According to new data from the EU statistics agency, Austria scored 7.9 out of 10 in Eurostat's annual publication on "quality of life quality of life", which is based on surveys conducted in all EU member states. This was reported by the Independent, according to UNN . Thus Austria is recognized as the happiest country out of the 27 members of the bloc.
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Poland, Finland and Romania took the second place, scoring 7.7 points out of 10, while the lowest score was given to Bulgaria, the only country Bulgaria was the only country to score less than six points (5.6) on the overall life satisfaction index.
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Eurostat said its publication aims to "to capture trends in the subjective happiness of European citizens", noting that "EU citizens are generally quite satisfied with their lives in general, with an average score of 7.1 out of 10" possible".
The report notes that factors such as education level, family, and financial stability influenced the overall satisfaction of with their lives, not just material wealth.
It is interesting to note that some countries that in the recent in the recent past, such as Romania and Poland are among the countries with the highest life satisfaction, which indicates the complexity of the relationship between subjective well-being and economic well-being
Italy, Spain, and France, some of the largest economies in the EU, hover around the average score of 7.1.
Germany was one of the unhappiest countries in the survey, ahead of only Bulgaria with a score of 6.5.