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Panama and Costa Rica have the most satisfied citizens even though both lag numerous other countries in terms of wealth, according to a new poll conducted by Gallup and Healthways Global.

The Gallup-Healthways Global Well-Being Index (Global Well-Being Index) is a global barometer of individuals’ perceptions of their own well-being.

The index includes five elements of well-being:
• Purpose: Liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your goals
• Social: Having supportive relationships and love in your life
• Financial: Managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security
• Community: Liking where you live, feeling safe, and having pride in your community
• Physical: Having good health and enough energy to get things done daily

The 10 questions that comprise the Global Well-Being Index and were fielded as part of the 2013 Gallup World Poll allow for comparisons of element-level well-being at the individual, social network, organizational (e.g., employer, health plan, patient population), city, state, country, and global levels.

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The Americas have the highest levels of well-being in three or more elements and in purpose, social, community, and physical well-being. In socially and family-oriented Latin America, socialwell-being is the best-performing element, with 43% of the population thriving.

Asian respondents generally have a lower level of well-being compared with global percentages. In purpose well-being (13 percent) and social well-being (19 percent), Asians are four or five percentage points below the global percentages (18 percent and 23 percent, respectively) in thriving.

Well-being in Europe varies considerably by country. Twenty-two percent of Europeans overall are thriving in purpose well-being. However, in southern and Eastern European countries such as Albania, Croatia, and Greece, where unemployment remains in the double digits, residents are much less likely to be thriving in this element (7 percent to 8 percent) than those in Western European nations such as Denmark (45 percent), Austria (36 percent), and Sweden (33 percent), where unemployment rates are much lower.

The percentages of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) residents thriving in each of the five well-being elements trail the global percentages.

Of all the countries polled, Panama claimed the first spot in the list of highest well-being countries with 61 percent of respondents claiming they were thriving in three or more elements.

Costa Rica came in second place (44 percent), followed by Denmark (40 percent) and Austria (39 percent).

Take a look at our interactive map below to learn about some of the happiest countries in the world.

Here are some of the report’s key findings:

Panama is the global leader in terms of thriving, with 61 percent of adults thriving in three or more categories of well-being, followed by Costa Rica (44 percent), Denmark (40 percent), Austria (39 percent) and Brazil (39 percent).

Residents of the Americas are the most likely to be thriving in at least three well-being categories (33 percent), while residents of sub-Saharan Africa are the least likely (9 percent).

The world is struggling to achieve well-being: Only 17 percent of residents in the 135 countries surveyed are thriving in three or more categories of well-being.

More adults globally are thriving in the community category (26 percent) than in any other domain of well-being.

Read the entire report here.