with higher educational qualifications and in turn better job prospects are better placed to cope with the impending economic disruptions. No wonder then that education is an important driver of life satisfaction and more so in the COVID-19 era.]]>     2021-06-04 09:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/saoodalketbi21/dqf7194glxhs1cwv/wish/1584853202