Representing the views of citizens from more than 140 countries and areas, this study measures life's intangibles -- feelings and emotions -- that traditional economic indicators such as GDP were never intended to capture.
Each index equips global leaders with insights into the health of their societies that they cannot gather from economic measures alone.
For example, even as the U.S. economy was growing, more Americans were stressed, angry and worried. Even as their economy roared, more Americans were stressed, angry and worried last year than they have been at most points during the past decade.
Asked about their feelings the previous day, the majority of Americans (55%) in 2018 said they had experienced stress during a lot of the day, nearly half (45%) said they felt worried a lot and more than one in five (22%) said they felt anger a lot
- 71% People worldwide who said they experienced a lot of enjoyment the day before the survey.
- 85 Paraguay has the highest Positive Experience Index score worldwide.
- 43 Afghanistan's Positive Experience Index score dropped to a record low.
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