SA's happiness-and misery-index.

Abstract

Measuring a nation's happiness - Gross National Happiness (GNH) - in the manner of measuring Gross National Product (GNP) would seem frivolous, but is increasingly being taken seriously. Happiness has come to be considered a measure of social progress. Psychologists, economists and sociologists have shown that people's satisfaction with their lives offers information about a society. National governments have begun to use measures of happiness, or subjective wellbeing, to guide development of policies aimed at improving people's lives.