Azerbaijan ranks 81st among the world’s happiest countries, read the report prepared by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Earth Institute at Columbia University.

The report, comprised of 157 countries, showed Syria, Afghanistan and eight sub-Saharan countries as the 10 least happy places on earth to live.

The top 10 this year were Denmark, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, and Sweden. Denmark was in third place last year, behind Switzerland and Iceland.

The bottom 10 were Madagascar, Tanzania, Liberia, Guinea, Rwanda, Benin, Afghanistan, Togo, Syria and Burundi.

Armenia ranks 121st and Georgia 126th.

The United States came in at 13, the United Kingdom at 23, France at 32, Italy at 50, Russia at 56 and Turkey at 78.