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U.K. Personal Well-Being
Average ratings of life satisfaction, happiness and sense that life is worthwhile, 0 to 10 scale
0 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.
From the Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0.
How people in the U.K. rate their own lives, from ONS surveys. The measures dipped in the pandemic; small moves on a 0 to 10 scale reflect large shifts across the population.
What this chart reads
- UK Sense That Life Is Worthwhile (ONS)as “Life is worthwhile”behindlatest 2026-03-31
- UK Life Satisfaction (ONS)as “Life satisfaction”behindlatest 2026-03-31
- UK Happiness Yesterday (ONS)as “Happiness yesterday”behindlatest 2026-03-31
Sources
UK Sense That Life Is Worthwhile (ONS). Source: Office for National Statistics, Quarterly personal well-being estimates (seasonally adjusted), licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
UK Life Satisfaction (ONS). Source: Office for National Statistics, Quarterly personal well-being estimates (seasonally adjusted), licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
UK Happiness Yesterday (ONS). Source: Office for National Statistics, Quarterly personal well-being estimates (seasonally adjusted), licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
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