would you trade lives?
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a profession in one country

life as a truck driver in South Africa

1 stranger working as truck driver in South Africa have shared an anonymous fragment of their life. Average happiness 7.0 / 10, average stress 8.0 / 10. 41% of voters would trade lives with one of them; 44% would not.

fewer than 5 fragments — averages may not be representative.

averages across this group

1
lives
7.0/ 10
happiness
8.0/ 10
stress
5.7h/ night
sleep
13h/ week
free time
$2,376/ month
avg income

how strangers vote on these lives

would trade41%
would not trade44%
unsure15%

41 voices

how this group feels to strangers

  • meaningful5
  • lonely2
  • depressing1
  • enviable1
  • exhausting1
  • peaceful1

one truck driver in South Africa 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 truck drivers in South Africa, 41 strangers have answered. the result is split almost evenly: 41% would trade, 44% would not, 15% are unsure.

compared with truck drivers worldwide, truck drivers in South Africa are happier by 1.3 points on the 1–10 scale, more stressed by 1.0 points, and less envied by 6 percentage points in the trade-or-not vote.

compared with everyone else in South Africa, truck drivers in South Africa are happier by 1.5 points on the 1–10 scale and more stressed by 0.7 points.

how this compares

  • vs all truck drivers globally
    happiness +1.3stress +1.0would-trade -6.0pp
  • vs all lives in South Africa
    happiness +1.5stress +0.7would-trade -2.0pp

fragments