Can money buy happiness? Perhaps... But money isn't a prerequisite, if Indonesians in a recent survey are to be believed.
Despite average per person GDP (at purchasing power parity) of only one tenth that of Americans, over 50 percent of Indonesians in a recent survey reported being "very happy". This compares to about 28 percent of Americans in the poll, conducted by Ipsos, a research firm, as reported in The Economist.
Respondents were given a choice of describing themselves as "very happy", "rather happy", "not very happy" or "not happy at all". The only country whose respondents ranked in the top 15 that had a lower per person GDP was India, which ranked second.
Indonesia, where over half of people reported being very happy, has an average per person GDP of about $4,700 annually, according to the report.
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