Why Hope Is Trending Again

Something remarkable is happening beneath the headlines of despair: people are getting more hopeful.Gallup’s new Life Evaluation Index, a measure of how people rate their present and future lives, shows that global well-being is climbing. In 2024, one in three adults around the world described their lives as “thriving,” the highest level in more than a decade. At the same time, the share of people who say they are “suffering” dropped to a record low of 7 percent. It’s a small statistical note, b