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世界上最幸福的国家是哪个
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?
哥斯达黎加正式被“幸福星球指数”评为世界上最幸福的地方。该研究编译了来自151个不同国家的数据，衡量哪里的人生活得最幸福，最可持续。所以，我们是怎样衡量幸福的，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.
“幸福星球指数”查看三个不同的因素来确定某个国家的人民生活的是否幸福。首先，查看整体福利状况，研究盖洛普世界民意调查“生命之梯”的方法。该民意测验要求人们给自己的生活打分，从0到10，0是最糟糕的生活，10是最幸福的生活。丹麦，加拿大和挪威位列前三，而多哥排在最后。然后他们记录该数字，乘以每个国家的人均寿命，使用的是2011年联合国一项研究的数据。
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年来的人均寿命最高，几乎是塞拉利昂的两倍，其人均寿命最短，只有47.8岁。
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.
该研究还将每个国家的生态足迹考虑在内。该统计数据对HPI非常重要，因为它直接与一个国家幸福状况的可持续性相关——随着一个国家的污染状况加重，不能生产食物等资源，这里的人们就不可能过上幸福长寿的生活。要计算最后得分，他们得到生命之梯的平均值，乘以人均寿命，然后除以生态足迹。
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，哥斯达黎加，越南，哥伦比亚成为世界上最幸福的地方。但是，该评估准确吗？他们比世界上其他国家更幸福吗？
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.
我认为这应该取决于你怎样给幸福定义。经合组织宣布澳大利亚为最幸福的国家，根据11种不同的统计资料来很亮，比如教育，个人安全感和收入。2013年联合国一份报告认为丹麦是最幸福的国家，使用的是GDP，人均寿命和贪污腐败水平等因素来衡量。
Or maybe you judge happiness on topics not being covered, like homicide rates, unemployment or gun rights.
或许你是根据非上述因素来衡量幸福的，比如自杀率，失业率和枪支所有权等等。
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，为每个国家的幸福状况排名存在问题。幸福是主观感觉，不可能按照统一标准对所有国家进行衡量。但是，这也不能成为阻止别人进行排名的理由。
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.
实际上，联合国认为追踪幸福状况非常重要，他们在2011年通过了一项决议，称所有国家现在要开始追踪幸福状况。
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.
尽管幸福的标准各有不同，而幸福星球指数则非常简单。他们问人们是否幸福，观察人的寿命会有多长，然后除以环境的可持续性。如果你觉得这是衡量是否幸福的重要标准，或许你应该考虑移民哥斯达黎加了。
