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Costa Rica is world's greenest, happiest country
The Guardian [UK]

"Costa Rica is the greenest and happiest country in the world,
according to a new list that ranks nations by combining measures of
their ecological footprint with the happiness of their citizens.
Britain is only halfway up the Happy Planet Index (HPI), calculated by
the New Economics Foundation (NEF), in 74th place of 143 nations
surveyed. The United States features in the 114th slot in the table.
The top 10 is dominated by countries from Latin America, while African
countries bulk out the bottom of the table. The HPI measures how much
of the Earth's resources nations use and how long and happy a life
their citizens enjoy as a result. First calculated in 2006, the second
edition adds data on almost all the world's countries and now covers
99% of the world's population." (07/04/09)