Isolated Indigenous people as happy as wealthy western peers – study

Interviews with people in remote communities challenge widely held perception that money buys happiness

People living in remote Indigenous communities are as happy as those in wealthy developed countries despite having very little money", according to new scientific research that could challenge the widely held perception that money buys happiness".

Researchers who interviewed 2,966 people in 19 Indigenous and local communities across the world found that on average they were as happy - if not happier - as the average person in high-income western countries.