For a long time, Bhutan didn’t want to measure happiness. Simply ask one question- Are you happy in Bhutan? and you have the answer… Since the world is increasingly obsessed with numbers, the Center for Bhutan Studies in Bhutan along with the international academia & development practitioners, came up with a formula after several international conferences on GNH. The first conference was held in 2004 in Thimphu, Bhutan and in 2010, it will be held in Brazil.
Happiness formula: Jealousy, sexual misconduct, or apathy toward reciting prayers – Bhutan is now ready with a set of mathematical formulae to measure these personal feelings and collect it all to calculate the country’s happiness.
Happiness formula uses 72 indicators, from reciting prayers to buying second-hand clothes.
For all those GNH skeptics who said happiness can never be measured, the Centre for Bhutan Studies is ready with the tools. Continue reading Measuring Gross National Happiness (GNH): 4 pillars, 9 Domains & 72 Indicators