(Trinidad Express) Trinidadians have been polled as being among the happiest people in the world.
And on top of that, citizens also have one of the world’s most sexiest accents, according to international polls conducted by Gallup Inc and CNN.
An Associated Press (AP) report on Wednesday stated that Gallup Inc asked roughly 1,000 people in each of 148 countries the following questions: Did you feel well-respected yesterday? Were you treated with respect all day yesterday? Did you laugh or smile a lot yesterday? Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday? Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?
According to gallup.com the average percentage of respondents worldwide who said “yes” to these five questions reflects a relatively upbeat world.
Gallup found that 85 per cent of adults worldwide felt treated with respect all day, 72 per cent smiled and laughed a lot, 73 per cent felt enjoyment a lot of the day, and 72 per cent felt well-rested.
The website stated that the only emotion that less than half of people worldwide reported experiencing was getting to learn or do something interesting the previous day, at 43 per cent. Despite many global challenges, people worldwide are experiencing many positive emotions.
Trinidad and Tobago was listed on the top ten happiest countries in the world.
The top 10 are as follows:
Panama – 85 per cent
Paraguay – 85 per cent
El Salvador – 84 per cent
Venezuela – 84 per cent
Trinidad and Tobago – 83 per cent
Thailand – 83 per cent
Guatemala – 82 per cent
Philippines – 82 per cent
Ecuador – 81 per cent
Costa Rica – 81 per cent
The top ten saddest countries were:
Singapore – 46 per cent
Armenia – 49 per cent
Iraq – 50 per cent
Georgia – 52 per cent
Yemen – 52 per cent
Serbia – 52 per cent
Belarus – 53 per cent
Lithuania – 54 per cent
Madagascar – 54 per cent
In another report carried on CNN travel on November 30, 2012, the Trinidadian accent was listed as number 10 in the top 11 in the world.
Number one was Italian followed by French, Spanish, Czech, Nigerian, Irish, Oxford British, US Southern, Brazilian Portuguese, Trinidadians and Thai.
