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The landmark survey of the state of global happiness The World Happiness Report 2016 ranks Uzbekistan 49th out of 156 countries. According to the report, Uzbekistan is the happiest country among CIS states with the index of 5.987. Uzbekistan is above such countries as Kazakhstan (54th place), Russia (56), Lithuania (60), Belarus (61), Turkey (78), Portugal (94) and Ukraine (123).