Well, 2020 is officially half-done and (to put it very lightly so this post won’t run off tangent into a whole other topic) the world has seen better. During this SIP (shelter in place), I have been on the lookout for data studies and reports of long-term mental effects and public opinion of the trifecta of effects that have recently spawned (e.g. Covid-19 and the subsequential SIP, skyrocketing unemployment rates, and the #blacklivesmatter racial equality movement).
Of course, there is not much out there yet, but I found a spawling of data from the world’s happiness report hosted by Gallup. Here’s a bit of my findings..
Data disclaimer:
- The data was very inconsistent throughout the years (e.g. life satisfaction reports did not start until 2005 and life expectancy was not in every country for every year
- Because of this, the map view is based solely on life satisfaction from the most recent year
- Underneath is the age expectancy. Though 2005 seems to be the highest average in age expectancy, there are the least amount of data points in 2005, hence a slightly skewed number. You can view how many records there are per year by hovering your mouse over the age expectancy number.
- As mentioned, because we do not have age expectancy in every country for every year, I did a crude average of the country population. If you would like a more accurate representation, you may, of course, adjust it using the year filter above.
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