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　　Report Says Americans Less Happy

　　The United States has experienced a decline inhappiness during the past ten years although itremains among the world's happiest countries.

　　That finding comes from a Gallup Poll and theSustainable Development Solutions Network survey.

　　The World Happiness Report found that Americans showed "significant decreases" in happinessfrom 2005-2007 and again from 2013-2015.

　　The U.S. ranked as the 13th happiest country in the 2016 poll. The report showed that 45nations showed a decline in happiness during the past 10 years. Burundi was at the lowestspot in the rankings of more than 150 nations.

　　The happiest country in the world was Denmark, according to the report. The top 10 countriesalso included Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand,Australia and Sweden.

　　Mexico was ranked 21st and Britain was 23rd. France was in the 32nd position, and Japan wasranked 53rd.

　　Greece had the largest drop in the survey. Researchers blamed the drop on the debt crisis andhigh employment in the country.

　　In 2014, the Pew Research Center compiled a life satisfaction poll. In that survey, a topconclusion was that richer countries were happier than poor countries. The Pew research saidAsians and Africans are the most optimistic people about their futures.

　　Money was a big factor driving happiness, but it was not the most important according to thePew organization. The majority of those asked thought good health, quality education fortheir children and safety from crime were more important than wealth.

　　I'm Jim Dresbach.