Russia entered the five most unhappy countries in the world: the reaction of social networks

For the last 4 years Russia has become more and more unhappy and unhappy … © Data “Romir” / Gallup International

Every year since 1979, the sociological service Gallup International has been conducting a survey “End of the Year”, where it measures the “Index of Hope”, “Index of Happiness” and reveals trends in economic expectations for most countries of the world. A total of 41 thousand 560 people were interviewed in 44 countries of the world. In each country, a representative sample consisted of approximately one thousand men and women. In Russia, by order of Gallup, the research was carried out by the company “Romir”.

If we take the world as a whole, then at the end of 2021 people have hope for a bright future, although it has not reached the high level that was noted several years ago. 38% of the world’s population now believe that 2022 will be better than 2021, 28% expect the worst year, and 27% believe that 2022 will be the same as 2021. The picture looks about the same as at the end of 2020.

Most of the hopes are cherished by residents of Indonesia (76% expect a better year), Albania (70%), Nigeria (68%), Azerbaijan (62%) and Vietnam (59%). On the contrary, residents of Afghanistan (56% expect the worst in 2022), Turkey (56%), Bulgaria (48%), Poland (47%), the Czech Republic (45%) and Pakistan (41 %).

Regarding regions and “big” countries, the balance of optimism and pessimism in recent years looks relatively stable. Europe, Russia and the Middle East tend to be more pessimistic, while Asia appears to be optimistic. Hope in the US, Germany, UK, Australia and India is sharply lower than last year’s poll, while in Japan, Mexico and Korea, it has grown significantly. Turkey is a unique case with a record rise in pessimism.

Europe looks like a continent of pessimism, especially its Eastern part. Developing regions, on the other hand, are often more resilient and hopeful.

Despite the pandemic and economic hardship, personal happiness prevails – as always. Five years ago, there were better times, but still, in terms of personal happiness, people around the world are more likely to be satisfied. 56% of the world’s population consider themselves “rather happy or very happy”, more than a tenth say that they are more or less unhappy, and about a third say that they are “neither happy nor unhappy.”

According to the “happiness index”, the five happiest countries are: Colombia (happy and very happy minus unhappy and very unhappy is +79), Kazakhstan (+76), Albania (+74), Malaysia (+73), Azerbaijan (+ 70). The top 5 unlucky people include Ghana (+2 in total), Afghanistan (+9), Hong Kong (+11), Iraq (17) and Russia (+18).

The index of happiness (the difference between satisfied and dissatisfied with life) in Russia remains low compared to the “pre-pandemic” years. 17% are dissatisfied with their life in Russia and 6% are very dissatisfied. At the same time, 36% of respondents say that they are satisfied with life, and 30% believe that they are not unhappy, but not happy either.

Russia’s entry into the top 5 most unfortunate countries in the world did not pass by Twitter users. Here’s how they comment on this data …