Egypt is the third unhappiest country in the world, found a new study by Gallup. While Egyptians may be filming their own versions of Pharrell Williams’ song ‘Happy,’ the study found that Egypt gave Iraq and Iran a run for their money, coming third by a difference of just a few points. The top 10 unhappiest countries included: 1. Iraq 2. Iran 3. Egypt 4. Greece 5. Syria 6. Sierra Leone 7. Cyprus 8. Northern Cyprus 9. Cambodia 10. Lebanon According to Gallup, the negative emotions in 138 countries in 2013 were measured by asking people whether they experienced a lot of anger, stress, sadness, physical pain, and worry the previous day. Gallup then compiles the “yes” results into a Negative Experience Index score for each country. The higher the score, the greater the prevalence of negative emotions in a country. Unemployment, poverty and violence Egypt’s high unemployment and poverty rate has often been pointed to as the reason behind ‘unhappiness’ in the country that has faced two uprisings in the past three years. “The youth are frustrated and depressed with the lack of [employment] opportunities,” said one government official,…
