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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.
Life is worthwhile · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Life satisfaction · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Happiness yesterday · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 1 year
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
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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