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Nordic countries are the most content; Middle Eastern, African the least

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NEW YORK

NORWAY displaced Denmark as the world’s happiest country in a new report released yesterday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the wellbeing of their citizens.

The Nordic nations are the most content, according to the World Happiness Report 2017, produced by the Sustainabl­e Developmen­t Solutions Network (SDSN), a global initiative launched by the United Nations in 2012.

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa, along with Syria and Yemen, are the least happy of the 155 countries ranked in the fifth annual report released at the UN.

“Happy countries are the ones

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