44%
2025 (latest)
VERY SATISFIED WITH PERSONAL LIFE
percent very satisfied · 2001–2025 · higher is better · Gallup, Mood of the Nation
55%
2001
65%
high · 2020
44%
low · 2025
−11 pts
since 2001
┊ dashed lines mark 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 | Very Satisfied With Personal Life | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44% | −3.0 pts |
| 2024 | 47% | −3.0 pts |
| 2023 | 50% | −1.0 pts |
| 2022 | 51% | +0.0 pts |
| 2021 | 51% | −14 pts |
| 2020 | 65% | +9.0 pts |
| 2019 | 56% | −1.0 pts |
| 2017 | 57% | +4.0 pts |
| 2016 | 53% | +3.0 pts |
| 2013 | 50% | +4.0 pts |
| 2011 | 46% | −1.0 pts |
| 2008 | 47% | −12 pts |
| 2007 | 59% | +4.0 pts |
| 2006 | 55% | −2.0 pts |
| 2005 | 57% | −1.0 pts |
| 2004 | 58% | +0.0 pts |
| 2003 | 58% | +5.0 pts |
| 2002 | 53% | −2.0 pts |
| 2001 | 55% | — |
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