Uganda has been ranked happiest country in East Africa in the UN’s World Happiness Report. Globally, Uganda ranked at position 83-three places above Kenya.
Kenya has gone down two places in the latest report that was released this week as it is at number 86. Tanzania stands at position 94 in the happiness index.
Mauritius island which polled at 44th globally, was ranked the happiest in Africa in the World Happiness Report.
Finland was named the happiest place for a fourth year running followed by Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland and the Netherlands.
The report focused on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared, with the data collected from analytics researcher Gallup across 149 countries.
Measures including social support, personal freedom, gross domestic product (GDP) and levels of corruption were also factored in.
Afghanistan, Lesotho, Botswana, Rwanda and Zimbabwe were deemed the unhappiest countries in the world.