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Lower Saxony celebrates: life satisfaction reaches new heights!
Find out how Lower Saxony, Bremen and Hamburg perform in the life satisfaction ranking in the “Happiness Atlas 2025”.
Lower Saxony celebrates: life satisfaction reaches new heights!
When it comes to life satisfaction, Lower Saxony shows an encouraging upward trend in the current “Glücksatlas” survey. With 7.1 out of 10 points, the state has improved by 0.08 points compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the level from the 2010s (7.18 points) remains unmatched. Lower Saxony is therefore in 8th place in a nationwide comparison, which is certainly positive, as satisfaction in this country is slightly above the national average. Loud star However, older people, low earners and rural residents in particular have lost happiness in recent years.
While the general satisfaction in Lower Saxony makes optimists' hearts beat faster, the situation in the state capital Hanover looks bleak. Here citizens have to live with only 6.77 points and a disappointing 32nd place out of 40 large cities. Here too, only 41.7 percent of those surveyed reported high levels of satisfaction. The problems seem to be complex: from bicycle-unfriendly infrastructure to subpar health care, like t online reports, it is not just personal factors that depress the well-being of Hanoverians.
Families and city dwellers enjoy a high level of satisfaction
In contrast, families, city dwellers and middle-aged people show a significantly more positive assessment of their living situation, according to the survey. What is particularly noteworthy is that satisfaction in the areas of income, leisure time and family life is above the national average. This makes it clear that there are many reasons to be happy in Lower Saxony. In addition, Lower Saxony has achieved a high level of family satisfaction compared to the national average. It remains to be seen how circumstances will develop in the coming years. The statistics show that overall life satisfaction is slowly but surely increasing again after the consequences of Corona and inflation are gradually overcome daily news determines.
The survey, which was conducted from July 2024 to June 2025, involves a comprehensive survey of a total of 13,905 people aged 16 and over. A special survey on the areas of life work, income, family and leisure focused on 5,148 citizens aged 18 and over in June 2025. Despite the slight increase compared to the previous year, the gap to the level of happiness measured in the years before the pandemic is still noticeable.
A look at the neighboring countries
Overall, the “Happiness Atlas” shows a clearly recognizable trend: While Germany’s life satisfaction was severely affected by the pandemic, the return to a satisfactory way of life now seems to be within reach. Lower Saxony may be on the right track, but there is still a long way to go before all citizens can live in a state of maximum satisfaction again.