The evaluation published now is based on a 2022 survey in which people across Europe were asked to rate their satisfaction with their living situation on a scale of 0 to 10.
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Germans are almost the unhappiest citizens of the EU: on a scale of 0 to 10, they rate the general satisfaction with life at 6.5. The only mountain is Bulgaria, at the bottom of the table. The happiest are the Swiss and Austrians. Croats are in the middle with 6.8.
Despite the pandemic, crises and wars, the majority of Europeans are still very satisfied, according to the results of the latest survey conducted in the European Union, which has now been published by the European statistical office Eurostat. This institution collects data from all spheres of life that are relevant for European politics, and also regularly conducts surveys in EU member states, and sometimes in other European countries.
On average, Europeans are satisfied with life
The evaluation published now is based on a survey from 2022 in which people across Europe were asked to rate their satisfaction with their living situation on a scale of 0 to 10. EU residents rated their life satisfaction on average at 7.1 points . In 18 of the 27 EU countries, life satisfaction was rated the same as the EU average or higher.
In all countries except Bulgaria, which received the worst rating, the average life satisfaction scores were above six, which means that the majority of people in the EU declared themselves to be more satisfied than dissatisfied. Satisfaction levels converged slightly during the different phases of this survey – possibly a sign that the EU is growing as a whole.
Germans increasingly dissatisfied Berlin Source: YouTube/Screenshot
In the last three places are Bulgaria (5.6), Germany (6.5) and Greece (6.7). Croatia is in the middle of the table with an average rating of 6.8. At the same time, it should be emphasized that life satisfaction has increased by 0.5 points in Greece over the past ten years. In Bulgaria, the satisfaction rating in 2013 was only 4.8 – so there were more dissatisfied than satisfied. Since then, this value has improved by as much as 0.8 points.
In Croatia, the level of satisfaction in ten years of membership in the European Union has also increased: by 0.5 points from 6.3 at the time to 6.8 at present. On the other hand, Germany has significantly deteriorated. For Germans, life satisfaction fell by 0.8 points – the biggest drop among all EU countries.
And at the very top of the most satisfied is Switzerland with an average score of 8.0 – a country that is not a member of the EU, but often appears in Eurostat studies. Austria (7.9) received the highest score among the EU countries. Finland, Poland and Romania follow (7.7 each), Belgium and the Netherlands (both 7.6). Cypriots saw the biggest increase in satisfaction in the EU with an increase of 1.0 points to 7.2.
The more educated are more satisfied Diploma Source: Mondo/Stefan Stojanović
Eurostat also considered special factors that can make life more pleasant, or make it worse. So, for example, information on material conditions of life such as income or housing, health, education and security was separately requested. Topics such as the quality of leisure time, activities with other people and social cohesion also played a role in the Eurostat study, but these data have not yet been fully published.
It is striking that in all EU countries people with a higher level of education are happier than those with a lower one. This difference is the largest in Slovakia (1.6 points between people without school and those with university), Romania and Bulgaria (1.5 points each).
In addition, in most countries younger people (15-29 years old) are more satisfied with life than older people aged 65 and over: only in Scandinavia, Ireland, Holland and Luxembourg is the opposite.
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