Young people are happier in sub-Saharan Africa than in the wealthy West

Young people are happier in sub-Saharan Africa than in the wealthy West

Sapien Labs, an American nonprofit, has been surveying global mental health since 2019. From the outset it identified a marked difference between the generations: 40 per cent of those under 35 now report clinically significant difficulties, compared with around 10 per cent over the age of 55.  But what Sapien Labs describes as a youth “mental well-being crisis” is far from uniform. Young people in affluent nations such as the UK, US, Canada, New…