A new report has revealed a decline in mental health across the world since the COVID-19 pandemic, with wealthy countries, including Australia, feeling the strain.
The Global Mind Project's Mental State of the World report for 2024 was based on surveys of more than 400,000 across 71 nations.
Here are the 10 most miserable countries.
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Conflict-affected Yemen comes in at number 10.
United Nations figures show the continuing civil war in the Middle Eastern country has left at least 150,000.
It also sparked one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, with more than 23 million people in need of food aid.
Iraq, known as the cradle of civilisation, is ranked the ninth most miserable nation.
Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, governments have struggled to maintain law and order.
Instability had hindered efforts to rebuild the economy.
Surveys have shown Ireland is the hardest place in the European Union to access mental health services.
Many complained they faced long delays and found the cost too expensive.
Egypt, the largest Arab country, is ranked seventh.
Rapid population growth and the limited amount of arable land in recent years has seen food prices rise.
The government has also increased controls over traditional and social media.
Despite its reputation as being one of the best places in the world to live, Australia ranks an uncomfortable sixth place.
Even after government funded and celebrity backed mental health campaigns, Aussies' mental wellbeing continues to suffer.
A crackdown on personal freedoms, domestic violence and poverty were behind Tajikistan's ranking of fifth.
In recent years, websites and social media have been routinely blocked.
Opposition websites operate from overseas.
Brazil recorded the second-hightest death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on the South American nation's mental health lasts today.
Minority groups, including the special needs and indigenous communities, continue to feel marginalised by the government.
South Africans, contending with a decades-long crime wave and major environmental hazards, are the third most miserable people.
The nation's women bear the brunt of crime, facing gender-based violence, including murder and assault.
Despite having a mental health government minister and campaigns supported by the royal family, the United Kingdom ranks second.
In addition to the strain on their mental wellbeing, British people have been faced with a cost-of-living crisis sparked by high energy and food prices.
The Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan is the most miserable in the world.
In addition to many of its citizens feeling unable to cope, their mental health has been strained by often brutal repression by security forces and a decline in religious, media and personal freedoms.