2022 global emotions report

Every resident of Dhaka knows well how much stress one has to cope with just to survive every day. They don’t need reminding that their capital is the seventh least liveable city in the world, or they are the seventh saddest nation. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq

What makes Bangladesh 7th saddest nation in the world?

According to the Global Emotions Report 2022, Bangladesh is the seventh saddest nation in the world. And we became miserable well before the onset of high inflation and cost of living crisis.

The root of our unhappiness: When the personal becomes political

I woke up from a Covid-induced fever dream to this news: Bangladesh has ranked seventh among the world's angriest, saddest, and most stressed nations, according to the 2022 Global Emotions Report.

July 8, 2022
July 8, 2022
Every resident of Dhaka knows well how much stress one has to cope with just to survive every day. They don’t need reminding that their capital is the seventh least liveable city in the world, or they are the seventh saddest nation. Photo: Sk Enamul Haq

What makes Bangladesh 7th saddest nation in the world?

According to the Global Emotions Report 2022, Bangladesh is the seventh saddest nation in the world. And we became miserable well before the onset of high inflation and cost of living crisis.

July 6, 2022
July 6, 2022

The root of our unhappiness: When the personal becomes political

I woke up from a Covid-induced fever dream to this news: Bangladesh has ranked seventh among the world's angriest, saddest, and most stressed nations, according to the 2022 Global Emotions Report.