Top 10 Least Happy Countries in the World

Spain: With a misery score of 37.6, Spain emerges as one of Europe's most miserable countries. The major contribution to Spain's misery score is the inflation rate, caused mainly by the increase in food prices and value added tax. It is also noted that Spanish annual inflation rate is expected to accelerate further to 0.4 percent in the coming years, up by 0.5 percentage point from a negative 0.1 percent.

The uptick in annual consumer prices is mainly due to a rise in cost of tourist services and to stable electricity, fuel and lubricant prices, following previous year’s fall. Not just this, even the country's unemployment rate has also contributed to this index as the rate of unemployment was risen above 26 percent, according to official figures. Earlier this year, one out of every four adult Spaniards was out of work.

Egypt: With a score of 38.1, Egypt comes up as the sixth most miserable nation on the list. The country remains locked in a prolonged process of political transition after the resignation of the long-serving leader Hosni Mubarak in February 2011. Since then political uncertainty and anxiety over the future have generated ongoing political protest, labor strikes, deep mistrust between Islamist and secular parties, in some parts of Egypt. Even social problem like poverty has been slowly rising in Egypt, while worries about food supplies have increased. 17 percent of the country faced a shortage of food in 2011, compared with 14 percent in 2009, revealed the U.N. World Food Programme. With the economy barely improving, poverty remains a pressing concern for millions. All these attributions named this nation as the miserable one.

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