A recent study by the New
Economics Foundation shows that Jamaicans do not need to go abroad to find
happiness and fulfillment.
Jamaica has been rated the third greenest and happiest country on the planet.
The New Economics Foundation, a Think Tank, says the Happy Planet Index (HPI) shows that Jamaica follows Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
Jamaica outshines the United Kingdom (UK) which comes in 74th out of 143 countries, and the United States which is ranked 114th.
Rather than measure Gross Domestic Product or GDP, the HPI measures life expectancy, happiness and the environmental impact of different nations.
The top 10 countries are not the richest nations but middle income countries in Latin America, Asia or the Caribbean where there is a high level of life satisfaction and low carbon footprint.
Zimbabwe and other poor African nations, where life expectancy and happiness is low, were at the bottom of the table.
Economists said the richer countries came lower in the ranking because of the high carbon footprint of the population, measured by looking at how much of the world's resources people consume per capita.
It is this inequity that recently sparked controversy over the imposition of an environment tax being added to air tickets bought for travel from the UK to the Caribbean.
Jamaica has been rated the third greenest and happiest country on the planet.
The New Economics Foundation, a Think Tank, says the Happy Planet Index (HPI) shows that Jamaica follows Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.
Jamaica outshines the United Kingdom (UK) which comes in 74th out of 143 countries, and the United States which is ranked 114th.
Rather than measure Gross Domestic Product or GDP, the HPI measures life expectancy, happiness and the environmental impact of different nations.
The top 10 countries are not the richest nations but middle income countries in Latin America, Asia or the Caribbean where there is a high level of life satisfaction and low carbon footprint.
Zimbabwe and other poor African nations, where life expectancy and happiness is low, were at the bottom of the table.
Economists said the richer countries came lower in the ranking because of the high carbon footprint of the population, measured by looking at how much of the world's resources people consume per capita.
It is this inequity that recently sparked controversy over the imposition of an environment tax being added to air tickets bought for travel from the UK to the Caribbean.
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