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The 7th Happy Planet Index: wellbeing instead of GDP

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General Press Release 2026 (English)

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Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation

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A world without GDP: Rethinking economic progress!

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Earth has already exceeded 2024 annual ecological limits

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Spain enters top ten happiest and most sustainable countries in the world

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Higher consumption fails to improve well being, says Happy Planet Index

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Spain, the seventh happiest country in the world, according to an international ranking

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A New Measure of Progress: The Happy Planet Index

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