Loneliness by country
Share of adults reporting frequent or persistent loneliness.
Global trend
Mean stress score across all countries for which data is available, over the last 12 months.
Where the pressure is concentrated
The five most-affected and five least-affected countries on this indicator right now.
Most affected
- 1South Korea26.0 %84
- 2Turkey24.0 %76
- 3Japan23.0 %72
- 4United States22.0 %68
- 5United Kingdom21.0 %64
Least affected
- 1India8.00 %12
- 2Mexico12.0 %28
- 3Brazil13.0 %32
- 4Netherlands14.0 %36
- 5Switzerland14.0 %36
Full ranking
All 25 tracked countries, ordered from most to least affected. Click any country to see its full composite breakdown.
| # | Country | Raw value | Stress score | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 26.0 % | 84.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 2 | Turkey | 24.0 % | 76.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 3 | Japan | 23.0 % | 72.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 4 | United States | 22.0 % | 68.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 21.0 % | 64.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 6 | Poland | 20.0 % | 60.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 7 | South Africa | 20.0 % | 60.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 8 | Germany | 19.0 % | 56.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 9 | Israel | 19.0 % | 56.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 10 | Singapore | 19.0 % | 56.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 11 | Canada | 18.0 % | 52.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 12 | France | 18.0 % | 52.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 13 | Sweden | 18.0 % | 52.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 14 | Argentina | 17.0 % | 48.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 15 | Australia | 17.0 % | 48.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 16 | Spain | 17.0 % | 48.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 17 | UAE | 16.0 % | 44.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 18 | Italy | 16.0 % | 44.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 19 | Norway | 16.0 % | 44.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 20 | New Zealand | 15.0 % | 40.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 21 | Switzerland | 14.0 % | 36.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 22 | Netherlands | 14.0 % | 36.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 23 | Brazil | 13.0 % | 32.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 24 | Mexico | 12.0 % | 28.0 | 2023-12-31 |
| 25 | India | 8.00 % | 12.0 | 2023-12-31 |
Why it matters
Loneliness is a contributing indicator to the Social meta-index, one of the five dimensions of The Human Index composite. Higher raw value = more stress.
Movements in this indicator are tracked daily and feed into every country's composite score on the next cron cycle.
Recent analysis
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Raw values are normalized to a 0–100 stress scale per the bounds documented in the codebase. See methodology for the full normalization and band-threshold derivation.