Global Economics  European Countries Top World's Happiest
People living in European countries are among the happiest in
the world, according to a new survey measuring health, wealth,
education and sense of identity.  Denmark tops the list of 178
countries closely followed by Switzerland, Austria and Iceland.
Also in the top 20 are Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Luxembourg,
Malta, the Netherlands and Norway.  The least happy Europeans
live in the Baltic countries - Lithuania (155), Latvia (154),
Estonia (139) - followed by Slovakia (129) and Hungary (107).
In between, Germany ranks 35, the UK 41, Spain 46, Italy 50,
France 62 and Poland 99.  The survey showed that happiness is
found to be most closely associated with health, followed by
wealth and then education.  "There is a belief that capitalism
leads to unhappy people," said UK Leicester University social
psychologist Adrian White responsible for the report.  "However,
when people are asked if they are happy with their lives, people
in countries with good hea