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"title": "Contented Mexicans"
"description": "That's the share of the Mexican public who rate their current lives at 7 or better on a scale of zero to 10 -- the highest proportion of any of the 47 countries covered in the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey."
"date": "2007-10-03"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Russell Heimlich"
    "job_title": "Former web developer"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/short-reads/2007/10/03/contented-mexicans/"
---

# Contented Mexicans

While wealthier nations tend to have more contented citizens overall, living in a less wealthy nation does not preclude a high level of personal satisfaction; indeed, Mexicans emerge as the most personally satisfied public in the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey — 76% rate their current life at least a seven on a scale of 10. Life satisfaction is quite high in several other Latin America countries that have far lower per capita GDP levels than do most advanced nations. Brazilians (63%), Venezuelans (60%) and Argentines (59%) also tend to be satisfied with their lives, and fewer than 10% in any Latin American nation give their lives a low rating.[Read More](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/pubs/549/global-opinion-trends-2007)