Deutsche Bank: How satisfied Germans are with their lives

More positive than expected: citizens rate their current standard of living as "still good" (2-): This is the result of the newly developed "Deutsche Bank Standard of Living Index 2023", which was implemented by Bonsai Research and surveyed in September 2023. Exciting - among many other things: The mood differs from state to state.

The standard of living index is derived from the school grades in the five needs categories. The researchers weighted the average according to the importance the respondents assigned to the respective categories. For example, the score for basic needs has a greater influence than the score for individual needs.

Deutsche Bank has published the results - including the forecasts of the "Deutsche Bank Standard of Living Index 2023" for the coming year 2024: