would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a civil servant in South Korea

1 stranger working as civil servant in South Korea have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 7.0 / 10. 36% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 42% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
7.0/ 10
stress
7.5h/ night
sleep
14h/ week
free time
$3,332/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade36%
would not trade42%
unsure22%

50 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • inspiring3
  • stressful3
  • depressing2
  • stable2
  • chaotic1
  • enviable1

one civil servant in South Korea has shared an anonymous fragment of their life. the sample is small — read the numbers below as suggestive, not definitive.

asked whether they would trade lives with civil servants in South Korea, 50 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 36% would trade, 42% would not, 22% are unsure.

compared with civil servants worldwide, civil servants in South Korea are happier by 1.2 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 2.0 points, and less envied by 21 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in South Korea, civil servants in South Korea are happier by 0.8 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 0.3 points, and less envied by 10 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

how this compares

  • vs all civil servants globally
    happiness +1.2stress +2.0would-trade -21.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Korea
    happiness +0.8stress +0.3would-trade -10.0pp

fragments