00:00Taiwan has been ranked the world's happiest economy for the second year in a row.
00:05The country placed bottom of Hanke's annual misery index.
00:09The list measures overall economic satisfaction based on year-end unemployment,
00:14inflation, bank lending rates and GDP per capita.
00:17In 2025, Taiwan's economy was the healthiest, followed by Singapore and Thailand.
00:23The economists behind the index attributed Taiwan's high score to the country's semiconductor and AI boom.
00:30At the other extreme, Venezuela was top of the misery list.
00:33The country faces high international sanctions and this year saw its president removed in the U.S. operation.
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