Happiness survey ranks countries

(CNN) - Perhaps money really doesn't buy happiness!

A recent survey finds a relatively poor country has some of the world's happiest people -- while the least happy live in one of the wealthiest nations.

The Gallup poll ranks Panama as having the "population with the most positive emotions."

Eighty-five percent of Panamanians responded to questions about their overall well-being with positive answers.

That's in spite of Panama ranking just 90th worldwide in gross domestic product, a measurement of wealth.

Coming in dead last is Singapore with the highest GDP in the world.

Only 46 percent of Singapore residents answered "yes" to questions about whether they smiled a lot or felt treated with respect. That's worse than places like Syria, Afghanistan and Haiti.

As for Americans, the survey found there seems to be a limit on how much money affects happiness.

Gallup reports no increase in daily happiness for people with incomes more than $75,000 a year, compared to people who earn less.
  
Top 10 happy countries  

•       Panama (85%)  
•       Paraguay (85%)  
•       El Salvador (84%)  
•       Venezuela (84%)  
•       Trinidad and Tobago (83%)  
•       Thailand (83%)  
•       Guatemala (82%)  
•       Philippines (82%)  
•       Ecuador (81%)  
•       Costa Rica (81%)  

10 least happy countries  

•       Singapore (46%)  
•       Armenia (49%)  
•       Iraq (50%)  
•       Georgia (52%)  
•       Yemen (52%)  
•       Serbia (52%)  
•       Belarus (53%)  
•       Lithuania (54%)  
•       Madagascar (54%)  
•       Afghanistan (55%)