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Globally, workers who do enjoy their daily work rate their lives more than a full point higher on a zero-to-10 scale than those who don’t enjoy it.

Americans who have already retired continue to be far more likely to say they are financially comfortable than nonretirees expect to be when they stop working.

A median of 64% of adults across 131 countries in 2025 said they believe the media in their country have a lot of freedom, while 30% disagreed.

Economic optimism continues to be a scarce commodity in the United Kingdom, with 21% of Britons last year saying their local economy is “getting better,” ranking it among the world’s least optimistic populations in 2025.

About three in 10 Americans expect driverless cars to be common within five years.

Currently, 18% of homeowners say they plan to sell within the next five years, 16% say within the next 10 years, and 65% say they are unlikely to sell in the foreseeable future.

29% of Americans say now is a good time to buy a house, while 67% say it is a bad time.

Less than a third of U.S. employees in AI-implementing organizations strongly agree their manager actively supports their team's use of AI.

A median of 64% of adults across 131 countries in 2025 said they believe the media in their country have a lot of freedom, while 30% disagreed.

The share of U.S. non-homeowners who expect to buy a home within five years has dropped to 25%, the lowest Gallup has measured in seven readings since it began asking the question in 2013.

89% of leaders say AI has not improved their company's labor productivity, despite widespread adoption. on.gallup.com/4mJ1oWH

The high cost of living continues to top Americans’ list of the most important financial problems facing their families.

65% of U.S. workers in AI-adopting organizations say the technology has improved their personal productivity. New data from Gallup's 2026 State of the Global Workplace report: on.gallup.com/4cH13zf

Stock values today remain historically high but have been somewhat volatile since the war with Iran began. When asked for their views on investing $1,000 in the stock market right now, more Americans believe it would be a bad idea (53%) rather than a good idea (43%).

Nearly half of U.S. adults, 47%, describe current economic conditions as “poor,” up from 40% in March.

Overall, global desire to migrate declined in 2025 to its lowest level in a decade, driven by sharp drops in regions that have long had the highest migration aspirations, including Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa.

Currently, 33% of U.S. adults say it is a good time to find a quality job, and 63% say it is a bad time.

In Q1 of 2026, 18% of U.S. employees said it was “very” or “somewhat” likely their job would be eliminated in the next five years due to technological innovations, such as automation or AI. That figure rises for employees in finance (32%), insurance (32%) and technology (31%).

Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index dropped to -38 this month from -27 in March, as Americans grew more negative about both current economic conditions and the economy’s direction.

Gallup's Potential Net Migration Index shows where populations would grow or shrink if everyone who wanted to move permanently to another country did so.