List Of Africa's Happiest Countries 2013

  In the United Nations’ second annual World Happiness Report, no African country was ranked in the top 50 of the survey, now in its second year, while the five lowest ranked countries were from the giant continent.

The ranking also threw up some other surprises, including placing countries such as Somaliland, Zimbabwe and DR Congo well ahead of others perceived as more prosperous and stable such as Botswana, Senegal and Tanzania.

The report is sponsored by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network which was established by United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and comes ahead of the annual General Assembly.

Overall African rankings:

1-Angola,

2-Mauritius,

3-Algeria,

4-Libya,

5-Nigeria,

6-Ghana,

7-Zambia,

8-Mozambique,

9-South Africa,

10-Lesotho,

11-Morocco,

12-Swaziland,

13-Somaliland,

14-Zimbabwe,

15-Tunisia,

16-Mauritania,

17-Djibouti,

18-Congo DR,

19-Ethiopia,

20-Uganda,

21-Cameroon,

22-Kenya,

23-Sudan,

24-Sierra Leone,

25-Congo-Brazzaville,

26-Egypt,

27-Burkina Faso,

28-Mali,

29-Liberia,

30-Niger,

31-Gabon,

32-Malawi,

33-Chad,

34-Botswana,

35-Madagascar,

36-Senegal,

37- Comoros,

38-Guinea,

39-Tanzania,

40-Rwanda,

41-Burundi,

42-Central African Republic,

43-Benin,

44-Togo

Egypt had the greatest fall in happiness levels. On a scale of 1 to 10 — with 10 rated as happiest — Egypt averaged 4.3 in 2012, compared to 5.4 in 2007.

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