“Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” ―
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.” ―
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” ―
The World Happiness report has been released and it has some very useful and informative scientific outcomes.
First, please watch this short video explaining the background of the World Health Report:
After reading the results of the 2024 World Happiness Report we decided to compare it with the last report released in 2020.
Living in America we of course first looked at the ranking of America in both reports. What we found was sad but understandable.
Here are the rankings of America for the last two World Happiness Reports:
- 2020 World Happiness Report: The United States was ranked the 18th happiest nation in the world.
- 2024 World Happiness Report: The United States was ranked the 23rd happiest nation in the world.
Why?
The 2024 World Happiness Report found:
- [I]n North America happiness has fallen so sharply for the young that they are now less happy than the old.
- Happiness fell significantly in the country group including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, by twice as much for the young as for the old.
- In 2021-2023 negative emotions were in every region more prevalent for females than males. Almost everywhere the gender gap is larger at older ages.
- The frequency of positive emotions in every region is highest for those under 30, thereafter steadily declining with age in every region except North America, where positive emotions are least frequent for those in the middle age groups.
- In most countries life satisfaction drops gradually from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood. Globally, young people aged 15-24 still report higher life satisfaction than older adults. But this gap is narrowing in Western Europe and recently reversed in North America due to falling life satisfaction among the young.
- As between generations, those born before 1965 (Boomers and their predecessors) have life evaluations about one-quarter of a point higher than those born after 1980 (Millennials and Gen Z). Within each generation, life evaluations rise with age for those in the older generations and fall with age for the younger ones, with little age effect for those in between.
- Figure 2.2: Ranking of Happiness – the Young (Age below 30): 2021-2023 shows the United states ranked 62nd.
America’s youth and America’s females are less happy.
According to a Tufts Tisch College poll here are those things that America’s youth are worried about:
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Key Issues: Economy, Climate, Guns. Young people’s top issues are inflation/cost of living, jobs that pay a living wage, gun violence, and climate change.
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Half of Youth Struggling Mentally. Close to half of young people say they’re struggling with mental health issues like loneliness or lack of confidence, and those who do are less likely to vote.
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