Americans' Life Ratings Slump to Five-Year Low

The percentage of U.S. adults evaluating their lives well enough to be considered "thriving" on Gallup's Life Evaluation Index stood at 48.9% in Quarter 1, 2025, matching the previous estimate from Quarter 4, 2024, which was fielded in late November. These two levels mark the first time since spring 2020 that the thriving rate has been under 50% for two consecutive measurement periods and are two of just three sub-50% estimates ever to be measured outside of the Great Recession and COVID-19 eras.