Macedonia ranked nearly last in Europe and 84th worldwide in the latest Ernesto Illy World happiness report.

The three year survey ranks countries by the state of the economy, corruption, happiness levels in the community, social norms, conflicts, technology and other benchmarks. A total of 156 countries were covered, and Macedonia lags nearly all European countries, including low ranked neighbors like Greece (82) and Turkey (79). Only Bulgaria and Albania are worse off in the region, ranked 97 and 107.