Why The Dutch Top The Rankings For Happiness

The work structure of Holland helps it to become among the happiest countries in the world.

In 2013, the country was ranked fourth in the world for happiness in a report by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), in which a panel of experts discussed economic and psychological factors, along with countrywide statistics., according to theindependent.

The figures would accurately describe how a nation fares in its happiness index, in which Holland has high scores. Recently, analysis attributed happiness to the proportion of part-timers.

Thus, about 26.8 per cent of Dutch men and 76.6 per cent of women who are employable would not even spend 36 hours a week working. The Economist explains that dual income is not always important for a comfortable life, while the family slips into a traditional framework due to stay-at-home mothers.

Moreover, over ten per cent of men and 40 per cent of the women are part-time workers in UK. The work division as well as the gender difference is thought to be backward, but the nation has also made a new law stating that women have the right to cut back hours at their jobs without any reaction from employers.

While the Netherlands is on the top of the list of 28 European countries for physical exercise, the British Heart Foundation figures explain that the highest percentage of the population takes moderate exercise at least four days a week.

Does working less really give time to the Dutch to be happier and exercise more? It is not clear. However, these statistics and research in happiness are areas in which Holland tops the rankings.