Every year, there’s a report on the world’s happiest countries. But what about the world’s most miserable countries?
Happily — or maybe not — one professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University used data from the International Monetary Fund and international labor organizations to issue a miserable country report.
He ranked 157 countries considering factors like unemployment, inflation, and bank lending practices.
The most miserable country? It’s Zimbabwe, with an astronomical inflation rate of 243%!
And misery loves company. Venezuela, Syria, Lebanon and Sudan all made the list.
The least miserable is Switzerland, followed by countries including Ireland, Thailand and Malta.
