World Happiness Index 2025: When Pakistan beat India, reality check for Modi’s India

World Happiness Index 2025: When Pakistan beat India, reality check for Modi’s India
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Webdesk: Pakistanis are reportedly happier than Indians, according to the latest World Happiness Index 2025. The report places Pakistan at the 109th spot while India sits lower at 118. In contrast, the UNDP Human Development Report paints a different picture, placing Pakistan at a distant 164th position, with India ranking 132 and Bangladesh ahead of both at 130. The figures indicate that India can be economically superior, but not necessarily happier than Pakistan, thus illustrating that economic growth does not always bring happiness, as per a recent opinion article by Hamid Mir.

The Pakistani people come up as more generous as well. The data indicates that people of Pakistan routinely contribute to charities at 39.2 per cent, as opposed to India with 35.5 per cent. Generosity is often linked to well-being, which may help explain the higher happiness ranking.

World Happiness Index 2025

Many Pakistanis are celebrating their country’s recent military victory over India during a brief four-day conflict in May 2025. The sentiment of triumph has lifted national morale.

The military victory was widely celebrated across the country. The government is planning to mark this win again on the upcoming Independence Day. Official statements claim that on May 7, Pakistan successfully shot down six Indian fighter jets, including four Rafales, while India was unable to hit any Pakistani aircraft.

Moreover, India’s efforts to isolate Pakistan diplomatically were also unsuccessful. India could not present any credible evidence linking Pakistan to the Pahalgam terror incident, whereas Pakistan has highlighted Indian involvement in attacks in Balochistan at several international platforms.

India was defeated not only on the military front but also on the diplomatic front. New Delhi tried to isolate Islamabad through a diplomatic offence but miserably failed, as per a recent opinion article by Hamid Mir as well.

However, challenges on other fronts loom bigger than these military and diplomatic feats, challenges that require the same determination and unity as is required during conflict.

Many people in Pakistan believe that there is no need to compare the country with India. The population and the economy of India are much bigger, and it is more appropriate that India should compare itself to countries such as China or Russia.

However, even with this imbalance, India still compares to Pakistan. To some, this is an indicator of arrogance.

Even the economic success and international status of India have not been able to wash away the negative consequences of ranking low in happiness, and the freedom of the press is losing ground, considering India as an example of unmoderated growth without societal balance.

Although India has better-performing economic metrics, there is an abundance of inequality, increasing intolerance and internal instability that have eroded the prosperity of people. The fact that Pakistan ranks higher in happiness and generosity implies that GDP statistics are not the only determinants of societal satisfaction.

With Pakistan revelling in their military and diplomatic success, it also has to direct attention to social justice and institutional reform, which even democratic India is still grappling with in actuality.

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