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Think about how you felt yesterday. Did you smile or laugh a lot? Did you learn or do something interesting? Were you angry? Sad?
Select from the positive and negative experiences below to see which countries rank the highest and lowest on these questions.
Experienced Anger
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about anger?
TOP 5
#1 Armenia
45% YES / 55% NO
#2 Iraq
44% YES / 56% NO
#3 Iran
43% YES / 57% NO
#4 Palestinian Territories
43% YES / 57% NO
#5 Morocco
41% YES / 59% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Estonia
6% YES / 93% NO
#2 Singapore
7% YES / 93% NO
#3 Finland
7% YES / 93% NO
#4 Mauritius
8% YES / 92% NO
#5 Mexico
8% YES / 91% NOExperienced Sadness
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about sadness?
TOP 5
#1 Chad
54% YES / 41% NO
#2 Niger
49% YES / 50% NO
#3 Liberia
47% YES / 53% NO
#4 Sierra Leone
46% YES / 52% NO
#5 Guinea
45% YES / 54% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Taiwan
5% YES / 95% NO
#2 Singapore
7% YES / 93% NO
#3 Kosovo
9% YES / 90% NO
#4 China
12% YES / 87% NO
#5 Sweden
12% YES / 86% NOExperienced Stress
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about stress?
TOP 5
#1 Greece
59% YES / 41% NO
#2 Philippines
58% YES / 42% NO
#3 Tanzania
57% YES / 43% NO
#4 Albania
55% YES / 44% NO
#5 Iran
55% YES / 45% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Turkmenistan
10% YES / 89% NO
#2 Indonesia
13% YES / 87% NO
#3 Kazakhstan
13% YES / 86% NO
#4 Kyrgyzstan
13% YES / 87% NO
#5 Uzbekistan
13% YES / 87% NOExperienced Worry
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about worry?
TOP 5
#1 Mozambique
63% YES / 36% NO
#2 Chad
61% YES / 32% NO
#3 Benin
60% YES / 40% NO
#4 Iran
59% YES / 41% NO
#5 Portugal
59% YES / 41% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Taiwan
12% YES / 88% NO
#2 Kyrgyzstan
18% YES / 82% NO
#3 Kazakhstan
19% YES / 80% NO
#4 Singapore
19% YES / 81% NO
#5 Uzbekistan
20% YES / 80% NOExperienced Physical Pain
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about physical pain?
TOP 5
#1 Chad
66% YES / 33% NO
#2 Sierra Leone
62% YES / 38% NO
#3 Gambia
56% YES / 44% NO
#4 Iraq
56% YES / 44% NO
#5 Benin
55% YES / 44% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Vietnam
14% YES / 85% NO
#2 Northern Cyprus
15% YES / 85% NO
#3 Poland
15% YES / 85% NO
#4 Taiwan
15% YES / 85% NO
#5 Sweden
17% YES / 83% NOExperienced Enjoyment
Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about enjoyment?
TOP 5
#1 Paraguay
91% YES / 9% NO
#2 Mexico
88% YES / 12% NO
#3 China
87% YES / 12% NO
#4 Costa Rica
87% YES / 13% NO
#5 Denmark
87% YES / 13% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Sierra Leone
41% YES / 58% NO
#2 Belarus
42% YES / 50% NO
#3 Lithuania
43% YES / 44% NO
#4 Egypt
44% YES / 55% NO
#5 Turkey
44% YES / 53% NOFeel 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 Mongolia
86% YES / 14% NO
#2 Indonesia
85% YES / 15% NO
#3 Uzbekistan
85% YES / 15% NO
#4 Vietnam
85% YES / 15% NO
#5 China
84% YES / 16% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Kuwait
28% YES / 71% NO
#2 Yemen
44% YES / 55% NO
#3 Armenia
45% YES / 55% NO
#4 Palestinian Territories
50% YES / 50% NO
#5 Belarus
51% YES / 46% NOLearn 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 El Salvador
75% YES / 25% NO
#2 Panama
75% YES / 25% NO
#3 Guatemala
73% YES / 26% NO
#4 Senegal
73% YES / 25% NO
#5 Niger
72% YES / 26% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Bangladesh
22% YES / 77% NO
#2 Northern Cyprus
23% YES / 76% NO
#3 Egypt
24% YES / 76% NO
#4 Mongolia
26% YES / 73% NO
#5 Turkey
26% YES / 72% NOSmile or Laugh
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 Nigeria
91% YES / 9% NO
#2 El Salvador
90% YES / 10% NO
#3 Indonesia
90% YES / 9% NO
#4 Sri Lanka
90% YES / 9% NO
#5 Panama
89% YES / 10% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Afghanistan
36% YES / 64% NO
#2 Belarus
41% YES / 51% NO
#3 Northern Cyprus
41% YES / 58% NO
#4 Turkey
41% YES / 57% NO
#5 Lebanon
44% YES / 56% NOTreated 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 Ecuador
97% YES / 3% NO
#2 Paraguay
97% YES / 3% NO
#3 Uruguay
97% YES / 3% NO
#4 Uzbekistan
97% YES / 3% NO
#5 Argentina
96% YES / 4% NOBOTTOM 5
#1 Afghanistan
48% YES / 52% NO
#2 Lao People's Democratic Republic
58% YES / 34% NO
#3 Lithuania
61% YES / 17% NO
#4 Chad
65% YES / 31% NO
#5 Ethiopia
65% YES / 35% NOContact us to find out more about our work.
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Select one of the positive or negative experiences from the menu at the top of the map and then hover over a country to see how people answered the question.
Table View
Results for surveys in 2018 are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with approximately 1,000 adults, aged 15 and older, conducted throughout the year in 143 countries and areas for the Positive Experience Index and 142 countries for the Negative Experience Index. For results based on the total sample of national adults for 2018, the margin of sampling error ranged from ±2.1 to ±5.3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.
For more complete methodology and specific survey dates, please review Gallup's Country Data Set details.
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