South Africans are the people with the third lowest mental well-being in the world according to a new scientific study.
from researchers at Sapien Labs shows the general mental well-being of people from over 70 countries worldwide, spanning nine geographic regions and 13 languages. According to the report, South Africans, along with people in the United Kingdom, Uzbekistan and Brazil are the unhappiest in the world.
Another concerning insight is that younger generations have shown the steepest decline in mental well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, while those over 65 stayed relatively steady. The top-scoring African country is Tanzania at a Mood score of 90, followed by Nigeria, with a Mood score of 84.“The data presented here provides a barometer of the mental wellbeing of our global Internet-enabled society and its evolution over time,” the researchers who conducted the study explain.
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