In Costa Rica: So Happy Together
- by crv.staff
- 22.02.10
- 2:48 PM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source: Hotels Costarica
In an attempt to avoid the general unproductiveness often associated with winter break, I decided to invest my time and energy volunteering abroad. When I committed to spending two weeks in Costa Rica, I was excited about the opportunity to help construct a community center in Latin America. Initially, I envisioned towns lacking running water, the sign of a society whose residents struggled to meet their basic needs. While La Carpio, the town in which my project was located, confirmed some of my prior notions, I was surprised to discover that it was very much an anomaly of typical Costa Rican life. From high-quality education to affordable health care, the range and quality of resources that the country’s government provides contribute to a quality of life that most citizens of its Central American counterparts unfortunately do not enjoy.
Given these resources and the population’s unique culture, it is no mystery why the New Economics Foundation’s Happy Planet Index ranks Costa Rica as the happiest country on the planet. The index examines sustainable happiness on a national level, ranking 143 countries according to three measurements: citizens’ self-reported happiness, average life expectancy, and ecological footprint per capita. Costa Rica excels in all three categories.
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