Misery Index 2025. To gain a clearer understanding of the economic challenges faced by african nations, we can look at the 2022 hanke’s annual misery index. The “misery index,” which is the sum of yoy cpi (2.4%) and the unemployment rate (4.1%), stands at 6.5%—that’s lower than it’s been 85% of the time in the last 50 years.
The misery index is a measure of economic distress felt by everyday people, due to the risk of (or actual) joblessness combined with an increasing cost of living. Mark merritt, the founder of the misery index, highlights that the average national monthly cost for medicare has escalated from $47.69 in 2022 to a projected $62.34 in 2025.
