Wednesday 13 November 2019

How satisfied are people with their lives?

Quality of life in 2018 Eurostat news release 172/2019 (7 November)

Positive trend in subjective well-being

“Overall, how satisfied are you with your life these days?” people across the European Union (EU) were asked. Life satisfaction represents how a respondent evaluates his or her life taken as a whole.

On a scale from 0 (“not satisfied at all”) to 10 (“fully satisfied”), the mean (average) life satisfaction of EU residents aged 16 and over was 7.3 in 2018, an increase compared with 7.0 in 2013.

Since 2013, the mean level of satisfaction with the financial situation of their own household in the EU also increased, from 6.0 in 2013 to 6.5 in 2018, whilst the mean satisfaction with personal relations remained nearly stable, 7.8 in 2013 and 7.9 in 2018.

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, publishes a selection of subjective indicators on well-being of people in Europe. A detailed article is available on the Eurostat website.

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