Wales is the most miserable place in the UK, according to new survey

Figures showing personal well-being across the country has shown Wales to be the most miserable part of the UK.

People across Britain were asked how they would rate their lives in terms of their sense of overall life satisfaction, the sense that what they are doing is worthwhile and how happy they feel for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) surveys.

A higher proportion of people in Wales reported low levels of happiness, worthwhile and life satisfaction in 2017 compared with the UK average.

There was no significant difference in anxiety ratings for Wales compared to the UK average.

The surveys were carried out between March 2012 and December 2017.

England, Wales and Northern Ireland showed no changed in the measure of reported personal well-being.

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However, Scotland bucked the trend as the only nation to show improvements in average ratings of life satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness during 2017.

Northern Ireland reported higher levels of personal well-being compared with the UK average.

Ever since the ONS began reporting the data in 2012, every country has seen an improvement in their mean ratings of life satisfaction, worthwhile and happiness.

Silvia Manclosi from the Office for National Statistics said: ‘An important aspect of our work is to shed light on inequalities in society to better support who is struggling in different aspects of life.

‘For example, we have seen some differences between countries, with Scotland driving improvements in personal well-being.

‘We have reported today some initial work on how to best measure well-being inequalities. We are planning more work to explore them, especially any characteristics and circumstances common to people who give the lowest well-being scores.’