According to the poll carried out by WIN/Gallup International, Saudi Arabia is the third happiest country in the World. What’s shocking is the list which features almost no European Country. Despite condemnation from human rights groups, and being in a region torn apart by religious and regional strife, the Saudi Kingdom has only been pipped to top position by Fiji and Colombia. At an average temperature of about 26C in January, the beautiful Fiji islands have an evident advantage – but Colombia, which suffers from drug-related gang wars and rife government corruption, was the country which came in first out of all 68 surveyed.

Mexico ranked as the world’s eighth happiest country – despite the number of deaths in the country outpacing that of Afghanistan and Iraq combined between 2007 and 2014 because of gang violence. China and Fiji are also two of the most hopeful nations, with China also the third most optimistic about economic prosperity. Nigerians are the most optimistic about their economy.

Iceland, which has one of the highest divorce rates and percentages of women working outside the home, was the only European country to make the top 10, sharing joint tenth position with China. Italy is the least hopeful nation out of their 68 nations surveyed, while Greece is the third most unhappy country – and France and Italy tie as the 10th most unhappy.