How Much Do You Need to Earn to Be Happy
A curious analytics was conducted by researchers of the Expensivity foreign economic publication. According to the Tajikistan Sputnik Agency, they calculated the minimum amount that is necessary in order to feel satisfied with life for most countries of the world.
In their work, they drew on developments and surveys from Purdue University, which examined data of 1.7 million people. Also, in search of the “price of happiness” for each country in the world there were used purchasing power coefficients obtained from the World Bank and regional living standards. As a result, the analysts created a whole “happiness map”. It determines the annual amount granting a citizen of the country to be well-fixed and happy.
To begin with, the experts identified 10 most “expensive” and “budget” countries. So, the “price of happiness” in Bermuda is off the scale. To achieve life satisfaction, local residents would like to earn $ 143,933. The top three get Australia ($135,321) and Israel ($130,457). Switzerland ($128,969) and New Zealand ($128,844) close the top 5. Norway ($114,147), Germany ($109,142), Japan ($107,587), Iceland ($107,351), and the United States ($105,000 per year) are also among the top ten most expensive countries to achieve happiness.
And where is the easiest place to be happy? The cheapest happiness is in the small South American country of Suriname. To do this, they need to have $ 6,799 per year. Argentina ($8,778) and Angola ($8,921) are also in the top 3.
And the representative of Central Asia is in fourth place. According to the research, $8,997 per year is enough for a Kyrgyz citizen to live a happy life.
The “price of happiness” in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan is comparable: $21,960 and $22,850, respectively. In another Central Asian country, Kazakhstan, the “price of happiness” is $14,607 per year.
The experts did not bypass Turkmenistan either. In their opinion, a resident of our country would be completely satisfied with life if he earned $ 50,393 per year.
Well, what can I say here? Like all studies that lay claim to be global, the work of the Expensivity publication does not often coincide with reality. In the same Turkmenistan, as well as in other countries of the world, you can buy for much less money everything you need for a good life, but not happiness, of course. You can “sit” on millions and be a deeply unhappy person, and vice versa.
This study is nothing more than curious one, as it is said at the beginning of the publication. Because it is always interesting to know what people think about us, our country, who have never seen us, and have not come to our country. In a matter of the “price of happiness”, they see us this way, and not otherwise.
