Two Latin American countries, Nicaragua and Venezuela, recorded the most extreme changes in happiness scores after the global recession
Change in happiness 2005-07 to 2014-16
Score 2014-2016
2005-2007
Top five
Nicaragua
+1.4
Latvia
+1.2
Sierra Leone
+1.1
Ecuador
+1.0
Moldova
+0.9
Bottom five
Ukraine
-0.9
Botswana
-1.0
Greece
-1.1
Central African Republic
-1.5
Venezuela
-1.6
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