Armenia is among  the top 5 countries with high levels of anger in  the population, according to Gallup

ArmInfo. Armenia is among the top five countries with high levels of anger levels in the population,  according to Gallup's inaugural report on the state of  the world's emotional health, analyzed in 144 countries.

"Anger  was highest in Chad, Jordan, Armenia, Northern Cyprus, Sierra Leone, and Iraq-countries and areas marked by active conflict, recent wars, or  ongoing political and economic instability. In Chad, anger reached a  record high in 2024, potentially reflecting public frustration after  a deadly ammunition depot in June and unrest surrounding disputed  elections," the report states, accompanied by a graph showing  Armenia's anger level at 43%. Only Jordan (46%) and Chad (47%) had  higher anger levels.

Gallup's first-ever global emotional health report, published on the  organization's website, found that negative emotion levels worldwide  remain significantly higher than they were a decade ago, even though  they have declined since the peaks of the pandemic.  These heightened  negative experiences are important because they reflect more than  just emotional well- being-they are also linked to peace and health.  Distress is more common in less peaceful societies, with anger and  sadness in particular being associated with independent measures of  global peace and negative emotions in general associated with life  expectancy at birth.

The Global Emotional Landscape

In 2024, Gallup polls in 144 countries and territories found that  more people worldwide are experiencing negative emotions than ten  years ago, when global unrest began to rise: 39% of adults said they  had felt very worried the previous day, 37% reported feeling  stressed, 26% reported feeling sad, and 22% reported feeling angry.   With the exception of physical pain, all types of negative emotions  have retreated from their pandemic highs, but each remains at least  four percentage points higher than in 2014.  At the same time, the  world has not lost its joy. People's self-reports of positive  emotions, including smiling and laughter, have remained the same and,  in some cases, even higher than during the pandemic. In 2024, 88% of  adults worldwide said they had been treated with respect the previous  day, up three points from 2023 and among the highest rates ever  recorded by Gallup.  Smiling or laughing (73%), enjoying themselves  (73%), and feeling well-rested (72%) remained unchanged in 2024,  while learning or engaging in interesting activities declined  slightly to 52% but remained slightly above 2014 levels.

Emotions and Peace 

To better understand how peace and emotional wellbeing intersect,  Gallup compared daily emotions with two indexes produced by the  Institute for Economics & Peace: the Global Peace Index and the  Positive Peace Index.  The Global Peace Index measures negative peace  - the absence of violence and conflict - across 163 countries, based  on indicators such as levels of conflict, crime, political  instability and militarization.  Higher scores on the index mean  greater levels of violence and conflict, while lower scores mean  lower levels of violence and conflict.  The Positive Peace Index  measures positive peace - the attitudes, institutions and structures  that sustain lasting stability, including good governance, equitable  resource distribution and social cohesion. Higher scores on the index  mean sustainable peace is weaker, while lower scores mean it is  stronger.

Together, the two indexes provide complementary perspectives: peace  as it exists today, and the conditions that make it endure.  Gallup's  analysis shows that negative emotions are clear markers of fragile  peace, though the patterns differ slightly between the Global Peace  Index and the Positive Peace Index.

Global Peace Index

Negative emotions are associated with higher scores on the Global  Peace Index, which means they are more common in countries that  experience more violence and conflict.  Sadness, worry and anger, in  particular, are common in less peaceful countries. These associations  remain significant even after controlling for GDP, which means wealth  does not explain all of the relationship.  Stress and physical pain  also show connections at the raw correlation level, but these  relationships disappear once GDP is taken into account.  Anger,  sadness and worry are more common in less peaceful countries. These  associations remain even after controlling for GDP per capita.

Negative emotions are also associated with higher scores on the  Positive Peace Index, which means they are more common in countries  with weaker sustainable peace.  Anger, sadness and physical pain, in  particular, are strongly associated with weaker Positive Peace  scores.  After controlling for GDP, anger, sadness and physical pain  are still strongly associated with weaker Positive Peace scores,  while stress and worry are not.