According to the survey, 90.8% of the people surveyed admit to feeling happy or very happy in their daily lives.
Being the second country of Latin America and number 20 in the ranking of the happiest countries, Uruguay tops a list of 91 countries consulted in the World Values Survey (EMV).
The World Values Survey is a global research project that is dedicated to the study of people’s values and opinions, as well as how these change over time and their social and political impact. Founded in 1981, it is a global network of social and political researchers who apply their studies in more than 100 countries, covering almost 90% of the entire world.
Regarding the study of happiness, the three countries that are first in the ranking are Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan and Iceland, respectively. Regarding Latin American countries, the first on the list is Mexico, ranking 12th in the world ranking. Uruguay, is second in the region, ahead of Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Brazil ranking 20th worldwide out of 90 countries.
The keys to the happiness of Uruguayans
The survey provides more details about the happiness of the Uruguayans and adds that there is a difference between citizens by age range. In that sense, they establish that people between 45 and 54 years old are the ones who perceive themselves as happy the most with 94.2%. For their part, people between 16 and 24 years old are perceived at 92.5%.
Meanwhile, those between 55 and 64 and 35 to 44 years old perceive themselves as happy by 92.4% and 92%, respectively. However, people over 65 years of age are the ones who say they feel the least happy at 85.1%.
For its part, the survey establishes that the Uruguayans They perceive themselves to be happier now than in the past since between 1994 and 1998 it was indicated that they perceived themselves as happy by 78.1%, between 2005 and 2009 it rose to 85.9%, between 2010 and 2014 86%, while between 2017 and 2022 it continued to rise until reaching 93.7%.
Source: Ambito
