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What Is the World's Emotional Temperature?

Gallup conducts global research to discover the emotional state of people in more than 100 countries and areas. Explore our findings from 2023 data in an interactive format below to see how you and your country compare with the rest of the world.

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Global Emotions 2026: Top and Bottom Countries by Emotion

Explore the latest data on emotional wellbeing in 140 countries and areas, as measured by the Gallup World Poll in 2025 and published in 2026. See how each country compares on 10 measures of negative and positive daily experiences that provide insights into the health of societies worldwide.

What Are Global Emotions?

Global emotions are the collective feelings people report experiencing in their daily lives, measured consistently across countries and cultures. They reflect the prevalence of both negative and positive emotions.

Gallup has measured global emotional wellbeing since 2006, asking people whether they felt each of the following during a lot of the previous day:

Negative Emotions or Experiences:

Anger
Sadness
Stress
Worry
Physical Pain

Positive Emotions or Experiences:

Enjoyment
Well-Rested
Learned Something
Smiled or Laughed
Treated With Respect

Interact with the following data to learn how people in each country feel.

Which Countries Rank Highest and Lowest on Each Global Emotion?

Select from the negative and positive experiences below to see the full question and which countries rank the highest and lowest on each measure.

Experienced Anger

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about anger?

Top 5

State of Palestine

#1 State of Palestine

44% Yes / 56% No

Northern Cyprus

#2 Northern Cyprus

43% Yes / 57% No

#3 Iraq

41% Yes / 59% No

#4 Jordan

41% Yes / 59% No

#5 Armenia

40% Yes / 60% No

Bottom 5

#1 Vietnam

5% Yes / 95% No

#2 Iceland

6% Yes / 94% No

#3 Croatia

6% Yes / 92% No

Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

#4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the)

8% Yes / 92% No

Taiwan, Province of China

#5 Taiwan, Province of China

9% Yes / 91% No

Experienced Sadness

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about sadness?

Top 5

#1 Chad

56% Yes / 44% No

Republic of the Congo

#2 Republic of the Congo

50% Yes / 50% No

#3 Liberia

47% Yes / 52% No

#4 Madagascar

43% Yes / 57% No

#5 Guinea

42% Yes / 57% No

Bottom 5

#1 Vietnam

5% Yes / 95% No

Taiwan, Province of China

#2 Taiwan, Province of China

6% Yes / 94% No

#3 Poland

8% Yes / 91% No

#4 Kosovo

9% Yes / 90% No

#5 Kazakhstan

9% Yes / 89% No

Experienced Stress

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about stress?

Top 5

#1 Greece

57% Yes / 43% No

#2 Madagascar

57% Yes / 43% No

#3 Liberia

56% Yes / 44% No

#4 Uganda

56% Yes / 44% No

#5 Sri Lanka

55% Yes / 45% No

Bottom 5

#1 Kyrgyzstan

8% Yes / 91% No

#2 Vietnam

11% Yes / 89% No

#3 Kazakhstan

12% Yes / 86% No

#4 Azerbaijan

13% Yes / 86% No

#5 Uzbekistan

14% Yes / 86% No

Experienced Worry

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about worry?

Top 5

Republic of the Congo

#1 Republic of the Congo

60% Yes / 40% No

#2 Liberia

58% Yes / 42% No

#3 Malta

58% Yes / 42% No

#4 Guinea

57% Yes / 43% No

#5 Lebanon

57% Yes / 43% No

Bottom 5

#1 Kazakhstan

12% Yes / 87% No

#2 Vietnam

15% Yes / 84% No

Taiwan, Province of China

#3 Taiwan, Province of China

16% Yes / 83% No

#4 Poland

16% Yes / 82% No

#5 Tajikistan

18% Yes / 81% No

Experienced Physical Pain

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about physical pain?

Top 5

#1 Chad

62% Yes / 38% No

#2 Liberia

58% Yes / 42% No

#3 Sierra Leone

57% Yes / 43% No

#4 Benin

56% Yes / 44% No

#5 Senegal

55% Yes / 45% No

Bottom 5

#1 Vietnam

7% Yes / 93% No

#2 Poland

14% Yes / 86% No

Taiwan, Province of China

#3 Taiwan, Province of China

15% Yes / 85% No

#4 Israel

15% Yes / 84% No

Hong Kong, S.A.R. of China

#5 Hong Kong, S.A.R. of China

16% Yes / 84% No

Experienced Enjoyment

Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?

Top 5

#1 Denmark

91% Yes / 9% No

#2 Paraguay

91% Yes / 9% No

#3 Guatemala

88% Yes / 12% No

#4 Mexico

87% Yes / 13% No

#5 Costa Rica

86% Yes / 13% No

Bottom 5

#1 Sierra Leone

30% Yes / 68% No

#2 Morocco

32% Yes / 65% No

#3 Türkiye

39% Yes / 59% No

#4 Pakistan

44% Yes / 55% No

#5 Namibia

44% Yes / 56% No

Felt Well-Rested

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you feel well-rested yesterday?

Top 5

#1 Vietnam

94% Yes / 6% No

#2 Malaysia

90% Yes / 10% No

#3 Mongolia

87% Yes / 13% No

#4 Indonesia

86% Yes / 14% No

#5 Paraguay

86% Yes / 14% No

Bottom 5

#1 Ukraine

48% Yes / 51% No

#2 Greece

49% Yes / 51% No

#3 Pakistan

51% Yes / 49% No

#4 Egypt

53% Yes / 47% No

Bosnia and Herzegovina

#5 Bosnia and Herzegovina

53% Yes / 44% No

Learned Something

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you learn or do something interesting yesterday?

Top 5

#1 Guatemala

75% Yes / 24% No

#2 Philippines

74% Yes / 25% No

#3 Senegal

74% Yes / 25% No

#4 Iceland

73% Yes / 27% No

#5 Nigeria

73% Yes / 27% No

Bottom 5

#1 Bangladesh

18% Yes / 81% No

#2 Nepal

19% Yes / 81% No

#3 Türkiye

20% Yes / 79% No

Northern Cyprus

#4 Northern Cyprus

22% Yes / 77% No

#5 Pakistan

24% Yes / 75% No

Smiled or Laughed

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you smile or laugh a lot yesterday?

Top 5

#1 Indonesia

92% Yes / 7% No

Lao People's Democratic Republic

#2 Lao People's Democratic Republic

92% Yes / 8% No

#3 Paraguay

91% Yes / 9% No

#4 Senegal

91% Yes / 9% No

#5 Costa Rica

90% Yes / 10% No

Bottom 5

#1 Türkiye

42% Yes / 58% No

#2 Nepal

42% Yes / 57% No

#3 Lebanon

46% Yes / 54% No

#4 Montenegro

48% Yes / 48% No

#5 Serbia

49% Yes / 49% No

Treated With Respect

Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Were you treated with respect all day yesterday?

Top 5

#1 Costa Rica

98% Yes / 2% No

#2 El Salvador

98% Yes / 2% No

#3 Paraguay

98% Yes / 2% No

#4 Vietnam

98% Yes / 2% No

#5 Armenia

97% Yes / 3% No

Bottom 5

#1 Ethiopia

58% Yes / 42% No

Lao People's Democratic Republic

#2 Lao People's Democratic Republic

63% Yes / 34% No

#3 Japan

70% Yes / 27% No

#4 China

70% Yes / 30% No

#5 Nepal

71% Yes / 29% No

Interactive Map: Negative Experiences and Positive Experiences Worldwide

Select a negative or positive experience from the menu above the map and then hover over a location to see how people answered the question.

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Sortable Table: Country-Level Data by Emotion

Select a negative or positive experience from the menu at the top of the table. Use the arrows above each column to sort the data.

Table View:


Country sortable	YES sortable	NO sortable	DON'T KNOW/REFUSED sortable

Survey Methods

The results are based on telephone and in-person interviews with nationally representative, probability-based samples among the adult population aged 15 and older, in 140 countries and areas in 2025.

For results based on the total sample of national adults in 2025, the margin of sampling error ranges between ±2.2 and ±5.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error reflects the influence of data weighting. In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.

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