Advisory Board March 24, 2025
According to the latest “World Happiness Report,” the United States has fallen to a new low in happiness, a finding that the researchers said was likely impacted by “the rise in political polarization and votes against ‘the system.'”
Methodology
The World Happiness Report was developed through a partnership with Gallup, the University of Oxford’s Wellbeing Research Centre, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network, and an editorial board.
For the report, researchers surveyed over 100,000 people in more than 140 countries through the Gallup World Poll between 2022 and 2024. In the survey, participants were asked to rank their happiness on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 representing the best possible life.
The researchers also looked at six...