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WIN-Gallup International Association Global Barometer of Hope and Happiness th December 30 , 2012

End of Year Survey

PRESS RELEASE
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GLOBAL BAROMETER OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS at year end 2012

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GLOBAL ECONOMIC GLOOM SUBSIDING WORLDWIDE


Globally Net Economic hope rises from -2% to 7%. Western Europe is slightly gloomier than at year end a year ago but North America is slightly less.
Zurich, December 30, 2012 A global poll released on the eve of the new year conveys a hopeful message that economic gloom is subsiding worldwide and hopes on the economy have risen from 2% to 7%; a rise of 9% from a year ago. The gloomy trend in Western Europe still faces challenges. On the other hand, in North America it appears to have declined, and is more hopeful than a year ago. The global survey was carried out by WIN-Gallup International Association, the worlds largest independent network of opinion pollsters, in 54 countries, with more than 55,817 men and women, covering a vast majority of the world population. The network has conducted this annual poll since 1977. According to the WIN-Gallup International global barometer of hope and happiness, 35% of the worlds population is hopeful about economic prospects in 2013, while 28% expect it to be worse; 29% expect no change from the previous year while 8% were unable to give an answer.

Happiness with or without Economic Hope


Notwithstanding views about economy, a majority of the world feels happy about their life. Responding to the question: As far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy or neither happy nor unhappy about your life? 53% said they felt happy; 13% said they felt unhappy; 32% felt neither way and the remaining 2% did not answer. The global barometer of Hope and Happiness shows that a large number of people refuse to be gloomy despite their poor view on economic prospects for their nation.

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3 year Trend on hope about Economy Global economic hope was 2% on new years eve in 2010; it declined to -2% in 2011 but has risen notably to 7% in 2012. This positive change is mainly due to resurgence of hope in India and China. In North America it has also improved from -25% to -12%. Nevertheless, Western Europe has slightly declined from -46% a year ago to -48%.
Top 10 Most Hopeful Countries
Net Hope on Economy

Georgia Azerbaijan Brazil Mozambique China Peru India Saudi Arabia Philippines Ecuador

63% 56% 45% 42% 32% 31% 27% 27% 25% 24%

Top 10 Most Gloomy Countries


Net Hope on Economy

Portugal France Lebanon Belgium Spain Bosnia Ireland Germany Poland United Kingdom

-85% -67% -66% -64% -59% -53% -51% -46% -45% -41%

Note: Net Hope on Economy is computed by deducting the optimists (hopeful about economic prospects in 2013) from the pessimistic (those who see greater economic difficulty)

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Methodology: The global barometer of Hope is an annual tradition initiated by and designed under the chairmanship of Dr. George Gallup in 1977. It has been conducted every year since then. This year it was carried out by Members of WIN-Gallup International Association in 54 countries around the world. Sample Size and Mode of Field Work: A total of 55,817 persons were interviewed globally. In each country a national probability sample of around 1000 men and women was interviewed either face to face (31 countries; n=32,747), via telephone (10 countries; n=8,889) or online (14 countries; n=14,181). Details are attached. The field work was conducted between September-December, 2012. In general the error margin for surveys of this kind is +3-5% at 95% confidence level. The global average has been computed according to the share of the covered adult population of the surveyed countries. Commentary by Jean-Marc International Association Leger, President WIN-Gallup

As global pollsters our task is to keep close watch on popular pulse. The latest measurement provides a feeling of relief. The overall economic hope has considerably improved. Gloom about the economy seems to be subsiding in North America. Economic hope is resurging in India and China. However, Western Europe still faces challenges with a slightly more pessimistic apprehension about the future of its economy. Today we live in an interdependent world and hopeful pulse in any part of the world is

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a message of hope for all. With that message of hope we greet the world on the eve of this new year.

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TABULAR REPORT

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CONTENT
Table A1: Country-wise Table A2: Rank order by Net Score Table A3: Region-wise Table A4: Demographic Segments-wise Table A5: Matrix Table A6.1: Comparative Data by countries (3 years) Table A6.2: Comparative Data Region-wise (3 years)

Part A: Global Index of Hope on Economy

Part B: Global Index of Happiness


Table B1: Country-wise Table B2: Rank order by Net Score Table B3: Region-wise Table B4: Demographic Segments-wise Table B5: Matrix Table B6.1: Comparative Data by countries (2 years) Table B6.2: Comparative Data Region-wise (3 years)

Part C: Methods Report


Courtesy: The preparation of this Report and compilation of the trend data (1977-2012) has
been done by Gallup Pakistan as a public service to members of WIN-Gallup International
Disclaimer: Gallup International Association or its members are not related to Gallup Inc., headquartered in Washington D.C which is no longer a member of Gallup International Association. Gallup International Association does not accept responsibility for opinion polling other than its own. We require that our surveys be credited fully as Gallup International (not Gallup or Gallup Poll). For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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(PART A)
WIN-Gallup International Global Index of

HOPE ON ECONOMY
At New Year Eve: 2013
Question: Compared to this year, in your opinion, will next year be a year of economic prosperity, economic difficulty or remain the same?

Findings based on responses from ~ 50 countries covering all the continents. The interviews were conducted by leading pollsters across the world.

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Table A1

COUNTRY WISE DATA (In alphabetical order) Question: Compared to this year, in your opinion, will next year be a year of economic prosperity, economic difficulty or remain the same?
Percent of Respondents

S #

Countries

Economic prosperity (1)

Economic difficulty (2)

Remain the same (3)

DK/NR (4)

Net Hope on Economy (1-2)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

Global Average
Afghanistan Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador Finland France Georgia Germany Hong Kong Iceland India Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Korea, Rep (South) Lebanon Macedonia Malaysia Morocco Mozambique Pakistan Palestine Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia

35 36
25

28 36
38

29 25
34

8 3
3

7 1 -13 -11 -24 -31 56 -64 -53 45 -19 15 -12 32 2 -32 24 -35 -67 63 -46 -28 -32 27 0 -51 -32 -23 6 -28 -66 -14 17 15 42 5 -7 31 25 -45 -85 -33 -23 27

25
14 10 58 5 8 57 15 43 18 50 28 5 41 17 3 69 7 10 9

36
37 41 2 68 61 12 34 28 30 19 26 37 17 52 70 6 52 38 41

24
43 47 26 24 27 26 38 19 48 31 45 56 34 30 26 14 41 48 50

16
6 2 14 3 4 4 13 11 4 0 1 2 8 1 1 11 0 5 1

44
30 9 5 7 45 12 11 20 36 38 56 32

17
30 60 37 30 39 40 77 34 19 23 14 27

25
37 29 56 41 14 46 10 40 42 28 20 30

15
4 2 2 21 3 2 1 6 3 12 10 12

32
42 38 6 2 12 21 47

40
11 13 52 87 45 44 21

25
39 46 35 10 37 32 19

3
8 3 7 1 6 3 13

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44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Serbia Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vietnam

12 21 7

53 38 66

31 37 26

4 4 2

7
13 30 30 18 10 29 37

35
44 44 43 47 51 37 30

56
43 22 25 34 33 29 32

1
1 4 3 1 7 5 1

-41 -17 -59 -28 -31 -14 -13 -28 -41 -8 7

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details
see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Table A2 COUNTRY WISE DATA (Rank ordered by Net-Score)

Question: Compared to this year, in your opinion, will next year be a year of economic prosperity, economic difficulty or remain the same?

S #

Countries

Net Hope on Economy

Global Average
Georgia Azerbaijan Brazil Mozambique China Peru India Saudi Arabia Philippines Ecuador Malaysia Morocco Cameroon Vietnam Kenya Pakistan Colombia Afghanistan Iraq Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza) United States Armenia Canada Argentina Turkey Macedonia Tunisia Singapore Bulgaria Australia Russian Federation Japan Korea, Rep (South) Sweden Hong Kong Ukraine Austria Switzerland Iceland Czech Republic

7 63 56 45 42 32 31 27 27 25 24 17 15 15 7 6 5 2 1 0 -7 -8 -11 -12 -13 -13 -14 -14 -17 -19 -22 -23 -23 -28 -28 -28 -28 -31 -31 -32 -32

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

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41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Italy Romania Finland Serbia United Kingdom Poland Germany Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain Belgium Lebanon France Portugal

-32 -33 -35 -41 -41 -45 -46 -51 -53 -59 -64 -66 -67 -85

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details
see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Table A3

REGION-WISE DATA Question: Compared to this year, in your opinion, will next year be a year of economic prosperity, economic difficulty or remain the same?
Global Average 35
Economic prosperity

28
Economic difficulty

29
Remain the same

8
Do not know / No response

7
Net Hope on Economy

Regions North America Latin America Western Europe Eastern Europe Africa Arab World West Asia South Asia East Asia North Asia G-7 United States of America Canada Germany France United Kingdom Italy Japan BRIC Brazil Russian Federation India China G-20

35 26 49 6 17 47 37 32 47 37 40 15 29 18 7 3 10 5 7 48 57 21 44 50 37

28 38 17 55 44 30 28 32 17 24 22 38 37 30 52 70 51 37 30 18 12 44 17 19 25

29 31 30 37 34 16 26 28 21 37 34 40 29 48 41 26 33 56 41 26 26 32 25 31 30

8 5 4 2 5 6 9 7 14 2 4 7 5 4 0 1 7 2 21 8 4 3 15 0 8 5 4 4 3 7 0 1 2 6 3 13 3 15 0 21 2

7 -12 33 -48 -26 16 10 -1 30 14 18 -23 -8 -12 -46 -67 -41 -32 -23 29 45 -23 27 32 12 -8 -12 45 -13 -41 -46 -67 -32 -22 -23 27 -13 27 32 -23 -28

United States 29 37 29 Canada 18 30 48 Brazil 57 12 26 Argentina 25 38 34 United Kingdom 10 51 33 Germany 7 52 41 France 3 70 26 Italy 5 37 56 Australia 15 36 43 Russian Federation 21 44 32 Saudi Arabia 47 21 19 Turkey 30 43 25 India 44 17 25 China 50 19 31 Japan 7 30 41 Korea, Rep (South) 12 40 46 Note: G20 is taken to be 19 countries, since 20th entity is EU as an organization Legend for Regions: 1. 2. 3.

North America: United States and Canada Latin America: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru Western Europe: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Australia

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4.

Eastern Europe: Russian Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Georgia and Ukraine 5. Africa: Mozambique, Kenya and Cameroon 6. Arab World: Palestine, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia 7. West Asia: Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan 8. South Asia: India 9. East Asia: Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam 10. North Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Rep (South) and Hong Kong Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS-WISE

Table A4

Question: Compared to this year, in your opinion, will next year be a year of economic prosperity, economic difficulty or remain the same?

Economic prosperity Gender-wise Male Female Age-wise Under 30 30-50 51-65 +65 DK/NR Monthly Household Income-wise Low (Bottom quintile/20%) Medium low (Second quintile/20%) Medium (Third quintile/20%) Medium high (Fourth quintile/20%) High (Top quintile/20%) Refused/Don't know/no answer Education-wise No education/ only basic education Secondary school High level education (e.g. university) Completed higher level of education (Masters, PHD, etc.) Dont Know/No Response Employment Working full or part time (include self-employed) Unemployed Not working (student, housewife, etc.) Retired Refused/Do not know/no answer Living type

Economic difficulty

Remain the same

DK/NR

Net Hope on Economy

35 38 31 35 41 34 31 15 36 36 35 36 41 36 25 31 35 34 31 39 39 36 36 24 2 6 2 1 35

28 26 29 27 24 27 32 41 18 27 26 28 25 28 34 27 27 26 30 25 30 16 27 17 2 5 3 1 27

29 28 33 30 28 31 31 37 30 30 27 30 30 31 34 29 30 29 33 31 25 26 30 19 2 6 3 1 30

8 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 16 7 11 5 4 6 7 13 7 10 6 5 6 23 7 4 1 2 1 1 7

8
17 7 -1 -26 18

9
9 8 16 8 -8 5

8
8 1 14 9 20

9
8 0 1 -1 1

Rural (less than 2000 40 27 28 6 13 inhabitants) 34 28 32 7 6 Urban (2000+ inhabitants) Refused/Do not know/no 33 17 23 26 16 answer Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Table A 6.1

Comparative Data
By Countries (3 Years)
2010 Net Hope on Economy 2 24 12 -3 -7 -1 2 -1 -17 47 -31 -4 -7 46 -16 -31 21 -5 -28 0 17 -58 0 3 47 0 -51 24 17 0 -35 -21 22 0 -6 0 -1 -13 23 -21 0 29 15 -14 0 -46 7 0 -45 0 -35 24 2011 Net Hope on Economy -2 19 1 8 -29 -54 30 -54 -52 46 -23 33 -21 21 28 -24 -15 -21 -24 33 -14 -80 43 -40 51 -37 -31 0 26 -68 -30 -29 0 -5 -32 -23 -47 -3 18 -12 -26 -13 0 -42 0 -29 -21 19 -50 0 -47 -27 2012 Net Hope on Economy 8 1 -13 -11 -22 -31 56 -64 -53 45 -19 15 -12 32 2 -32 0 24 0 0 -35 -67 63 -46 0 -28 -32 27 0 -51 -32 -23 0 6 -28 -66 0 -14 17 15 42 5 -7 31 25 -45 -85 -33 -23 27 -41 -17 -59 -28

Global average Afghanistan Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China Colombia Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Egypt Fiji Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Hong Kong Iceland India Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Rep (South) Lebanon Lithuania Macedonia Malaysia Morocco Mozambique Pakistan Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza) Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Spain Sweden

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Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vietnam


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15 -11 -38 -44 -9 61

-17 33 -1 -48 0 -21 51

-31 -14 -13 -28 -41 -8 7

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association.

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Table A 6.2

Comparative Data
Region-wise (3 Years)
2010 Net Hope on Economy 2 -9 31 -23 -14 67 -13 -15 24 36 -4 2011 Net Hope on Economy -2 -25 35 -46 -28 51 -5 2 -1 31 9 2012 Net Hope on Economy

Global average
North America Latin America Western Europe Eastern Europe Africa Arab World West Asia South Asia East Asia North Asia

8 -12 33 -40 -26 16 10 -1 30 14 18

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association.
For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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(PART B)
WIN-Gallup International Global Index of

HAPPINESS
At New Year Eve: 2013

Question: As far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy or neither happy nor un-happy about your life?

Findings based on responses from ~ 50 countries covering all the continents. The interviews were conducted by leading pollsters across the world.

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NET HAPPINESS FOR 2013 Country-wise Data


Question: As far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy or neither happy nor un-happy about your life?
Percent of Respondents

Table B1

S # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

Countries

Happy (1)

Unhappy (2)

Neither happy nor unhappy (3)

DK / NR (4)

Net Happiness (1-2)

Global Average
Afghanistan Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador Finland France Georgia Germany Hong Kong Iceland India Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Korea, Rep (South) Lebanon Macedonia Malaysia Morocco Mozambique

53 56 68 52 54 53 68 50 55 81 37 49 60 50 77 33 64 69 46 54 53 37 68 54 33 43 33 54 65 52 21 44 78 53 60

13 18 8 6 15 5 2 8 12 7 7 19 12 20 2 12 4 1 9 4 16 12 7 10 27 26 12 2 20 10 70 12 3 29 22

32 26 24 40 30 41 25 42 33 11 52 29 28 30 20 52 27 29 44 37 30 50 24 33 38 30 52 35 15 37 8 42 19 17 17

2 1 1 3 1 1 5 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 1 2 6 1 1 5 0 1 1 3 2 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 0 1 1

40 38 60 46 40 49 66 42 43 74 30 30 48 29 75 21 60 68 36 50 37 25 61 44 5 16 21 51 45 43 -49 32 74 24 39

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35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Pakistan Palestine Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vietnam

39 30 68 74 44 31 24 42 77 37 60 68 54 70 32 40 35 46 53 47

14 41 5 5 27 23 34 10 4 16 10 13 8 8 20 17 7 18 19 23

42 28 26 21 26 45 39 44 16 43 29 18 37 22 46 42 53 35 27 29

5 1 1 1 3 1 3 4 3 4 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 1 1 0

25 -11 63 69 18 8 -10 32 72 21 50 55 46 63 12 23 28 27 34 24

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details
see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Table B2

COUNTRY WISE DATA (Rank ordered by Net-Score)

Question: As far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy or neither happy nor un-happy about your life?
S # Countries Net Happiness

Global average 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
Colombia Malaysia Brazil Saudi Arabia Philippines Finland Azerbaijan Peru Switzerland Iceland Ecuador Argentina Spain Japan Georgia Singapore Austria Canada Armenia Sweden Kenya India Bosnia and Herzegovina Korea, Rep (South) Belgium Australia Mozambique Afghanistan Germany France United States Macedonia Russian Federation Cameroon Bulgaria China Ukraine United Kingdom Hong Kong

40 75 74 74 72 69 68 66 63 63 61 60 60 55 51 50 50 49 48 46 46 45 44 43 43 42 40 39 38 37 36 34 32 32 30 30 29 28 27 25

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40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54

Pakistan Vietnam Morocco Turkey Czech Republic Italy Serbia Poland Ireland Tunisia Portugal Iraq Romania Palestinian territories (West Bank and Gaza) Lebanon

25 24 24 23 21 21 21 18 16 12 8 5 -10 -11 -49

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Region-wise
Happy All Regions North America Latin America Western Europe Eastern Europe Africa Arab World West Asia South Asia East Asia North Asia G-7 United States of America Canada Germany France United Kingdom Italy Japan BRIC Brazil Russian Federation India China G-20 53 52 78 49 41 60 53 41 56 59 50 50 53 60 53 46 46 33 54 56 81 42 54 50 54 Unhappy 13 19 7 13 14 19 24 14 9 15 16 14 19 12 16 9 18 12 2 12 7 10 10 20 13 Neither happy nor unhappy 32 27 15 37 40 20 22 42 34 26 32 33 27 28 30 44 35 52 35 31 11 44 33 30 32 DK / NR 2 2 0 1 4 1 2 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 1 2 9 1 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 3 0 9 1
Net Happiness

Table B3

40 32 71 36 27 41 29 26 47 43 34 35 34 48 37 36 27 21 51 43 74 32 44 29 41 34 48 74 60 27 37 36 21 40 32 72 23 44 29 51 43

United States 53 19 27 Canada 60 12 28 Brazil 81 7 11 Argentina 68 8 24 United Kingdom 46 18 35 Germany 53 16 30 France 46 9 44 Italy 33 12 52 Australia 54 15 30 Russian Federation 42 10 44 Saudi Arabia 77 4 16 Turkey 40 17 42 India 54 10 33 China 50 20 30 Japan 54 2 35 Korea, Rep (South) 52 10 37 Note: G20 is taken to be 19 countries, since 20th entity is EU as an organization Legend for Regions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

North America: United States and Canada Latin America: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru Western Europe: United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Australia Eastern Europe: Russian Federation, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Poland, Georgia and Ukraine Africa: Mozambique, Kenya and Cameroon

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6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Arab World: Palestine, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia West Asia: Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan and Azerbaijan South Asia: India East Asia: Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam North Asia: China, Japan, Korea, Rep (South) and Hong Kong

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS-WISE
Question: As far as you are concerned, do you personally feel happy, unhappy or neither happy nor un-happy about your life?
Happy Gender-wise Male Female Age-wise Under 30 30-50 51-65 +65 DK/NR Monthly Household Income-wise Low (Bottom quintile/20%) Medium low (Second quintile/20%) Medium (Third quintile/20%) Medium high (Fourth quintile/20%) High (Top quintile/20%) Refused/Don't know/no answer Education-wise No education/ only basic education Secondary school High level education (e.g. university) Completed higher level of education (Masters, PHD, etc.) Dont Know/No Response Employment Working full or part time (include self-employed) Unemployed Not working (student, housewife, etc.) Retired Refused/Do not know/no answer Living type Rural (less than 2000 inhabitants) Unhappy Neither happy nor unhappy Do not know / no response Net Happiness

Table B4

53 53 53 53 55 52 51 53 60 53 47 47 57 59 59 62 53 53 50 55 61 49 53 35 2 10 5 2 53 52

13 12 15 13 13 13 15 11 7 13 16 16 12 13 8 10 13 17 14 12 10 7 13 8 1 3 1 0 13 14

32 33 30 32 30 33 33 35 29 32 35 35 29 27 31 26 32 29 34 32 27 36 32 20 2 5 3 1 32 33

2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1

40
41 38

40
42 39 36 41 53

40
31 31 45 46 51 52

40
36 36 42 51 42

40
27 1 7 3 1

40
38

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Urban (2000+ inhabitants) Refused/Do not know/no answer

54 51

13 7

32 33

2 9

40 44

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association. For further
details see website: www.Gallup-international.com

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Table B 6.1

Comparative Data
By Countries (2 Years)


2011
Net Happiness

2012
Net Happiness

Global Average Afghanistan Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Bulgaria Cameroon Canada China Colombia Czech Republic Ecuador Finland France Georgia Germany Hong Kong Iceland India Iraq Ireland Italy Japan Kenya Korea Lebanon Macedonia Malaysia Pakistan Palestine

40 35 61 60 38 53 54 46 36 63 29 42 47 25 71 28 57 70 40 0 68 30 66 37 19 20 25 47 20 44 24 39 62 31 7

40 38 60 46 40 49 66 42 43 74 30 30 48 29 75 21 60 68 36 50 37 25 61 44 5 16 21 51 45 43 -49 32 74 25 -11

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Peru Romania Russian Federation Saudi Arabia Serbia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United States of America Vietnam

56 -10 31 60 8 55 54 76 47 26 30 33 37
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63 -10 32 72 21 55 46 63 12 23 28 34 24

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association.

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Table B 6.2

Comparative Data
Region-wise (3 Years)
2011 Net Happiness Global average North America Latin America Western Europe Eastern Europe Africa Arab World West Asia South Asia East Asia North Asia
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2012 Net Happiness 40 32 71 36 27 41 29 26 47 43 34

40 31 63 51 25 66 20 31 45 37 29

Source: Annual Global Index of Hope and Happiness conducted by affiliates of WIN-Gallup International Association.

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METHODOLOGY

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