Portugal is the second funniest country in the world

The most fun people in the world are the checos, which often exaggerate in the jokes at their own costs and belittle themselves in a fun way. Just behind, the Portuguese, who like to share humor with others, do not take too much seriously and can laugh at their mistakes.

Humor works as a universal bridge Between cultures, but its expression varies strikingly in different parts of the world.

When we visit a new destination or moved abroad, finding people who share our type of humor can be critical to creating lasting friendships and making us feel at home in an unknown environment.

With this in mind, the international funds transfer service that provides support to expatriate foreigners wanted to find out which nations are most fun or humorous.

The company then asked for more than 6,000 participants from 30 countries to answer a series of questions, a questionnaire that evaluates four dimensions linked to individual differences in the form how mood is used.

Developed by the psychologist Rod Martin and in 2003 in Journal of Research in Personalitythe questionnaire helps researchers understand how different people turn to humor in their daily lives, and identifies four types of humor: affiliative, self -valuator, aggressive, and self -depreciative.

Remitly’s survey then allowed to conclude that the most fun people in the world are Chéquiawhich obtained the impressive score of 72,33 em 112 possible points, highlighting mainly in the self -deprecation: Often they exaggerate the jokes at their own cost and belittle themselves in a fun way.

Just behind, second, it appears Portugal, with 71.42 pointswith a particularly high score in the Affiliate humor: the Portuguese like to Share humor with other peopleThey are not too serious and they can laugh at their mistakes without feeling very bad for it.

Ireland, with 71.18 points, closes the podium of the most humorous countries in the world. THE South Africa stands out for obtaining the highest scores in affiliative mood and self -valuatorthe two most positive styles identified by Martin’s study.

According to the results of the inquiry carried out by Remitly, these are the 25 more fun countries in the world:

1. 1. Chéquia (72.33)
   2. Portugal (71.42)
   3. Ireland (71.18)
   4. Belgium (71.12)
   5. Chile (71.08)
   6. Greece (71.08)
   7. Australia (71.05)
   8. Poland (70.87)
   9. Denmark (70.61)
   10. Hungary (70.55)
   11. Switzerland (70.30)
   12. Netherlands (70.13)
   13. France (70.08)
   14. Mexico (70.02)
   15. Austria (69.83)
   16. Estonia (69.51)
   17. Canada (69.50)
   18. United Kingdom (69.48)
   19. South Africa (69.26)
   20. Norway (69.14)
   21. Finland (69.03)
   22. Sweden (68.83)
   23. Spain (68.64)
   24. Brazil (68.59)
   25. New Zealand (68.42)

Good, We are apparently more fun than our Spanish neighbors (23rd position, with 68.83 points) and that our brothers from Brazil – who, despite their reputation for humorous, fell for 24th place with 68,59 points.