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Finland remains happiest, but the latest World Happiness Report rankings show regional and generational shifts in global wellbeing.
In 2025, fewer people worldwide are imagining their futures elsewhere. The U.S., long the world's most desired destination, is attracting less interest than at any point in nearly two decades.
The World Risk Poll finds that one in 10 Americans name politics as the top risk to daily safety, with no other country rating it as a greater risk.
In 2024, Gallup's global tracking reached a new milestone: 73% of adults worldwide said they feel safe walking alone at night in their city or area.
Gallup's Potential Net Migration Index shows where populations would grow or shrink if everyone who wanted to move permanently to another country did so.
More adults worldwide say their community is a good place for minority groups than they did 20 years ago, and these perceptions are linked to people's broader outlook on life.
More than four years after Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukrainians' approval of U.S. leadership continues to decline, while views on the war remain stable.
As the war between Ukraine and Russia drags on, Russians' pessimism about their economy and living standards has reached new highs.
World Risk Poll data show most adults in high-income countries worry about climate change but underestimate how many others in their country do as well.
U.S. leadership approval within NATO countries fell sharply in 2025, dropping 14 percentage points to 21%.
Americans' approval of recent U.S. military action in Iran was lower than support for other U.S. military actions since the 1980s.
Two decades of trends show that more people today think their communities are good places for gay and lesbian people, but divides remain.
A new Gallup analysis highlights the link between self-reported economic hardship and support for parties at Europe's political extremes.
Worldwide, more people today are satisfied with their freedom to choose what they do with their lives than were satisfied two decades ago.
Cost is a barrier to veterinary care in Canada, affecting pets, families and care teams as veterinarians balance affordability and care standards.
Germany shows a paradox: relatively strong employee wellbeing alongside persistently low employee engagement. New data reveal what managers are missing.
Thailand's employee engagement has more than doubled over the past decade, one of the top five largest increases anywhere in the world.
Global confidence in key national institutions is at its highest point in the past two decades.
India's employee engagement hit a four-year low in 2025, costing the economy $351B in lost workplace productivity, nearly 9% of the country's GDP.
Unlike older U.S. adults, younger Americans have grown more negative about their local job prospects in recent years, a trend not seen in most economies worldwide.