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The citizens of Albania and the citizens of Kosovo are more optimistic than the citizens of other countries in the region that 2022 will be a better year than 2021.
The traditional Gallup International survey showed that this expectation is shared by more than 70 percent of respondents in Albania and 56 percent of respondents in Kosovo.
Significantly less optimistic that Albanian citizens and Kosovar citizens are citizens of other countries in the region. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, only 31 percent of respondents expect the next year to be better than the current year, in Serbia, only 26 percent of respondents have such expectations, while in North Macedonia only 21 percent of respondents.
Albanians and Kosovars are the first in the region in terms of the degree of happiness. More than 85 percent of respondents in Albania said they are very happy (16 percent) or happy (59 percent), while in Kosovo 74 percent of respondents said they are very happy (29 for percent) or happy (45 percent).
The results of the Gallup International poll show that Indonesia is the most optimistic country, while Turkey is the most pessimistic country in the world.
Colombia, the happiest country in the world
The results of the survey showed that it is not wealth that makes people happy.
This year’s poll found the people of Colombia the happiest people in the world. More than 79 percent of respondents in this country have stated that they are very happy or happy.
Meanwhile, the most unhappy people are those of Afghanistan. Given the developments of the last year in this country, it is perfectly logical for these people to feel unhappy.
Gallup International President Kancho Stojchev has said that the results of the organization's polls, which have been conducted for 40 years, show that the level of happiness does not depend on the level of development and wealth.
"Traditionally (…) the happiest country in the world is neither among the richest countries nor among the most developed countries. This year, Colombia came out first with a result of 79%. Usually, at the top of the list are the countries with the youngest populations. "Richer societies are usually older and less prosperous," he told Deutsche Wellen.
Stoychev said that this year-end poll showed that global public opinion is quite concerned about economic prospects and expects the crisis to deepen.
"This concern is more prevalent in Eastern Europe, where on average about two-thirds of respondents show declining expectations," he said.