Great Britain has been named the second-most unhappy country in the world in a survey conducted by Sapien Labs, a neuroscience foundation. According to the survey, Britons’ mental health has plunged since the Corona-virus pandemic, with no sign of recovery.
The average Briton is less happy than someone from Yemen or Ukraine, a new survey has found. Published last week, Sapien Labs’ fourth annual ‘Mental State of the World’ report assessed the mental well-being of 419,175 Internet-enabled participants across 71 nations.
The results painted a grim picture of the English-speaking world. Out of 71 countries surveyed, the Anglophone nations of the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand sit in the bottom quartile, with residents of the UK happier only than those of Uzbekistan.
The survey ranks the UK eight places behind Yemen and 12 places behind Ukraine in terms of its population’s overall mental health.
Some 35% of Britons told Sapine Labs that they were either distressed or struggling, a figure down by only 0.7% since last year, when Britain came in last place in the rankings.
To determine each nation’s overall mental health, the foundation asked individuals 47 questions about their mood and outlook, social self, drive and motivation, and adaptability and resilience, among other categories.
While Sapien Labs noted that answers to these questions are inherently subjective, other reports have come to similar conclusions.
Amid a historic decline in living standards, the British Office of National Statistics found in November that Britons experienced a drop in happiness and personal satisfaction in the year ending last March.
According to a report published in The Lancet medical journal last month, some 1.8 million people in Britain are currently awaiting mental health treatment.
Sapien Labs noted that levels of mental well-being across the English-speaking world plummeted during the Corona-virus pandemic, and that this decline continues to persist with no sign of recovery.
Furthermore, the report found that mental well-being was lower in countries where processed food was commonly eaten, children were given smartphones at a younger age, and relations between family members were more distant.
Wealthy, English-speaking countries scored least favorably across all of these three metrics.
The Dominican Republic topped the list as the world’s happiest country, followed by Sri Lanka in second place and Tanzania in third. All of the top ten countries were African, Asian, or Latin American nations.
This pattern suggests that greater wealth and economic development do not necessarily lead to greater mental well-being.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Imagine this, how is that possible, if people watch BBC it is presented in a totally different way?
BBC is a state based propaganda channel, glorifying the royals and gangsters, while trashing countries which really offer freedom and socialism for their populations.
You got that right KS !
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This sounds really awkward? Destroying their own community for the bigger picture.
The British people are desperately depressed. They wander about the grey dirty streets, and amongst the closing down shops, in silence, shoulders stooped under the weight of their worries, with grim faces, gaze turned to the ground, and avoiding all eye contact. Many of them are on antidepressant drugs or alternatively these poor souls self medicate with alcohol. Obesity is everywhere as they comfort gorge on cheap rubbish food for a quick lift of their spirits. They hate themselves. It’s a dystopian society alright.