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Africa's happiest countries revealed

According to the World Happiness Report 2013, published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), Angola, Mauritius and Algeria are Africa's top three happiest countries.

13 Sep 2013

In the build-up to the United Nations General Assembly, the SDSN reports that the second World Happiness Report "further strengthens the case that well-being should be a critical component of how the world measures its economic and social development".

Happiest African countries

Only 44 of Africa's 50+ countries were included in the survey and the rankings are as follows:

1. Angola	23. Sudan
2. Mauritius	24. Sierra Leone
3. Algeria	25. Congo (Brazzaville)
4. Libya	26. Egypt
5. Nigeria	27. Burkina Faso
6. Ghana	28. Mali
7. Zambia	29. Liberia
8. Mozambique	30. Niger
9. South Africa	31. Gabon
10. Lesotho	32. Malawi
11. Morocco	33. Chad
12. Swaziland	34. Botswana
13. Somaliland	35. Madagascar
14. Zimbabwe	36. Senegal
15. Tunisia	37. Comoros
16. Mauritania	38. Guinea
17. Djibouti	39. Tanzania
18. Congo (Kinshasa)	40. Rwanda
19. Ethiopia	41. Burundi
20. Uganda	42. Central African Republic
21. Cameroon	43. Benin
22. Kenya	44. Togo