BD second most economic optimistic country

Nigeria is the most optimistic country about economic prosperity in 2016 while Bangladesh listed second position in this arena.  The findings come from a new study conducted by WIN/Gallup International Association that interviewed people from 68 countries.The finding showed, Nigeria scored 61%, Bangladesh 60%, China 54%, Vietnam 53%, Pakistan 50%, India 44%, Morocco 44%, Fiji 39%, Saudi Arabia 32% and Argentina 28% in economic prosperity. In contrast, Greece is the most pessimistic (-65% net optimistic) country.The nations on the prosperous list display the least hope and economic optimism with 6% and -16% respectively; in contrast emerging nations are hopeful and far more optimistic at 50% and 36%; the Aspiring nations sit between the two on hope and economic optimism at 29% and 16% respectively.The research also showed, the happiest country in the world is Colombia, and the unhappiest country is Iraq.Looking back at the previous year, 66% of respondents to the WIN/Gallup International survey say that they were happy, down slightly from 70% in 2014. Of the 66,040 people surveyed, 10% said that they were unhappy, up 4% from 2014. Overall that means that the world is 56% happy.Furthermore the study states that 1 out of 2 persons (approx. 54%) believes 2016 will be better than 2015. On the other hand 16% think it will be worse and 24% say 2016 won't be any different from 2015.Jean-Marc Leger, President of WIN/Gallup International Association, said: "2015 has been a tumultuous year for many across the globe, despite that the world remains largely a happy place. 45% of the world is optimistic regarding the economic outlook for 2016, up by 3 per cent compared to last year."
WIN/Gallup Interna-tional grouped the world into three tiers: Prosperous (the G7); Emerging (G20 excluding the original G7) and Aspiring (all others) nations.