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Two thirds of Kiwis “thriving” according to Gallup poll. 8th best in world

Another international survey has NZ rating highly in overall wellbeing with 63% of Kiwis saying they are thriving in their day-to-day lives – 8th best in the world.

It’s further evidence that in terms of quality of life, we are holding up well even if in many ways (for example in health and education spending) we are spinning out of the orbit of first world countries.

Predictably in this latest survey we are behind Australia (4th with 65%), but we’re ahead of the US (12th with 59%).

The top three in the Gallup survey of were:

• Denmark (72%)
• Sweden (69%)
• Canada (69%)

Gallup says the survey of 124 countries is  based on how people rated their lives at the current time and their expectations for the next 5 years.

A lowly median of 21% of countries were thriving ranging from Denmark through to a low of 1% in Chad. The survey again showed the strong relationship between wealth and wellbeing with majorities of residents in only 19 countries — mostly in Europe and the Americas — rating their lives well enough to be classed as thrving.

(Hat tip – The Atlantic via Richard Florida)