Ranked: the world’s most stressed countries

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Two African nations top the list of the world’s most stressed countries. See who else fares poorly

How did you feel yesterday? Did you feel physical pain? Did you experience enjoyment? Worry? Anger? What about stress?

These are the questions put to 145,000 people across 144 countries and areas to create Gallup’s State of the World’s Emotional Health report.

The report uses a number of indexes to measures life’s intangibles (i.e. feelings and emotions) that traditional economic indicators such as GDP were never intended to capture.

The latest findings, based on 2024 data, conclude that the world is on an emotional edge. A whopping 39% of adults worldwide reported worrying for much of the previous day, and more than a third said they felt stressed. Compared with a decade ago, hundreds of millions more people now experience these emotions.

World’s most stressed countries

Based on the latest data, the most stressed country in the world is Rwanda, tied with Sierra Leone with 64% of their polled residents answering yes to ‘Did you experience stress during a lot of the day yesterday?’ and 36% answering no.

Rwanda tops the list of most stressed countries in the world

The five most stressed countries:

Rwanda (64%)
Sierra Leone (64%)
Cyprus (60%)
Egypt (58%)
Greece (57%)

World’s least stressed countries

The world’s least stressed country is Kyrgyzstan with just 9% of their polled residents answering yes to ‘Did you experience stress during a lot of the day yesterday?’ and 91% answering no.

Azerbaijan had an equivalent 9% of adults answering yes but a slightly lower percentage of 89% saying no. The remainder either didn’t know or refused to answer.

The five least stressed countries:

Kyrgyzstan (9%)
Azerbaijan (9%)
Kazakhstan (10%)
Vietnam (13%)
Uzbekistan (14%)

Most stressed countries: complete ranking

The table below shows the percentage of adults who answered yes when asked, ‘Did you experience stress during a lot of the day yesterday?’

The results are based on telephone and in-person interviews with nationally representative, probability-based samples among the adult population aged 15 and older in 144 countries and areas in 2024.

Note: Some countries and territories have been excluded due to insufficient sample sizes.

RankCountryYes

1	Rwanda	64%
2	Sierra Leone	64%
3	Cyprus	60%
4	Egypt	58%
5	Greece	57%
6	Iraq	57%
7	Northern Cyprus	57%
8	Türkiye	57%
9	Chad	56%
10	Lebanon	56%
11	Liberia	55%
12	Sri Lanka	55%
13	Albania	54%
14	Canada	54%
15	Ecuador	54%
16	Jordan	54%
17	Venezuela	54%
18	Madagascar	53%
19	El Salvador	52%
20	Malta	52%
21	Tanzania	52%
22	Peru	51%
23	Australia	50%
24	Philippines	50%
25	Uganda	50%
26	Bolivia	49%
27	Iran	49%
28	Niger	48%
29	Senegal	48%
30	United States of America	48%
31	Dominican Republic	47%
32	Nicaragua	47%
33	Nigeria	47%
34	Burkina Faso	46%
35	Ghana	46%
36	Guatemala	46%
37	Tunisia	46%
38	Comoros	45%
39	Costa Rica	45%
40	Kuwait	45%
41	Morocco	45%
42	Trinidad & Tobago	45%
43	Brazil	44%
44	Eswatini	44%
45	Guinea	43%
46	Italy	43%
47	Portugal	43%
48	Zambia	43%
49	Cameroon	42%
50	China	42%
51	Cambodia	41%
52	State of Palestine	41%
53	Myanmar	40%
54	Singapore	40%
55	Uruguay	40%
56	Algeria	39%
57	Argentina	39%
58	Honduras	39%
59	New Zealand	39%
60	South Korea	39%
61	Belgium	38%
62	Chile	38%
63	Hong Kong, S.A.R. of China	38%
64	Iceland	38%
65	Ireland	38%
66	Mexico	38%
67	Spain	38%
68	Taiwan, Province of China	38%
69	Togo	38%
70	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	38%
71	Colombia	37%
72	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37%
73	Norway	37%
74	Republic of the Congo	37%
75	Benin	36%
76	Czech Republic	36%
77	Gabon	36%
78	Germany	36%
79	Mauritania	36%
80	Romania	36%
81	Ethiopia	35%
82	France	35%
83	Mozambique	35%
84	Panama	35%
85	South Africa	35%
86	Bangladesh	34%
87	Cote d'Ivoire	34%
88	Israel	34%
89	Mali	34%
90	Nepal	34%
91	Zimbabwe	34%
92	Austria	33%
93	Bahrain	33%
94	Botswana	33%
95	Hungary	33%
96	Japan	33%
97	Lesotho	33%
98	Libya	33%
99	Ukraine	33%
100	Finland	32%
101	Kenya	32%
102	Malawi	32%
103	Paraguay	32%
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31%
105	Latvia	31%
106	Oman	31%
107	Pakistan	31%
108	Slovenia	31%
109	Armenia	30%
110	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	30%
111	North Macedonia	30%
112	United Arab Emirates	30%
113	Belize	29%
114	Slovakia	29%
115	Switzerland	29%
116	Thailand	29%
117	Estonia	28%
118	Bulgaria	27%
119	India	27%
120	Saudi Arabia	27%
121	Croatia	26%
122	Gambia	26%
123	Moldova, Republic of	26%
124	Sweden	25%
125	Namibia	23%
126	Serbia	23%
127	Tajikistan	23%
128	Lao People's Democratic Republic	22%
129	Malaysia	22%
130	Denmark	20%
131	Kosovo	20%
132	Lithuania	20%
133	Mauritius	20%
134	Russian Federation	20%
135	Montenegro	18%
136	Georgia	17%
137	Poland	16%
138	Indonesia	15%
139	Mongolia	15%
140	Uzbekistan	14%
141	Vietnam	13%
142	Kazakhstan	10%
143	Azerbaijan	9%
144	Kyrgyzstan	9%

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