United States is rank 115/140 in perceived freedom to do what one wants to do with life - World Happiness Index - eviltoast

The self-purported most freedom loving country in the world has 71% of respondents saying the are satisfied with their freedom to choose what to do with their lives

Freedom to make life choices is the national
average of binary responses to the GWP
question “Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with
your freedom to choose what you do with
your life?”

Full report 2025 page 24

    • atro_city@fedia.ioOP
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      5 days ago

      For the “#1 country in the world” with (2nd?) largest economy, it ranks below Costa Rica (6), Mexico (10), Slovenia (19), and UAE (21). It’s in the 20s with friggin Kosovo (29) and Belize (25). Belize btw is the #1 in perceived freedom.

      For the news coming out of the US, yes it seems quite high. For the economic power the US wields, not even getting into the top 20 is quite bad.