Let’s take a look at Europe’s emotional pulse, balancing between closeness and loneliness. Based on survey data from the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure (ESS ERIC), we visualise how often respondents felt lonely in the past week.

Explore the waffle chart created by Aleksandra using the Synoptic Panel by OKVIZ, allowing drill-down within each response to examine differences between countries. Also, view the mirror bar chart created by Joanna using Deneb, comparing various levels of loneliness versus social connectedness across countries.

Data source: European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure (ESS ERIC) (2025) CRONOS3 Wave 5 edition 1.0 [Data set]. Sikt – Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research. https://doi.org/10.21338/cron3w5e01.