Bangladesh has ranked among the top 20 unhappiest countries in the world, in the World Happiness Report 2023. Bangladesh ranked 20th among the “unhappiest countries”. War-torn Afghanistan ranked as the unhappiest country in the world. Lebanon, which is facing a dire economic crisis, ranked 2nd. India is also seemingly “unhappier” compared to Bangladesh – ranking 12th in the depressing list. Read More: Top 10 Happiest Countries in the World in 2022 The report – overseen by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – is released every year on the occasion of International Day of Happiness, being celebrated today (March 20), according to Forbes Magazine. The countries are ranked based on statistics from sources such as the Gallup World Poll, which takes into account six main factors: social support, income, health, freedom, generosity, and the absence of corruption, it said. According to the report, these countries also have an average life evaluation that is more than five points lower (on a scale running from 0 to 10) than in the 10 happiest countries. Read More: Spending Money for Happiness: 10 Effective Ways  20 UNHAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 1.      Afghanistan 2.      Lebanon 3.      Sierra Leone 4.      Zimbabwe 5.      Congo 6.      Botswana 7.      Malawi 8.      Comoros 9.      Tanzania 10.   Zambia 11.   Madagascar 12.   India 13.   Liberia 14.   Ethiopia 15.   Jordan 16.   Togo 17.   Egypt 18.   Mali 19.   Gambia 20.   Bangladesh Read More: Afghanistan world's unhappiest country, even before Taliban The United Nations General Assembly designated March 20 as International Day of Happiness in 2012. Since then, an increasing number of individuals have come to feel that success as countries should be measured by the happiness of citizens. There is also emerging agreement on how to quantify happiness. Because of this agreement, governments may now make national happiness an operational goal, the report said. The Nordic nations deserve special attention with Finland topping the list of the “happiest countries” in the world due to their usually high levels of both personal and institutional trust, the report said. “They also had Covid-19 mortality rates that were one-third those of the rest of Western Europe in 2020 and 2021 – 27 per 100,000 in the Nordic nations vs 80 in the rest of Western Europe.” The other top happiest countries followed by Finland are: Denmark, Iceland, Israel and the Netherlands, said the report. Read More: Study concludes whether money can buy happiness 20 HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD 1.      Finland 2.      Denmark 3.      Iceland 4.      Israel 5.      Netherlands 6.      Sweden 7.      Norway 8.      Switzerland 9.      Luxembourg 10.   New Zealand 11.   Austria 12.   Australia 13.   Canada 14.   Ireland 15.   United States 16.   Germany 17.   Belgium 18.   Czech Republic 19.   United Kingdom 20.   Lithuania Read More: Happiness Hormone: Ways to Boost Dopamine.