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world’s most pathetic A list of countries has been released. 157 countries have been assessed in this, in this India has also been included. Famous economist Steve Hanke has released this Annual Misery Index (HAMI). They Dearnessunemployment, GDP change, bank lending rates economic factors Based on this, this annual list has been prepared.
Zimbabwe is on top of this list. The policies implemented by the President of African country Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, have been blamed for this. According to this index, Zimbabwe had touched 243.8 percent inflation rate in the year 2022. In his assessment, he has described Switzerland as the happiest country.
India at 103rd position
India has been placed at 103rd position in the Hanke Annual Misery Index. The people of India are troubled by unemployment. Because of this, its number is more than 100th in the list of pathetic countries. India’s neighboring country Pakistan ranks 35th in the Annual Misery Index. Inflation rate is rising wildly in Pakistan and it has been described as the primary factor for its pathetic condition. Significantly, Pakistan is going through economic and political challenges. There are many countries in Africa among the most pathetic countries in this list.
Which countries are the worst?
According to Steve Hanke’s Annual Misery Index, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan, Argentina, Yemen, Ukraine, Cuba, Turkey, Sri Lanka, Haiti, Angola, Tonga and Ghana have got a place in the world’s 15 miserable countries. Hanke has released a list of top 15 pathetic countries on Twitter based on his analysis. He tweeted, “Zimbabwe is the worst country in the world in the Annual Misery Index due to extraordinary inflation, high unemployment, lending rates and weak GDP, need I say more.”
In the Hanke 2022 Annual Misery Index, Turkey ranks as the TENTH-MOST MISERABLE COUNTRY in the world. Turkey can blame its misery on Pres. Erdogan’s nutty economic ideas. pic.twitter.com/IpHRBqDQmU
— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) May 24, 2023
Which countries are the happiest
Cuba is at number nine in the Annual Misery Index ranking. On this, he said that the destructive economic policies have ruined this country. Finland has been named the happiest country in the world for six consecutive years by the World Happiness Report. He was ranked 109th in Steve Hanke’s Annual Misery Index.
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America is number 134 in this list. The countries which have been described as the happiest in the Misery Index. In that, Kuwait is second, Ireland at number three, Japan at number four and Malaysia at number five. The number of Taiwan, Niger, Thailand, Togo and Malta is after them. Please tell that Steve Hanke is Professor of Applied Economics at John Hopkins University. They present this report every year.
