Kosovo has recorded the largest improvement in quality of life worldwide over the past decade, according to the latest Gallup Life Evaluation Index.

The index measures how people rate their current lives and how optimistic they feel about their future. In 2014, only 11% of respondents in Kosovo said they were “thriving.” A decade later, that figure has jumped to 51% — a remarkable 40 percentage-point increase, the highest among all countries surveyed in both years.

This surge puts Kosovo ahead of nations like Lithuania, Serbia, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam, all of which also recorded significant growth. Gallup notes that the biggest improvements were concentrated in Eastern and Southern Europe.

The findings reflect major changes in social, economic, and political conditions, as well as a growing sense of optimism for the future among Kosovo.