Happy Life Years 2000-2009

For those interested in the numbers, the World Database of Happiness ranks 148 nations and covers more than 95% of the world's population.

See how things stood during the Bush years.

1. Costa Rica - 66.7, 2. Iceland - 66.4, 3. Denmark - 65.0, 4. Switzerland - 65.0, 5. Canada - 64.0, 6. Australia - 62.9, 7. Sweden - 62.8, 8. Norway - 62.4, 9. Finland - 62.3, 10. Ireland - 60.9, 11. Luxembourg - 60.7, 12. Netherlands - 60.6, 13. Austria - 60.1, 14. New Zealand 59.7, 15. Mexico - 59.5, 16. Spain - 58.8, 17. Belgium - 58.6, 18. Panama - 58.5, 19. United States - 58.0, 20. United Arab Emerates - 57.2, 21. Cyprus - 57.0, 22. United Kingdom - 56.9, 23. Andorra - 56.8, 24. Malta - 56.0, 25. Columbia - 55.8, 26. Germany - 55.2, 27. Argentina - 54.9, 28. Singapore - 54.6, 29. Israel - 54.5 , 30. Italy - 54.4, 31. Dominican Republic - 54.3, 32. Brazil - 53.6, 33. Slovenia - 53.3, 34. Venezuala - 53.0, 35. France - 52.8, 36. Greece - 51.5, 37. Chile - 51.4, 38. Uruguay - 51.2, 39. Kuwait - 51.0, 40. Nicaragua - 51.0, 41. Japan - 50.8, 42. Qatar - 50.6, 43. Belize - 50.3... 109. Iraq 31.1,... 121. Mali 25.0,... 135. Zambia 20.1,... 145. Sierra Leone 15.0,... 140. Afghanistan 19.0,... 148. Zimbabawe 12.0.