The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Relevant Magazine
Something remarkable is happening beneath the headlines of despair: people are getting more hopeful.
Gallup’s new Life Evaluation Index, a measure of how people rate their present and future lives, shows that global well-being is climbing. In 2024, one in three adults around the world described their lives as “thriving,” the highest level in more than a decade. At the same time, the share of people who say they are “suffering” dropped to a record low of 7 percent. It’s a small statistical note, but an enormous cultural one. For the first time in years, optimism isn’t just surviving — it’s expanding.
The Gallup index doesn’t ask about GDP or unemployment rates. It asks people to rate their lives on a ladder from zero to 10: where they stand now and where they expect to be in five years. If they rate their present life at seven or higher and their future at eight or higher, they’re considered “thriving.” In 2024, that share hit 33 percent across 142 countries — a median figure that represents steady progress since before the pandemic. Even when population-weighted for countries like India and China, global thriving still sits at 28 percent, up significantly from a decade ago.
Source: Relevant Magazine
https://relevantmagazine.com/life5/why-hope-is-trending-again/