SINGAPORE YOUTH LESS HAPPY
The 2024 report noted that country rankings for the young and the old “are quite different”.
"Countries ranking highest for the old are generally countries with high overall rankings, but include several where the young have recently fared very poorly,” it added.
This year’s report zoomed in on two age groups - the “young” aged 30 and below, and the “old” aged 60 and up.
Among the young, Lithuania, Israel and Serbia took the first, second and third spots respectively. Singapore ranked 54th, a spot below Greece and just ahead of Spain.
Conversely, the elderly in Singapore ranked much higher at 26th, just behind France and ahead of Saudi Arabia. Denmark, Finland and Norway rank number one, two and three.
Previous years’ reports did not give happiness ranking breakdown by age groups.
BENEVOLENCE AMONG THE YOUNG
The Gallup World Poll, which the happiness report draws on, also tracks three types of benevolent behaviour: Giving donations, volunteering and helping strangers.
The report found that there was an increase in such acts in the post-pandemic years.
“For all three acts, the increases in benevolence, whether measured as shares of the population, or percentage increases from pre-pandemic levels, are greatest for millennials and Gen Z,” the report found.
“(This suggests) that millennials are even more likely than their predecessors to increase their benevolent acts when a new need like COVID arises.”
The report does not give a breakdown of benevolent actions by countries.
This article was originally published in TODAY.
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