Charted: These countries consider happiness and fulfilment very important

Mar 24, 2023

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People find happiness in different ways. Image: Unsplash/Aziz Acharki

Felix Richter

Data Journalist, Statista

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Two-thirds of people in South Korea say that ‘having a good time’ is one of the most important things in life, according to a new survey.
But in Mexico, only 13% of people feel this way.
Here are the full results from the Statista Consumer Insights survey.

While the ultimate key to happiness has yet to be found, there are many different things that make people happy. While some find happiness and fulfillment in their job, others find it their hobbies or in the personal relationships they forge over a lifetime. For some, the key to happiness is as simple as "having a good time", which survey results from Statista Consumer Insights illustrates.

According to the survey conducted internationally in 2022, South Koreans are particularly keen on enjoying themselves, as 67 percent of respondents consider "having a good time" one of the three most important aspects in life. As the following chart shows, results vary greatly across countries ranging from 13 percent in Mexico to 28 percent in the United States and 45 percent in France.

As Louis Jordan famously said in his 1946 classic: "Hey everybody. Let's have some fun. You only live but once. And when you're dead, you're done. So let the good times roll. Let the good times roll.

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One in four people will experience mental illness in their lives, costing the global economy an estimated $6 trillion by 2030.

Mental ill-health is the leading cause of disability and poor life outcomes in young people aged 10–24 years, contributing up to 45% of the overall burden of disease in this age-group. Yet globally, young people have the worst access to youth mental health care within the lifespan and across all the stages of illness (particularly during the early stages).

In response, the Forum has launched a global dialogue series to discuss the ideas, tools and architecture in which public and private stakeholders can build an ecosystem for health promotion and disease management on mental health.

One of the current key priorities is to support global efforts toward mental health outcomes - promoting key recommendations toward achieving the global targets on mental health, such as the WHO Knowledge-Action-Portal and the Countdown Global Mental Health

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