The United States, in focus

2024 · the US measured against 41 rich-democracy peers. Same data as everywhere else on the site.

At its income level, peers average a wellbeing composite of about 79.5/100. The US scores 65.9 — a gap of -13.6, leaving it #40 of 41 on wealth-to-wellbeing conversion, despite ranking #5 on wealth itself.

Pillar by pillar

PillarScore /100Rank
Health 73.335 / 41
Time & work–life 65.035 / 41
Economic security 46.435 / 41
Safety 73.436 / 41
Social connection 59.125 / 41
Environment 85.38 / 41
Composite (W)65.929 / 41

Strongest

Environment (#8), Social connection (#25), and wealth (#5).

Weakest

Time & work–life (#35), Economic security (#35), Safety (#36).

Head-to-head