Mexico High on Happy Planet List
Submitted by Administrator on Tue, 2006-07-18 08:48.
Mexico is #38 out of 178 on the Happy Planet map...
The HPI incorporates three separate indicators: ecological footprint, life-satisfaction and life expectancy. The statistical calculations that underlie the HPI are quite complex. However conceptually, it is straight forward and intuitive:
HPI = Life satisfaction x Life expectancy / Ecological Footprint
The HPI reflects the average years of happy life produced by a given society, nation or group of nations, per unit of planetary resources consumed. Put another way, it represents the efficiency with which countries convert the earth’s finite resources into well-being experienced by their citizens.
The US is #150 out of 178.