The percentage of Americans who evaluate their lives well enough to be considered “thriving” on Gallup’s Live Evaluation Index reached 59.2% in June, the highest in over 13 years of ongoing measurement and exceeding the previous high of 57.3% from September 2017. During the initial COVID-19 outbreak and economic shutdown, the thriving percentage plunged nearly 10 percentage points to 46.4% by late April 2020, tying the record low last measured during the Great Recession.<\/p>\n
The most recent results, captured June 14-20, 2021, are based on 4,820 U.S. adults surveyed by web as a part of the Gallup Panel<\/a>, a probability-based, non-opt-in panel of about 120,000 adults across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n For its Life Evaluation Index, Gallup classifies Americans as “thriving,” “struggling” or “suffering” according to how they rate their current and future lives on a ladder scale with steps numbered from 0 to 10, based on the Cantril Self-Anchoring Striving Scale<\/a>. Those who rate their current life a 7 or higher and their anticipated life in five years an 8 or higher are classified as thriving.<\/p>\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n A record-high 59.2% of Americans now rate their lives highly enough to be considered thriving. https:\/\/t.co\/t85Tqb2qO1<\/a><\/p>\n — GallupNews (@GallupNews) July 7, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n