The U.S. drops to 23 on the list of the world’s happiest countries as one age group in particular reports ‘feeling worse about their lives’

Fortune

Across the globe, younger people (between ages 15 and 24) were typically happier than older people, except for in North America.

“There is a great variety among countries in the relative happiness of the younger, older, and in-between populations,” says John F. Helliwell, founding editor of the World Happiness Report, in a press release. “Hence the global happiness rankings are quite different for the young and the old, to an extent that has changed a lot over the last dozen years.”