Chinanews.com, March 20th. Recently, the internationally renowned polling agency Ipsos released a survey report on the global happiness index. The results show that among the 32 countries, the country with the highest happiness index is China (91%), followed by Saudi Arabia (86%) and the Netherlands (85%).
Ipsos is a world-renowned polling agency headquartered in Paris, France. According to the Ipsos website, from December 22, 2022 to January 6, 2023, the agency surveyed 22,508 adults in 32 countries through its global consultant online survey platform.
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On average, nearly three-quarters (73%) of adults across the 32 countries considered themselves happy, the findings showed. Among all the countries surveyed, the country with the highest happiness index is China (91%), followed by Saudi Arabia (86%), the Netherlands (85%), India (84%), and Brazil (83%).
The United States (76%) and Japan (60%) ranked 14th and 29th respectively. South Korea ranked 31st with 57%, followed by Hungary at 50%.
The global survey reveals the drivers of happiness, with life satisfaction soaring in Latin America but falling in many Western countries. While people strive to form social connections, many are pessimistic about future relationships, with one in five believing they won’t find anyone to turn to for support.
The survey reports that, on average, happiness in middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank) has increased more significantly than in high-income countries. For the first time since Ipsos began tracking the survey in 2011, the average level of happiness in middle-income countries has surpassed that in high-income countries.
Among all aspects of life, people are often most satisfied with their relationships with children, spouses, relatives, friends, colleagues, and nature, as well as areas related to knowledge, such as their level of education and access to information. On a global average, people tend to be least satisfied with the economic, political or social situation in their country, their finances, their relationships, and their sporting activities.
According to Yonhap News Agency, the survey shows that only 57% of Koreans think they are “very happy” or “quite happy”, while the rest think they are “not very happy” or “not happy at all”.
The happiness index of Koreans was the same as the previous year, but it was significantly lower than 10 years ago (62%) and far below the average of 32 countries (73%). Koreans’ satisfaction with “feeling that life is full of meaning” and “material wealth” is 34% and 39%, respectively, which are at a relatively low level.
In addition, only 61% of Koreans answered “I have relatives and friends to rely on when I need help”, ranking 30th, and the only countries with lower scores than South Korea are Japan (54%) and Brazil (58%).
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