Out of the 178 listed countries, here's where our seven saddest rank: Russia: 80th, Turkey: 86th, Greece: 138th, Hungary: 141st, Estonia: 145th, Italy: 147th, and Portugal: 161st. British people are among the most depressed people in the Western world, according to new data. A few days later, in the seaside town of Estoril, 30km southwest of Lisbon, I met Cuca Roseta, a popular fado singer who is one of the few able to earn a living from her music. If you ask a Portuguese person how they’re doing, the most enthusiastic reply you can expect is mais ou menos (so so). Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? No one particularly cares if you have a nice day, because chances are they’re not having a nice day either. No one does sad music like the Portuguese. Why paint a painting with only one colour?” By avoiding sadness at all costs, she said, we diminish ourselves. Adam Taylor. Naturally, it is bittersweet. It’s easy to assume that the Portuguese are masochists, but if you spend some time here, as I did recently, you quickly realize that the Portuguese have much to teach us about the hidden beauty, and joy, in sadness. France has closed its border with the UK for 48 hours over concerns about the new coronavirus variant. 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While feeling blue isn't the only theme country music explores, it's certainly one the genre has mastered. “There is actually lot of beauty in sadness.”. Much of it is due to the effects of violence and social inequality across the country. From today same-sex couples across Northern Ireland are able to marry through the official conversion of existing civil partnerships following a change in the law, Shoppers on Oxford Street in London on the first weekend following the end of the second national lockdown in England, Swimmers wearing fancy dress take to the water for a charity ‘fancy dress chilly dip’ swim in the sea at Leasowe Bay, northwest England. In fact, a Portuguese chef has even started a line of chocolate called “Saudade”. Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage. The genre took root nearly two centuries ago in hardscrabble, working-class neighbourhoods of Lisbon. You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. Participants were asked to watch videotaped statements of people accused of theft and figure out who was lying. About three million people are unemployed - 10.2% of the workforce. by The Week team. Located in the Eastern Mediterranean, with over a million residents, it’s the third most populous island in the Mediterranean Sea.Head here if you love good food, history (there’s evidence of human habitation of Cyprus dating back 10,000 years) and plenty of good weather. One evening, I dropped by one, a tiny place called Duque da Rua, tucked away in the city’s Chiado district. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. It does this, researchers Stefan Koelsch and Liila Taruffi believe, by enabling people to “regulate” negative moods. She prepares for each performance with a minute of silence, a sort of prayer, “before giving myself”, she told me. Venezuela holds the inglorious title of the most miserable country in the world in 2019, as it did in 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015. Top 10 ranking of 25-64-year-olds who reported suffering from depression@ Country … Yes, Portugal is a sad land, ranking 93rd of 157 countries (just behind Lebanon), according to the UN’s latest World Happiness Report. Yes, Portugal is a sad land, ranking 93rd of 157 countries (just behind Lebanon), according to the UN’s latest World Happiness Report. List of poorest countries in Europe by their GDP per capita (PPP). The singers are mostly amateurs – people like Marco Henriques, who works as an agronomist by day and tends bar in the club in the evening to help make ends meet. A handpicked selection of stories from BBC Future, Earth, Culture, Capital, Travel and Autos, delivered to your inbox every Friday. This was the perfect person, I realized, to explain Portugal’s joyful sadness. 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You can find full analysis and background data tables in the latest (2020) annual edition of the ETSC PIN report. Saudade is a longing, an ache for a person or place or experience that once brought great pleasure. It ranks as the second-least miserable country in the world. Top 10 ranking of 25-64-year-olds who reported suffering from depression@, Country Total percentage of the population. Read our full mailing list consent terms here. Freight lorries cannot cross by sea or through the Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover has closed to outbound traffic, Police officers at Euston Station, London, with more being deployed to enforce travel rules at London’s stations, Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference in response to the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, London. 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Researchers from the Free University of Berlin surveyed 772 people around the world and found that sad music “can actually lead to beneficial emotional effects,” according to the study, published in the journal Plos One. “You can even feel saudade for a chicken,” he said, “but it has to be the right chicken.”, At the heart of saudade lies a yawning sense of absence, of loss. Several studies suggest that the Portuguese are onto something. https://ec.europa.eu/.../general-overview/single-administrative-document-sad_en Even sad music has its benefits. View image of Portugal’s unique culture of melancholy is hard to miss (Credit: Credit: Sean Pavone/Alamy), View image of Even the statues in Lisbon’s public squares have melancholic expressions (Credit: Credit: Eye Ubiquitous/Getty), View image of Largo de Camões is dedicated to one of Portugal’s greatest poets, who often wrote about saudade (Credit: Credit: Alberto Manuel Urosa Toledano/Getty), View image of Fado can be heard everywhere in Portugal, including Lisbon’s several dozen fado houses (Credit: Credit: age fotostock/Alamy), View image of A Lisbon sculpture in memory of famous Fado singer Amalia Rodrigues (Credit: Credit: S. Forster/Alamy). There's nothing slick about this sort of fado house. (2006-2018)Subscribe? Of course France is not a sad country, but they have huge problems. The first one is Brazil, it comes in second of the United States with 11.5 million depression cases. The most obvious social and economic evidence that something is amiss is unemployment. Sad music also fires the imagination and evokes “a wide range of complex and partially positive emotions,” they concluded. Almost 50,000 readers voted in the 2018 Telegraph Travel Awards.. Country artists have recorded some of the most poignant tearjerkers of all time. This is an online quiz called Top 10 Saddest Countries. The full list is shown in the table below, with current population and subregion (based on the United Nations official statistics). About this Quiz. An image of a chain link. Please check the list before adding your favourite(s) to the bottom. Scott Barbour/Getty Images. 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Here are the 19 unhappiest countries in the world, according to the World Happiness Report, an annual survey that assesses the state of global wellbeing. Melancholy, because the music was undeniably morose, as were the lyrics, which a Portuguese friend translated for me. Across the UK people fell silent in remembrance of the nation's war dead, as the coronavirus pandemic limits public commemorations, Number 10 special advisor Dominic Cummings waits to be admitted to 10 Downing Street in London, A mural of the president of the United States, Donald Trump which has been painted on the side of Islington Mill arts hub in Salford, Manchester, Chelsea pensioners watch a Remembrance Sunday service from their windows at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, D-Day veteran Jim Healy, 95, from Manchester who is taking part in the Royal British Legion's doorstep silence for Remembrance. The happiest and saddest countries in the European Union are revealed in time for the International Day of Happiness today. Roseta represents a new generation of fado singers. A sign perhaps that Portugal’s love affair with “joyful sadness” is beginning to wane? It is untranslatable, every Portuguese person assured me, before proceeding to translate it. It’s a gift of your emotions and it’s very intimate.”. Top 15 Saddest Countries in the World Ranking! We must accept our fate, even if it’s cruel, especially if it’s cruel. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper.. 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Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? It is akin to nostalgia but, unlike nostalgia, one can feel saudade for something that’s never happened, and likely never will. He speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” Europe's largest country is Russia (37% of total continent area), and the smallest one is Vatican City, which occupies only a tiny territory in the center of Rome. “I’m inviting you to share at the table of my sadness.” In Portugal, that’s a big table with room for everyone. The Wintershall Estate have adapted their traditional Nativity play to accommodate the Coronavirus pandemic restrictions and this year it takes the form of a walk through the estate set in the Surrey Hills. In Portugal, it’s moody poets. This quiz has tags. He has happy days and sad days, he said, and he welcomes both equally. The data also showed women are more likely to report the condition than men. Listening to the music, I felt an odd combination of melancholy and relief. The first fado singers, or fadistas, were prostitutes and the wives of fishermen who may or may not return from sea. The World's Happiest (And Saddest) Countries These are the 20 most prosperous countries in the world, followed by the 20 least. In particular, fado music is melancholy set to a melody. Among Most Depressed Countries in the World ... Europe has the highest, led by Monaco, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, each with between 20 and 40 psychiatrists per 100,000 people. The OECD analysed data from European health interview survey results and other national surveys across the world. Compared with 2013, the share of happy people in the EU increased by over 2 percentage points (60%). Country music has developed a reputation as the designated genre for sad songs. In most countries, the men (and it’s almost always men) honoured in such places are macho generals. Read on for the top 20 happiest countries in the world, as well as the 10 unhappiest places, the 10 happiest cities and the 10 unhappiest cities. Fado means literally “destiny” or “fate”, and therein lays its sad beauty. The participants experiencing negative emotions at the time were able to more accurately identify the deceptive suspects. You hear it – and feel it – everywhere: on the radio, in concert halls and, most of all, in Lisbon’s several dozen fado houses. Interestingly, the positive benefits of sad music were experienced differently among different cultures. Another study in the same journal suggests sadness improves judgment. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. But don’t pity the Portuguese. The average across all 25 ranked countries was 10 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. Saddest Country Songs. The figures from 2014, also saw the UK percentage as more than double other countries including Greece, Italy, Poland and the Slovak Republic and 2 per cent higher than the average of 8 per cent. If you liked this story, sign up for the weekly bbc.com features newsletter, called “If You Only Read 6 Things This Week”. In Portugal, no one tells you to have a nice day. 15 Cheapest Countries to Study Medicine in English 15 Best Places to Travel in April in Europe, Asia and Tropical Destinations 15 Countries with … Sadness is an important part of life, she told me, adding that she can’t understand why anyone would avoid it. I sure hope not. First place in the rankings was given to Iceland with 14 per cent of people reporting to have depression and Ireland, Germany and Turkey all coming in second place with 12 per cent. For more epic reasons why you must visit Cy… No other language has a word quite like it. It looks at the state of global happiness in 156 countries, ranking countries based on six variables: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity Europe's 20 best countries, according to you. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. The world's angriest and saddest countries, ranked . “This is music where you give yourself. Poll of more than 12,000 workers from across UK shows people working in the public sector took on average nearly three days off sick in the last year because of their mental health, Swimmers prepare for dip in the Thames estuary at Chalkwell Beach near Southend On Sea in Essex, The MS Princess Seaways arrives at the mouth of the Tyne as the sun rises on the North East coast of England, The closed entrance to the Port of Dover. According to rankings in the 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index. Today is my pleasurable sadness day.’”. Portugal’s culture of melancholy is hard to miss. Relief, because, for once, I felt no compunction to squelch or deny my sadness. The rankings from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) place the UK in joint seventh place for adults reporting they have depression out of 25 countries from across Europe and Scandinavia. “You can have a bad voice and be a great fado singer,” he said, “because fado comes from the heart.”. One day, while sipping an espresso at the Largo de Camões public square in central Lisbon, I met Mariana Miranda, a clinical psychologist. Today, fado is the soundtrack of life in Portugal. The event was held to raise money for the Age UK charity and involved participants from an open water swimming club, The sun sets behind the Palace of Westminster, the home of the Houses of Parliament in central London, The finishing touches are put to a 40ft Christmas Tree at Somerset House in London, A swimmer takes to the water at Serpentine Swimming Club after the second national lockdown ends in England. As an American, I’ve been inculcated with the importance of being happy – or at least pretending to be happy – at all costs. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. Among British people the rates of depression range from 15 per cent for those who left school after sitting GCSEs, although they fall to 7 per cent of university-level educated adults. The highest scoring countries are - unsurprisingly - Finland, Switzerland and Sweden. This media cannot be played on your device. Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Cyprus, officially known as the ‘Republic of Cyprus‘ is a tiny island that packs in oodles of culture and history for a place its size. There are 44 countries in Europe today, according to the United Nations. Europe is one of the most developed continents of the world but with the land area of 10,400,000 square kilometers, it happens to be the second smallest continent in the world. Ten fattest countries in Europe New study shows UK has third-highest level of obesity among European nations. The melody is just as melancholic as traditional fado, but the lyrics are subtly optimistic. In fact, when confronted with an unhappy Portuguese person, he explained, the worst thing you can do is try to cheer him up. Another day, I met a genial police inspector name Romeu, a friend of a friend. The most populous country in Europe is Russia. Not included in this total of "countries" and listed separately are: 12 Sep 2018. March 4 -- On “Single Best Chart,” Bloomberg’s Brendan Greeley examines countries with the saddest ranking on the 2015 misery index. Women were more likely to report depression at 11 per cent compared to 8 per cent of men. We have picked three of the unhappiest, most depressing and saddest countries in the world from their list. At the heart of saudade lies a yawning sense of absence, of loss. For Europeans and North Americans, the strongest emotion that sadness induced was nostalgia, while for Asians it was peacefulness. They’re content with their discontentment, and, in an odd but enlightening way, actually enjoy it. One study, published in 2008 in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, found that sadness improves our memory. Finland is the safest country in the world, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Report. Read about our approach to external linking. These Are The Most Miserable Countries In Europe. Portugal’s “joyful sadness” is encapsulated in a single word: saudade. It’s an ethos epitomized by the smiley face emoji, which is said to have been invented in the US in 1963, and empty expressions like “have a nice day”. The polling firm spoke to 154,000 people in 145 different countries, asking them about how they were feeling that day. The average across all 25 ranked countries was 10 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. This list of European countries by population comprises the 51 countries and 6 territories and dependencies in Europe, broadly defined, including Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and the countries of the Caucasus.. 13/09/2018. Saudade, writes scholar Aubrey Bell in his book In Portugal, is “a vague and constant desire for something... other than the present.”, It is possible to feel saudade for anything, publisher Jose Prata told me over lunch one day at Lisbon’s bustling Cais do Sodre market. The data revealed the percentage of depression sufferers in the UK was more than double that of people in Greece, Italy and Poland, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. In Portugal, it’s moody poets. 2011-08-22T23:30:00Z The letter F. An envelope. Click on the tags below to find other quizzes on the same subject. You see it etched on people’s sombre expressions – this is no Thailand, known as the Land of Smiles – and even in the statues that occupy prime real estate in Lisbon’s public squares. On gloomy, rainy days, people recalled details (of objects they had seen in a shop) more vividly than on bright sunny days, according to Australian psychologist and lead author Joseph Forgas. The World Happiness Report is an annual survey by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations. Some fado singers have beautiful, angelic voices, he told me, while others do not. And the lowest are Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus. 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