Younger American men lonelier than counterparts in other nations: Gallup
A new study suggests young American men are lonelier than their counterparts in other nations.
One in four U.S. men under age 35 report feeling lonely, according to compiled data released Tuesday by Gallup. Overall, 25 percent of men in the U.S. said they experience bouts of loneliness in the day prior to completing the survey.
The number was 10 percentage points higher than their counterparts in 38 mostly higher-income, democratic countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD).
The median for OECD respondents in the 15-35 age bracket was 15 percent respectively.
Comparatively, the U.S. men felt loneliness at 7 percentage points higher than the responses recorded by U.S. women in the same age bracket.
However, statistics show at least one in five younger men across the world say they feel lonely.
Respondents in Turkey ranked the highest for feelings related to emotional isolation at 29 percent, followed by France at 24 percent, Ireland at 23 percent and Canada 22 percent.
While 20 percent of young men in Luxembourg, Australia and New Zealand said they feel lonely during large portions of the day.
Gallup based their findings on aggregated data from 2023 and 2024.
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