81%
2025 (latest)
SATISFIED WITH PERSONAL LIFE
percent satisfied · 1979–2025 · higher is better · Gallup, Mood of the Nation
79%
1979
90%
high · 2020
75%
low · 1982
+2.0 pts
since 1979
┊ dashed lines mark 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Personal-life satisfaction from Gallup's annual January Mood of the Nation survey. The overall satisfied series and the very-satisfied series measure different response thresholds; the very-satisfied split begins in 2001. Earlier overall readings are irregular; missing years are not interpolated. Where a year has multiple readings, the first published table row is retained. Breaks: 2001 very/somewhat split introduced.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://news.gallup.com/poll/655493/new-low-satisfied-personal-life.aspx
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Satisfied With Personal Life | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81% | +3.0 pts |
| 2024 | 78% | −5.0 pts |
| 2023 | 83% | −2.0 pts |
| 2022 | 85% | +3.0 pts |
| 2021 | 82% | −8.0 pts |
| 2020 | 90% | +4.0 pts |
| 2019 | 86% | −1.0 pts |
| 2017 | 87% | +2.0 pts |
| 2016 | 85% | +0.0 pts |
| 2015 | 85% | +6.0 pts |
| 2013 | 79% | +1.0 pts |
| 2011 | 78% | −2.0 pts |
| 2008 | 80% | −4.0 pts |
| 2007 | 84% | +0.0 pts |
| 2006 | 84% | −1.0 pts |
| 2005 | 85% | +1.0 pts |
| 2004 | 84% | −4.0 pts |
| 2003 | 88% | +5.0 pts |
| 2002 | 83% | −1.0 pts |
| 2001 | 84% | −3.0 pts |
| 2000 | 87% | +1.0 pts |
| 1998 | 86% | +0.0 pts |
| 1996 | 86% | +4.0 pts |
| 1993 | 82% | +3.0 pts |
| 1992 | 79% | +0.0 pts |
| 1991 | 79% | −3.0 pts |
| 1990 | 82% | −5.0 pts |
| 1988 | 87% | +4.0 pts |
| 1987 | 83% | −1.0 pts |
| 1986 | 84% | +2.0 pts |
| 1985 | 82% | +3.0 pts |
| 1984 | 79% | +2.0 pts |
| 1983 | 77% | +2.0 pts |
| 1982 | 75% | −6.0 pts |
| 1981 | 81% | +2.0 pts |
| 1979 | 79% | — |
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