Europe’s unhappiest country for 2023 has been unveiled
Agencies – Sudan Events
The Balkan country of Bulgaria has been named the unhappiest in the whole of Europe, in a poll that analysed levels of life satisfaction across the continent.
Over the course of a year, Eurostat asked Europeans to rate their satisfaction with life on a scale of 0 (very dissatisfied) to 10 (very satisfied), finding that, with the exception of Bulgaria, the average levels were higher than 6.
Famous for its hot springs and stunning Black Sea beaches, these attributes sadly weren’t enough to increase happiness levels amongst locals, with Bulgarians ranking their life satisfaction at just 5.6 out of 10.
At the other end of the spectrum, Austria, known for its stunning ski slopes, classical music and the Wiener Schnitzel, came up trumps in first place with an average of 7.9.
Poland, Romania and Finland followed close behind at 7.7, with the lowest levels reported in Bulgaria (5.6), Germany (6.5) and Greece (6.7).
The data suggested that some countries that had previously been associated with ‘low levels of income,’ including Romania and Poland, ranked amongst those with the highest levels of satisfaction – which, according to the report, represents the ‘complexity of the relation between subjective well-being and economic welfare.’
