article_snippet: The two countries with the worst happiness ratings were both in Africa, with Sudan scoring right below Tunisia, the site of a terrorist attack earlier this week.
article_snippet: Countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe see generally lower scores.
article_snippet: Nations formed after the fall of the Soviet Union generally show less positive as well as less negative emotions.
article_snippet: Gallup did not include data for Syria and several Gulf Cooperation Council countries such as the United Arab Emirates, which was ranked 15th last year with a score of 79.
article_snippet: Syria tallied the lowest-ever positive emotion score last year with 36.
article_snippet: Tunisia, which ranked second from the bottom on the happiness list, was struck by a terrorist attack earlier this week .
highlights_snippet: Sudan and Tunisia placed at the bottom, though there was no data for Syria .
  