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世界上最幸福的國家是哪個
Costa Rica has officially been named the happiest place to live in the world by The Happy Planet Index. The study compiled data from 151 different countries to measure where people are living happy, sustainable lives. So, exactly how does one measure happiness, and does living happily really matter?
哥斯達黎加正式被“幸福星球指數”評為世界上最幸福的地方。該研究編譯了來自151個不同國家的數據，衡量哪里的人生活得最幸福，最可持續。所以，我們是怎樣衡量幸福的，幸福的生活指的是什么？
The HPI looks at three different factors to determine if people are happy in a certain country. First, it looks at general well-being, by studying a Gallup World Poll that uses the “Ladder of Life” method. The poll asks people to rate their life on a scale of 0-10, with 0 being the worst possible life and 10 being the best. Denmark, Canada and Norway finished in the top three with Togo coming in last. Then they take that number and multiply it by each country’s life expectancy using data from a 2011 United Nations study.
“幸福星球指數”查看三個不同的因素來確定某個國家的人民生活的是否幸福。首先，查看整體福利狀況，研究蓋洛普世界民意調查“生命之梯”的方法。該民意測驗要求人們給自己的生活打分，從0到10，0是最糟糕的生活，10是最幸福的生活。丹麥，加拿大和挪威位列前三，而多哥排在最后。然后他們記錄該數字，乘以每個國家的人均壽命，使用的是2011年聯合國一項研究的數據。
Japan has the highest at nearly 84 years - almost twice that of Sierra Leone, which has the lowest life expectancy at only 47.8 years.
日本近84年來的人均壽命最高，幾乎是塞拉利昂的兩倍，其人均壽命最短，只有47.8歲。
The study also factors in each country's ecological footprint. This statistic is important to the HPI because it’s directly connected to the sustainability of a country’s happiness- as a country becomes more polluted and less able to produce resources like food, the less likely it is that they’ll have a good or long life. To get their final scores, they take the Ladder of Life average, multiplied by life expectancy, and divide that by the ecological footprint.
該研究還將每個國家的生態足跡考慮在內。該統計數據對HPI非常重要，因為它直接與一個國家幸福狀況的可持續性相關——隨著一個國家的污染狀況加重，不能生產食物等資源，這里的人們就不可能過上幸福長壽的生活。要計算最后得分，他們得到生命之梯的平均值，乘以人均壽命，然后除以生態足跡。
So, that’s how Costa Rica, Vietnam, and Colombia were named the happiest places in the world to live. But, is this an accurate assessment? Are they happier than other nations?
所以，哥斯達黎加，越南，哥倫比亞成為世界上最幸福的地方。但是，該評估準確嗎？他們比世界上其他國家更幸福嗎？
Well, I guess it depends on how you define happy. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development declared Australia as the happiest country, based on eleven different statistics like education, personal security and income. A 2013 report by the UN listed Denmark at the top, using GDP, life expectancy, and corruption levels - among other things.
我認為這應該取決于你怎樣給幸福定義。經合組織宣布澳大利亞為最幸福的國家，根據11種不同的統計資料來很亮，比如教育，個人安全感和收入。2013年聯合國一份報告認為丹麥是最幸福的國家，使用的是GDP，人均壽命和貪污腐敗水平等因素來衡量。
Or maybe you judge happiness on topics not being covered, like homicide rates, unemployment or gun rights.
或許你是根據非上述因素來衡量幸福的，比如自殺率，失業率和槍支所有權等等。
See, that’s the problem with ranking countries by happiness. Happiness is subjective, and one that we may not be able to accurately track across all countries. But that obviously isn’t going to stop anyone from trying.
所以，為每個國家的幸福狀況排名存在問題。幸福是主觀感覺，不可能按照統一標準對所有國家進行衡量。但是，這也不能成為阻止別人進行排名的理由。
In fact, the UN thinks tracking happiness is so important that they passed a resolution on it in 2011, saying that countries now need to start tracking happiness.
實際上，聯合國認為追蹤幸福狀況非常重要，他們在2011年通過了一項決議，稱所有國家現在要開始追蹤幸福狀況。
And as far as criteria for happiness goes, the Happy Planet Index is pretty simple. They asked people if they were happy, looked at how long those people were potentially going to live, and then divided that by how sustainable their environment is. If you feel those are three important qualifications for being happy, then maybe it’s time to pack your bags and move to Costa Rica.
盡管幸福的標準各有不同，而幸福星球指數則非常簡單。他們問人們是否幸福，觀察人的壽命會有多長，然后除以環境的可持續性。如果你覺得這是衡量是否幸福的重要標準，或許你應該考慮移民哥斯達黎加了。
