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Source: UN Poll: US Happiness Sinks to All-Time Low | Newsmax.com
联合国周四发布的年度报告显示，美国幸福感排名跌至历史最低，部分原因是美国人独自就餐的人数增加。 芬兰连续第八年在《世界幸福报告》中被评为世界上最幸福的国家，当地人和专家感谢其大湖和强大的福利制度提升了人们的幸福感。 自塔利班于 2020 年重新掌权以来，阿富汗一直饱受人道灾难的困扰，再次被评为世界上最不幸福的国家。 美国跌至第 24 位，这是自 2012 年该报告首次发布以来的最低排名，当时它的最高排名是第 11 位。 “过去二十年，美国独自就餐的人数增加了 53%”，作者说，并指出共享餐食“与幸福感密切相关”。 报告称，2023 年，大约四分之一的美国人报告称前一天的所有饭菜都是独自吃的。 报告说，“独自吃饭的人越来越多是美国幸福感下降的原因之一。”报告还指出，美国是少数几个所谓“绝望死亡”——因自杀或药物滥用而死亡——增加的国家之一，而大多数国家的这些死亡人数都在下降。 北欧国家都保持在最幸福的 10 个国家之列，丹麦、冰岛和瑞典落后于芬兰，芬兰略微扩大了对亚军丹麦的领先优势。
The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans eating their meals alone, an annual U.N.-sponsored report revealed Thursday.
Finland ranked as the world’s happiest country for the eighth consecutive year in the World Happiness Report, with locals and experts thanking its grand lakes and strong welfare system for boosting its mood.
Afghanistan, plagued by a humanitarian catastrophe since the Taliban regained control in 2020, once again ranked as the unhappiest country in the world.
The United States fell to 24th place, its lowest score since the report was first published in 2012, when it recorded its highest showing at number 11.
“The number of people dining alone in the United States has increased 53% over the past two decades,” the authors said, noting that sharing meals “is strongly linked with well-being.”
In 2023, roughly one in four Americans reported eating all their meals alone the previous day, the report said.
“The increasing number of people who eat alone is one reason for declining well-being in the United States,” it said.
It also noted the United States was one of few countries to see a rise of so-called “deaths of despair” — from suicide or substance abuse — at a time when those deaths are declining in a majority of countries.
Nordic countries all stayed among the 10 happiest, with Denmark, Iceland and Sweden trailing Finland, which slightly extended its lead over runner-up Denmark.
