Key Findings for December 2020
December 2020 looks like a month of steady priorities rather than value chaos: the top four hold their ground, and the movement below them is modest: Financial stability climbs 3 places to 5th and Growth 2 into the top 10, while Pleasure slips 2 to 7th. That kind of steadiness suggests a broadly shared “same worries, same hopes” mindset across the 10,547 tests.
By share of tests, Health leads at 47.3%, with Family close behind at 39.4%. A tight middle pack follows: Trust (37.5%) and Peace (35.6%) signal a strong craving for reliability and calm. The next cluster—Financial stability (32.6%), Love (32.2%), Pleasure (31.7%), Freedom (31.0%)—reads like a balanced wish list: stay secure, stay connected, and still enjoy life. Growth (27.4%) and Respect (25.6%) round it out, showing self-improvement matters, but not at the expense of basics.
Only a few values changed places, which is the story: people weren’t “switching lanes” wholesale, they were doubling down.
Seasonally, this feels very December: health and family peak energy, plus a year-end appetite for peace, trust, and financial steadiness—holiday warmth with a pragmatic seatbelt.
How December fits into 2020, in the Global Values Research
Total Tests
10,547
in this month
🔥 Most Popular
Health
4,994 appearances
⭐ Best Ranking
Religion
Avg rank: 3.69
🥇 Most #1 Rankings
Family
1212 times first place
Health
▶Family
▶Trust
▶Peace
▶Financial stability
▶Love
▶Pleasure
▶Freedom
▶Growth
▶Respect
▶Security
▶Authenticity
▶Friendship
▶Honesty
▶Creativity
▶Curiosity
▶Compassion
▶Loyalty
▶Meaningful work
▶Wisdom
▶Certainty
▶Control
▶Ethics
▶Helpfulness
▶Discipline
▶Inner harmony
▶Independence
▶Equality
▶Accountability
▶Success
▶Justice
▶Intelligence
▶Adventure
▶Tolerance
▶Wealth
▶Privacy
▶Job security
▶Challenge
▶Appreciation
▶Passion
▶Courage
▶Acceptance
▶Ambition
▶Excitement
▶Commitment
▶Determination
▶Religion
▶Spirituality
▶Forgiveness
▶Teamwork
▶Uniqueness
▶Competence
▶Influence
▶Variety
▶Excellence
▶Contribution
▶Tradition
▶Beauty
▶Reputation
▶Authority
▶Fame
▶Popularity
▶| Rank | Value ▲▼ | Avg Rank ▲▼ | 🥇 Top 1 ▲▼ | 🥉 Top 3 ▲▼ | Appearance Rate ▲▼ | 📈 Trend (MoM) ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
▶ 1 | Health | 3.84 | 10.9% | 25.6% | 47.3% | ▲+11.4% |
▶ 2 | Family | 3.75 | 11.5% | 22.2% | 39.4% | ▼−1.1% |
▶ 3 | Trust | 4.94 | 3.6% | 13.3% | 37.5% | ▼−0.5% |
▶ 4 | Peace | 4.61 | 4.7% | 14.5% | 35.6% | ▲+2.9% |
▶ 5 ▲+3 | Financial stability | 4.90 | 3.1% | 11.5% | 32.6% | ▲+13.5% |
▶ 6 | Love | 4.53 | 5.3% | 14.1% | 32.2% | ▲+1.8% |
▶ 7 ▼−2 | Pleasure | 5.16 | 2.6% | 10.1% | 31.7% | ▼−0.7% |
▶ 8 ▼−1 | Freedom | 6.45 | 3.6% | 7.3% | 31.0% | ▲+2.5% |
▶ 9 ▲+2 | Growth | 5.42 | 2.5% | 8.1% | 27.4% | ▲+15.2% |
▶ 10 ▼−1 | Respect | 5.68 | 1.5% | 6.6% | 25.6% | ▼−7.9% |
▶ 11 ▼−1 | Security | 4.70 | 3.2% | 10.3% | 25.1% | ▲+3.0% |
▶ 12 ▲+1 | Authenticity | 5.32 | 2.3% | 7.1% | 24.3% | ▲+9.3% |
▶ 13 ▼−1 | Friendship | 5.64 | 1.5% | 5.9% | 22.3% | ▼−5.8% |
▶ 14 ▲+1 | Honesty | 5.72 | 1.3% | 5.0% | 20.9% | ▲+0.3% |
▶ 15 ▼−1 | Creativity | 5.85 | 1.5% | 4.9% | 20.7% | ▼−2.5% |
▶ 16 ▲+3 | Curiosity | 5.77 | 1.4% | 5.2% | 20.6% | ▲+8.0% |
▶ 17 | Compassion | 5.55 | 1.7% | 5.7% | 20.3% | ▲+1.1% |
▶ 18 ▼−2 | Loyalty | 5.69 | 1.5% | 4.8% | 19.4% | ▼−5.2% |
▶ 19 ▲+1 | Meaningful work | 6.21 | 1.4% | 4.3% | 19.1% | ▲+4.5% |
▶ 20 ▲+3 | Wisdom | 5.60 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 19.1% | ▲+7.8% |
▶ 21 ▲+3 | Certainty | 4.87 | 2.3% | 6.8% | 17.8% | ▲+1.9% |
▶ 22 ▼−1 | Control | 5.01 | 2.1% | 6.4% | 17.6% | ▼−3.3% |
▶ 23 ▼−1 | Ethics | 6.22 | 1.6% | 4.5% | 17.6% | ▼−2.1% |
▶ 24 ▲+1 | Helpfulness | 7.34 | 0.8% | 2.2% | 16.9% | ▼−1.8% |
▶ 25 ▲+1 | Discipline | 5.19 | 1.4% | 5.4% | 16.7% | ▲+0.1% |
▶ 26 ▲+12 | Inner harmony | 5.14 | 2.4% | 5.6% | 16.4% | ▲+31.2% |
▶ 27 ▲+3 | Independence | 6.17 | 0.8% | 3.5% | 16.3% | ▲+8.0% |
▶ 28 ▼−10 | Equality | 5.39 | 2.0% | 5.3% | 16.1% | ▼−18.2% |
▶ 29 ▲+3 | Accountability | 5.84 | 0.8% | 3.2% | 15.1% | ▲+5.4% |
▶ 30 ▼−2 | Success | 5.91 | 1.2% | 3.7% | 15.0% | ▼−8.8% |
▶ 31 ▼−4 | Justice | 6.07 | 1.1% | 3.8% | 15.0% | ▼−9.2% |
▶ 32 ▼−1 | Intelligence | 6.21 | 1.0% | 3.1% | 15.0% | ▲+2.7% |
▶ 33 ▼−4 | Adventure | 5.93 | 0.8% | 3.1% | 14.0% | ▼−9.9% |
▶ 34 ▼−1 | Tolerance | 6.72 | 0.8% | 2.5% | 13.6% | ▼−3.9% |
▶ 35 | Wealth | 5.04 | 1.3% | 4.6% | 12.9% | ▼−8.0% |
▶ 36 | Privacy | 5.92 | 0.6% | 2.8% | 12.8% | ▼−4.4% |
▶ 37 ▲+2 | Job security | 5.49 | 0.7% | 3.5% | 12.7% | ▲+2.1% |
▶ 38 ▼−4 | Challenge | 6.02 | 0.5% | 2.4% | 12.4% | ▼−11.7% |
▶ 39 ▼−2 | Appreciation | 6.33 | 0.4% | 2.1% | 12.2% | ▼−8.0% |
▶ 40 ▲+3 | Passion | 6.19 | 0.5% | 2.1% | 11.0% | ▼−0.9% |
▶ 41 | Courage | 6.13 | 0.5% | 2.1% | 10.9% | ▼−3.1% |
▶ 42 ▼−2 | Acceptance | 6.36 | 0.3% | 1.8% | 10.4% | ▼−9.0% |
▶ 43 ▲+1 | Ambition | 6.42 | 0.6% | 2.0% | 10.1% | ▼−5.0% |
▶ 44 ▼−2 | Excitement | 6.54 | 0.3% | 1.5% | 9.8% | ▼−12.3% |
▶ 45 ▲+3 | Commitment | 7.19 | 0.5% | 1.5% | 9.7% | ▲+4.7% |
▶ 46 ▼−1 | Determination | 6.27 | 0.5% | 1.8% | 9.5% | ▼−6.1% |
▶ 47 | Religion | 3.69 | 3.2% | 5.5% | 9.2% | ▼−2.4% |
▶ 48 ▲+2 | Spirituality | 5.47 | 1.1% | 2.9% | 8.9% | ▲+14.7% |
▶ 49 ▼−3 | Forgiveness | 5.94 | 0.4% | 2.0% | 8.6% | ▼−9.1% |
▶ 50 ▼−1 | Teamwork | 7.15 | 0.3% | 0.9% | 7.2% | ▼−13.9% |
▶ 51 | Uniqueness | 6.42 | 0.3% | 1.2% | 6.7% | ▼−12.6% |
▶ 52 ▲+1 | Competence | 6.90 | 0.2% | 0.8% | 6.5% | ▲+5.7% |
▶ 53 ▲+1 | Influence | 6.33 | 0.3% | 1.1% | 6.4% | ▲+5.0% |
▶ 54 ▼−2 | Variety | 6.60 | 0.1% | 0.9% | 6.1% | ▼−5.5% |
▶ 55 | Excellence | 6.20 | 0.4% | 1.2% | 5.7% | ▲+2.8% |
▶ 56 | Contribution | 6.96 | 0.1% | 0.7% | 5.5% | ▲+1.1% |
▶ 57 | Tradition | 6.01 | 0.2% | 1.1% | 4.7% | ▼−9.9% |
▶ 58 | Beauty | 6.58 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 4.4% | ▼−10.9% |
▶ 59 | Reputation | 6.58 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 4.2% | ▼−9.6% |
▶ 60 | Authority | 6.46 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.4% | ▼−16.7% |
▶ 61 | Fame | 6.28 | 0.1% | 0.4% | 2.2% | ▼−14.1% |
▶ 62 | Popularity | 6.61 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.9% | ▼−22.4% |