The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network have released their World Happiness Report in which Zimbabwe has been named the unhappiest country in Africa with financial struggles being a key determining factor whilst Mauritius is the happiest country because of its relatively high-income levels.

The UN has used statistical analysis to determine the world’s happiest countries and 146 countries were ranked. Africa ranked as the unhappiest region in the world with a score of 4.5. That puts Zimbabwe at the bottom of the bottom of the list. The assessment makes sense to some extent as Zimbabwe had approximately 6.1 million people were living below the international poverty line in 2021. The alarming rise of crime in Zimbabwe is another indicator of the poverty issues currently being faced in Zimbabwe due to the degrading economy.

“The World Happiness Report is changing the conversation about progress and wellbeing. It provides important snapshots of how people around the world feel about the overall quality of their lives,” Christopher Barrington-Leigh, professor at McGill University in Quebec and a researcher involved in the report, said in a statement.

The top 10 happiest countries in Africa are:

Mauritius – 6.071

Libya – 5.330

Ivory Coast – 5.235

South Africa – 5.194

Gambia – 5.164

Algeria – 5.122

Liberia – 5.122

Congo – 5.075

Morocco – 5.060

Mozambique – 5.048

The bottom 10 unhappiest countries in Africa are:

Zimbabwe – 2.995

Rwanda – 3.268

Botswana – 3.471

Lesotho – 3.512

Sierra Leone – 3.574

Tanzania – 3.502

Malawi – 3.750

Zambia – 3.760

Togo – 4.112

Mauritania – 4.152

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