Top 10 Least Happy Countries in the World

Brazil: Host nation of 2014 World Cup and the Olympics in 2016, Brazil is well known for its beaches and Carnival celebrations. But, mainly because of the soaring poverty, crime rates, and unemployment coupled with high interest rates, this country have come up at the ninth place in the list with a misery rating of 37.3.

The rate of poverty has strongly affected the country's economic inequality. The poor segment constitutes roughly one-third of the population, and the extremely poor makes upto 13 percent. This Latin American nation has serious problems with crime too. With roughly 23.8 homicides per 100,000 residents, muggings, robberies, kidnappings and gang violence are common.

South Africa: Nelson Mandela's homeland, South Africa is the eighth least happy country in the world, scoring 37.4 in the misery index. The unemployment rate is the major contributor to the misery index result, though it has slightly decreased only in 2014, passing from 24.5 percent to 24.1 percent. It is one of the greatest socio-economic problems currently facing in this country. It is the youth who are mostly affected by it. As per the Quarterly Labor Force Survey by Statistics South Africa, in the third quarter of 2013, 34.8 percent of young South Africans could not find a job compared with less than 15 percent of adults over 34. If all youngsters are considered in the calculation of youth unemployment then the actual unemployment rate was 47.5 percent for the third quarter of 2013. This means that 1 in every 2 young people cannot find a job and has very little chance of ever finding a job.

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