Monthly report · No. 1 · November 2, 2026 · methodology v2.1

State of Human Stress — November 2026

South Africa (53.2), Turkey (48.3) and Argentina (41.9) are the most stressed of the 25 countries we track; Norway (24.3) is the least. The tracked-country average is 35.6 on a 0–100 scale. Pressure is building fastest in Poland — currency 5.7% weaker vs usd in 3 months.

Ranking

#	Country	Composite	Band	Live
1	🇿🇦 South Africa	53.2	Elevated	70
2	🇹🇷 Turkey	48.3	Elevated	57
3	🇦🇷 Argentina	41.9	Moderate	50
4	🇰🇷 South Korea	41.1	Moderate	39
5	🇺🇸 United States	40.5	Moderate	38
6	🇦🇪 UAE	40.1	Moderate	—
7	🇲🇽 Mexico	39.8	Moderate	55
8	🇧🇷 Brazil	39.7	Moderate	65
9	🇸🇬 Singapore	37.1	Moderate	33
10	🇨🇦 Canada	36.7	Moderate	48
11	🇮🇹 Italy	36.4	Moderate	62
12	🇮🇱 Israel	36.1	Moderate	56
13	🇫🇷 France	35.3	Moderate	63
14	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	35.2	Moderate	47
15	🇪🇸 Spain	34.8	Moderate	56
16	🇮🇳 India	33.8	Moderate	52
17	🇯🇵 Japan	33.7	Moderate	32
18	🇵🇱 Poland	32.7	Moderate	75
19	🇦🇺 Australia	31.9	Moderate	54
20	🇩🇪 Germany	30.1	Moderate	57
21	🇳🇿 New Zealand	29.0	Moderate	—
22	🇸🇪 Sweden	26.2	Moderate	34
23	🇳🇱 Netherlands	25.6	Moderate	53
24	🇨🇭 Switzerland	25.4	Moderate	52
25	🇳🇴 Norway	24.3	Low	52

Composite: structural stress, 0–100. Live: recent momentum vs each country's own history, 50 = normal. Data frozen at November 2, 2026.

What moved

Rising pressure

🇵🇱 PolandCurrency 5.7% weaker vs USD in 3 months75Rising
🇿🇦 South AfricaGeopolitical risk in the news rising70Rising
🇧🇷 BrazilCurrency 6.3% weaker vs USD in 3 months65Rising
🇫🇷 FranceInflation +1.4 pp in 6 months63Rising
🇮🇹 ItalyInflation +2.6 pp in 6 months62Rising

Easing

🇯🇵 JapanUnemployment −0.3 pp in 6 months32Easing
🇸🇬 SingaporeEconomic policy uncertainty falling33Easing
🇸🇪 SwedenUnemployment −0.7 pp in 6 months34Easing

What changed in the data this month

Technological domain at half weight while it has one indicator
South Africa 57.8 → 53.7, Argentina 47.0 → 43.1, Brazil 43.8 → 38.7, Japan 27.3 → 28.5. Türkiye moves to 2nd (43.7). Only South Africa remains in the elevated band.
Two untraceable indicators retired; four re-sourced
Composite now uses 29 indicators. Scores move on the next daily refresh; the historical index (hsi-3) gains air pollution.
Depression and anxiety: IHME GBD 2023
Live layer: geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty
Survey and report indicators refreshed to their latest editions
Canada 15th → 10th (daily stress 47% → 58%); Türkiye 47.0 → 48.3; India 13th → 16th. Top five unchanged.
Government debt and temperature anomaly now update automatically
Temperature anomalies rose for most countries (e.g. Norway 2.0 → 3.3 °C, Türkiye 1.5 → 2.1 °C).
Source outages no longer move the composite
Removes the one-day spikes visible in 90-day charts.
Survey dependence disclosed on every country page
Historical series since 2000, score drivers, embeds, citations, CSV
Live layer
“Last update” no longer implies fresh data

Full changelog

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APA

The Human Index. (2026). State of Human Stress — November 2026 (Report No. 1) [Data set]. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://thehumanindex.org/reports/2026-11

BibTeX

@misc{thi2026stateofhumanstressno,
  author       = {{The Human Index}},
  title        = {State of Human Stress — November 2026 (Report No. 1)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://thehumanindex.org/reports/2026-11}},
  note         = {Data set. Accessed 2026-11-02. CC BY-NC 4.0}
}

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