A midlife revolution: A new study says 47 is the age of peak unhappiness

It turns out 40 is no longer the new 30 – a new study says 47 is the age of peak unhappiness. The mid-life crisis is all too real, writes Antoinette Tyrrell.

A recent study by David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, reveals that 47.2 is the age of peak unhappiness for people in the developed world. Blanchflower collected data from 132 countries measuring the relationship between wellbeing and age.

The study showed the existence of a happiness U-shape across all countries, with lowest levels of wellbeing occurring in midlife.