Mapping the Mystery
of Humanity.
A global journey to understand what it means to flourish.
The Global Flourishing Study explores six domains valued across countries and cultures. The Secure Flourishing Index (SFI) measures these through targeted survey items, with the first five domains pursued for their own sake and financial stability providing the foundation. When financial stability is omitted, the measure becomes the Flourishing Index (FI), while contextual factors help understand environments where flourishing thrives.
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What is Flourishing?
View the Nature Special Collection“The Global Flourishing Study is grounded in a broadly inclusive understanding of what it means to flourish: living in a state in which all aspects of a person's life are going well.”
A wealth of discovery is waiting.
A growing library of peer-reviewed studies draws on the GFS dataset, a longitudinal survey of more than 200,000 people across 20+ countries on six continents. Browse the full collection by topic, lens, or wave, or ask a question in plain language and get back answers grounded in cited evidence.
Partnering with leading institutions.
The Global Flourishing Study is generously funded by the David & Carol Myers Foundation, Fetzer Institute, the John Templeton Foundation, the Paul Foster Family Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, Templeton World Charity Foundation, Well-Being for Planet Earth, and the Well Being Trust.
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