Nigeria is the most economically optimistic country than any other country in the world for 2018 according to a survey, with 58 percent of respondents saying this year will be better.
The survey carried out by US-based Gallup International’s its 41st Annual Global End of Year Survey released over the weekend conducted in 55 countries between October and December 2017, asked respondents questions on three topics: hope, economic optimism and happiness.
When asked whether they thought 2018 would be better or worse than 2017, 72 percent of the 1,026 Nigerians polled said that 2018 would be a year of economic prosperity for the country, while only 13 percent expects economic difficulty, ranking Nigeria at the top of the survey’s economic index.
In the survey’s Happiness Index, that seek to know how individuals feel about their life, Nigeria was ranked 12th with 39 percent aggregate score, as only 63 respondents felt happy about their lives and 24 percent unhappy.
While in the Hope Index, 74 percent of Nigerians believed that 2018 would be better than 2017, and only 10 percent were less hopeful placing 2nd with aggregate score of 63% above developed countries such as the US, the UK, Germany and Japan .
The unhappiest countries in the world Ghana and South Africa, joined Iran, Iraq, Ukraine, Greece, Moldova, Brazil, Hong Kong, and Turkey in the bottom ten.
Overall the report noted that in 2016, 52% of people examined felt that 2017 would be a better year, whereas, in 2017, 40% of people feel that 2018 will be better than the year before.
