See Nigeria's Ranking in the List of Happiest countries

Nigeria 95th happiest country globally, 6th in Africa – UN

Nigerians are Africa's sixth happiest people, according to a new report released on Monday that called on nations to build social trust and equality to improve the well-being of their citizens.

"Happy countries are the ones that have a healthy balance of prosperity, as conventionally measured, and social capital, meaning a high degree of trust in a society, low inequality and confidence in government," Jeffrey Sachs, the director of the SDSN and a special advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General, said in an interview.

An international study of comparative ladder ratings in ten countries with large populations, including China, India and the United States, found Nigeria's 2.6 point difference between present and future ratings to be by far the largest.83 Nigeria's spirit of optimism may be exceptional by world standards, but not in Africa