What makes a happy country?  Or really, what makes the people in that country happy?

To try to determine this, London-based Legatum Institute spent five years measuring the “prosperity” index for 90% of the people in the world.

Legatum’s 2010 Prosperity Index ranked 110 countries on 89 variables.

Forbes has more details in an article called The World’s Happiest Countries.

You might also want to take a look at In Pictures: The World’s 10 Happiest Countries.

To your happiness!