Holland ranked 15th happiest country

Belgians are listed 28th in a new study ranking the world's populations in terms of happiness. The study indicated the Danish are the world's happiest people, followed by Switzerland and Austria, ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. The University of Leicester study also revealed that three of Belgium's neighbours were ranked lower on the 'World Chart of Happiness'.The UK was ranked 41st, Germany 35th and France 62nd. Luxembourg and the Netherlands scored better and were ranked 12th and 15th respectively. The US was ranked 23rd, Japan 90th, India 125th and Russia 167th. At the bottom of the 178 studied nations were the African countries Zimbabwe and Burundi. Eurogates. Forum of education news