FX.co ★ Top 10 countries with happiest employees

The Universum company revealed its annual Happiness Index which shows benchmarks for employee happiness and loyalty all over the world. The research factors in such issues as a degree of employee's satisfaction, a wish to recommend their jobs, and probability of moving to another employer.

Denmark is an absolute leader among the countries having the most satisfied workers in the world. The legislation of this country stipulates that a company with a staff of more than 35 people should include the most loyal employees into the board of directors providing them with the equal rights as other top-managers.

Norway is the second on the list. The companies here fully respect the rights of workers and employees.

Costa Rica took the third place. It is the only Latin American country which got on the list. Jobs creation here is driven by tourism and exports of agriculture.

Sweden is the fourth on the list of the countries with the most satisfied employees. The Swedes are able to combine work and leisure. As a rule, a working day is short here, and only 1% of citizen work more than 50 hours per week.

The fifth on the list is Austria. The level of workforce happiness is quite high here. The Austrians enjoy good wages along with 5 weeks' vacations. Besides, 13 national holidays are celebrated in Austria.

The Netherlands is on the sixth place. The country's legislation regulates the number of working hours. The maximum numbers are 9 hours per day and 45 hours per week.

Finland is the seventh on the list. Universum says that the Finns are quite satisfied with their jobs. The data provided by the European Commission indicates the same thing: only 4.7% are discontented with the current labor conditions. This level is the lowest in the EU.

Belgium is the eighth on the list of the countries with the happiest employees. Last year it was on top of the list. The Belgians rarely move to other employers as most of them are content with their jobs.

The ninth on the list is Hungary. Employees of this country are the happiest among other states of Eastern Europe. The Hungarians are mostly satisfied with their jobs.

Czech Republic is the last on the list of top 10 countries with the happiest employees. The Czechs are not inclined to change their jobs as stability is of high priority here. That's why workers are quite loyal to their employers.