Which country has the happiest children in the world?

 

Where are the happiest children in the world? Not where you might think.

Rather than the United States, UK or Western Europe dominating the top spots – Romania has taken the number one spot shortly followed by Colombia, Israel and Algeria.

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This surprising result was produced by a survey of 53,000 children between the ages of 10 to 12 across 15 countries by Goethe University in Germany.

Top 15 happiest countries for children

1. Romania
2. Colombia
3. Israel
4. Algeria
5. Turkey
6. Norway
7. Estonia
8. Spain
9. Germany
10. Ethiopia
11. South Africa
12. Nepal
13. Poland
14. United Kingdom
15. South Korea

It seems that the extent of material comforts a child enjoys has little impact on their level of happiness – a stark lesson to us all.A Romanian family (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Source: Metro.co.uk