Happy International Day of Happiness

by | Mar 20, 2019 | Latest News

 

Did you know March 20th is the International Day of Happiness? Did you even know there was an International Day of Happiness?

Anyway, just in case you’re interested, the UN, which founded the day and organises associated annual events, produces an annual report which is essentially a statistical analysis that determines the extent of happiness in different countries of the world. It turns out that the happiest country right now is Finland, while the least happy is South Sudan. The UK is 15th. I’ll get back to you in a year’s time to let you know if we end up moving closer to Finland or South Sudan in the happiness stakes post-Brexit.

Stuart Coles

Stuart Coles

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I joined Smartodds in 2004, having previously been a lecturer of Statistics in universities in the UK and Italy. A famous quote about statistics is that “Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures”. In writing this blog I’m hoping to provide evidence that this is wrong.