Spokeo explores why happiness is declining in the U.S. and how growing divides are pushing the country down in global well-being rankings.

The United States has received a lower happiness ranking than previous years. According to this year's World Happiness Report the United States ranked 24th out of 147 countries, one spot lower than ...

The majority of men, 65%, said the U.S. was the best or better than most countries at scientific innovation. Just 39% of ...

In 2024, for the first time, the World Happiness Report placed the United States outside the top 20. In 2025, it dropped one spot more, ranking 24th. That’s a generational decline for a country ...

The United States has been slipping down the global happiness rankings for over a decade. In 2011, the country placed 11th. By 2016, it had dropped to 14th, and it landed 19th in 2020.