--- title: Americans Among the Most Stressed-Out People in the World: Poll description: Gallup's Global Emotions report found that Americans are among the most stressed-out people in the world. Anger and worry were also common. canonical: https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/ author: Jamie Ducharme article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-25T12:18:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:51.010Z article:section: Health og:title: Americans Are Some of the Most Stressed-Out People in the World og:description: According to a new global survey og:url: https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Americans Are Some of the Most Stressed-Out People in the World twitter:description: According to a new global survey twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Americans Are Some of the Most Stressed-Out People in the World, a New Global Survey Says > Sponsored content. 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When you’re in the throes of a stressful situation, just about any healthy distraction — like going for a walk, getting fresh air, doing a quick guided meditation or calling a friend — can help you avoid the draw of junk food._  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Apr 25, 2019 12:18 PM UTC  by [Jamie Ducharme](https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Apr 25, 2019 12:18 PM UTC Americans are some of the most stressed-out people in the world, according to Gallup’s annual [Global Emotions report](https://www.gallup.com/analytics/248906/gallup-global-emotions-report-2019.aspx). For the report, Gallup polled about 1,000 adults in countries around the world last year about the emotions they’d experienced the day before the survey. Negative emotions and experiences — stress, anger, worry, sadness and physical pain — were common around the world, tying [2017’s record-setting levels](http://time.com/5393646/2017-gallup-global-emotions/), the report found. In the U.S., 55% of respondents [told Gallup](https://news.gallup.com/poll/249098/americans-stress-worry-anger-intensified-2018.aspx) they’d felt a lot of stress the day before, well above the global average of 35%. Gallup’s research found that lower-income Americans tended to report more stress, as did those who disapprove of President Donald Trump. Prior studies and polls have found that [finances](http://time.com/3695375/americans-money-stress/), [health and health care](http://time.com/5005076/stress-anxiety-symptoms/) and [politics and current events](http://time.com/4669401/americans-election-stress-anxiety/) are leading stressors for Americans, and social media and technology [are frequently blamed](http://time.com/4680067/stress-smartphones-anxiety/) for stress and mental health issues as well. Many of the countries experiencing roughly as much stress as the U.S. were embroiled in political turmoil of some kind, whether humanitarian, economic or security-related. Greece, the Philippines and Tanzania were the only countries with stress rates higher than the U.S. Albania, Iran and Sri Lanka were tied with the U.S. While some stress is normal and [even healthy](http://time.com/5434826/stress-good-health/), chronic stress is connected to a range of conditions, including mental health issues, [cognitive changes](http://time.com/5432172/stress-cortisol-brain/) and chronic disease. That makes widespread stress a public-health issue. Americans felt plenty of other negative emotions, too. Forty-five percent said they’d felt worried during the day before the survey, and 22% said they’d felt angry. The global averages for those feelings were 39% and 22%, respectively. The Gallup report, in keeping with prior studies, found that younger Americans (defined in the report as those between the ages of 15 and 49) were the most likely to feel stressed, worried or angry. The American Psychological Association [in 2018 found](http://time.com/5437646/gen-z-stress-report/) that Generation Z is the most stressed-out age group due to factors such as violence, political turmoil, finances and health. And Millennials and Gen Z are known to have [disproportionately high rates](http://time.com/5577325/millennials-less-healthy/) of anxiety, loneliness and depression, which can be tied to stress. While negative emotions like these were common worldwide in 2018, positive emotions were also on the rise, Gallup found. Gallup’s measure of the world’s positive experiences had been on the decline for a few years, but that trend reversed in 2018, with more people reporting good experiences the day before the survey than they did in 2017\. Worldwide, 87% of people said they were treated with respect the day before, 74% had smiled or laughed a lot, 72% felt well-rested and 71% felt a lot of enjoyment. The only positive experience reported by less than half of respondents was learning or doing something interesting the day before, which 49% of people said they had. As in prior years, Latin American countries led the world in positive experiences, with Paraguay and Panama tying for first. African countries tended to have the most negative experiences, led by Chad, Niger and Sierra Leone. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/"},"headline":"Americans Are Some of the Most Stressed-Out People in the World, a New Global Survey Says","datePublished":"2019-04-25T12:18:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:52:51.010Z","description":"Worry and anger were also common","url":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/","keywords":["Mental Health/Psychology","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mental-healthpsychology/","name":"Mental Health/Psychology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/","name":"Americans Are Some of the Most Stressed-Out People in the World, a New Global Survey Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Here's Why You Stress Eat—And How to Stop Doing It","description":"When you’re in the throes of a stressful situation, just about any healthy distraction — like going for a walk, getting fresh air, doing a quick guided meditation or calling a friend — can help you avoid the draw of junk food.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/5AuaNTIE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-31T21:18:34.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/5AuaNTIE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5577626/americans-stressed-out-gallup-poll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```