38%
2025 (latest)
PERSONAL FINANCES GETTING BETTER (GALLUP)
percent saying their financial situation is getting better · 2001–2025 · higher is better · Gallup, Personal Finances Getting Better (Gallup)
59%
2001
59%
high · 2001
29%
low · 2011
−21 pts
since 2001
┊ dashed lines mark 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. "Right now, do you think that your financial situation as a whole is getting better or getting worse?" Question wording from the chart title (w92AE/2). The latest poll in each calendar year is kept, matching the dataset's yearSeries convention. This is Gallup's question, distinct from the NORC GSS financesBetter series. The sourceUrl is the pinned Datawrapper CSV because the chart metadata's source-url is empty; pinned versions are retained for reproducibility and may lag the current chart. Breaks: none known.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/w92AE/1/dataset.csv
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Personal Finances Getting Better (Gallup) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38% | −5.0 pts |
| 2024 | 43% | +6.0 pts |
| 2023 | 37% | +0.0 pts |
| 2022 | 37% | −15 pts |
| 2021 | 52% | +11 pts |
| 2020 | 41% | −16 pts |
| 2019 | 57% | +2.0 pts |
| 2018 | 55% | +1.0 pts |
| 2017 | 54% | +7.0 pts |
| 2016 | 47% | −5.0 pts |
| 2015 | 52% | +9.0 pts |
| 2014 | 43% | −4.0 pts |
| 2013 | 47% | +5.0 pts |
| 2012 | 42% | +13 pts |
| 2011 | 29% | −10 pts |
| 2010 | 39% | +5.0 pts |
| 2009 | 34% | +2.0 pts |
| 2008 | 32% | −19 pts |
| 2007 | 51% | +4.0 pts |
| 2006 | 47% | −2.0 pts |
| 2005 | 49% | −4.0 pts |
| 2004 | 53% | +10 pts |
| 2003 | 43% | −9.0 pts |
| 2002 | 52% | −7.0 pts |
| 2001 | 59% | — |
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