Personal values research: Personal Values in 2022

Name: Personal values in 2022
Creator: Arkadiusz Zalewski
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In 2022, 179,271 assessments were completed on Personalvalu.es. Health was the value ranked most often, by 46.4% of them, and Family the one most often put first.

By Arkadiusz Zalewski, founder of personalvalu.esData updated 1 October 2026

The archive holds 7 months of 2022, from January 2022 to December 2022 without April, May, June, July and August, so its figures cover part of the year.

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At a glance, 2022

Assessments179,271 completed across 7 months of data.: 179k
Appearance rateranked Health among their ten, more than any other value.: 46.4%
First placeput Family first, the value most often ranked first.: 12.9%
Top threeput Health in their top three, the most of any value.: 25.2%

Key Findings in 2022

What the figures below say, one sentence each. Every finding names its value, its figure and its year, so it can be quoted on its own.

Finding 1
Health was the personal value ranked most often in 2022, included in the top ten of 46.4% of the 179,271 assessments completed on Personalvalu.es.
Finding 2
Family was the value most often put first in 2022, by 12.9% of the assessments completed on Personalvalu.es.
Finding 3
Health was in the top three of 25.2% of the assessments completed on Personalvalu.es in 2022, more than any other value.
Finding 4
The same ten values were ranked most often on Personalvalu.es in 2021 and 2022.
Finding 5
Wealth gained the most ground between 2021 and 2022, rising from 15.6% to 17.6% of the assessments completed on Personalvalu.es.
Finding 6
Equality lost the most ground between 2021 and 2022, falling from 17.0% to 15.5% of the assessments completed on Personalvalu.es.

The Most Popular Personal Values in 2022

The ten values ranked most often in 2022, beside the ten most often put first. The two lists answer different questions, so a value can be widely held and still rarely come first.

Ranked most often

The share of assessments whose ranked ten includes the value.

1
Health
Included in 46.4% of assessments
46.4%
2Family
41.8%
3Trust
37.9%
4Peace
36.4%
5Financial stability
33.7%
6Pleasure
32.3%
7Love
32.1%
8Freedom
30.3%
9Respect
28.3%
10Security
25.6%

Share of the 179,271 assessments completed in 2022 whose ranked ten includes the value. Bars run from 0% to 50%.

Put first most often

The share of assessments that put the value in position one.

1
Family
Put first in 12.9% of assessments
12.9%
2Health
10.5%
3Peace
4.7%
4Love
4.7%
5Trust
3.7%
6Religion
3.5%
7Financial stability
3.4%
8Security
3.2%
9Freedom
3.1%
10Pleasure
2.8%

Share of the 179,271 assessments completed in 2022 that put the value first. Bars run from 0% to 15%.

What Changed from 2021

The same ten values led in 2021 and 2022, though not always in the same order. Wealth gained the most share, from 15.6% to 17.6%.

Each rate is a share of its own year's assessments, so years of different sizes compare directly. Changes are in percentage points of that share, and the arrow is the value's move in the ranking. 2021 holds 12 months of data and 2022 7, so part of a difference can be the season a year's months fall in.

Rose most

Values whose appearance rate rose most from 2021 to 2022
Value	2021	2022	Points
Wealth	15.6%	17.6%▲6	+2.0
Financial stability	32.5%	33.7%	+1.2
Peace	35.2%	36.4%	+1.2
Loyalty	20.5%	21.6%▲2	+1.2
Friendship	23.6%	24.6%▲1	+1.0

Fell most

Values whose appearance rate fell most from 2021 to 2022
Value	2021	2022	Points
Equality	17.0%	15.5%▼4	−1.4
Meaningful work	17.0%	15.7%▼3	−1.3
Justice	15.4%	14.2%▼3	−1.2
Tolerance	13.4%	12.4%▼3	−1.1
Wisdom	17.3%	16.2%▼5	−1.1

2022 Month by Month

How many assessments each month held, and the value ranked most often in it. The archive has no data for the empty months.

Assessments and most frequently ranked value by month, 2022
Month	Assessments	Ranked most often
January	26,309	Health46.0%
February	28,459	Health45.2%
March	18,019	Health45.9%
April	No data
May	No data
June	No data
July	No data
August	No data
September	34,090	Health46.1%
October	30,396	Health47.1%
November	24,703	Health47.0%
December	17,295	Health47.7%

The measures

Every core value, by each measure

“Most popular” can mean several things. The page uses four measures, each answering a different question, and they order the values differently. That is why they are never merged into a single score.

Appearance rate: How often is a value ranked at all?The share of assessments whose final ten includes the value. This is what the popular values chart shows.46.4%Health, the highest in 2022
First place: How often is it the single most important one?The share of assessments that put the value in position one.12.9%Family, the highest in 2022
Top three: How often does it reach the very top?The share of assessments that put the value anywhere in positions one to three.25.2%Health, the highest in 2022
Average position: How high does it sit when it is chosen?The mean position, from 1 to 10, over the assessments that include the value. Lower is higher.3.65Family, the best in 2022

Appearance rate, first-place rate, top-three rate and average position for all 62 values in 2022. The number is the position by appearance rate. Column headings sort the table.
	Value
1	Health	46.37%	10.51%	25.19%	3.85
2	Family	41.77%	12.91%	24.34%	3.65
3	Trust	37.95%	3.72%	13.32%	4.94
4	Peace	36.42%	4.73%	14.66%	4.72
5	Financial stability	33.73%	3.39%	12.54%	4.79
6	Pleasure	32.34%	2.85%	10.46%	5.15
7	Love	32.13%	4.69%	13.33%	4.65
8	Freedom	30.26%	3.14%	6.98%	6.48
9	Respect	28.34%	1.71%	7.23%	5.57
10	Security	25.60%	3.21%	10.57%	4.70
11	Friendship	24.59%	1.65%	6.49%	5.67
12	Growth	23.99%	2.06%	6.75%	5.52
13	Loyalty	21.63%	1.59%	5.69%	5.63
14	Honesty	20.65%	1.12%	4.76%	5.84
15	Authenticity	20.41%	1.83%	6.22%	5.29
16	Creativity	19.60%	1.37%	4.68%	5.84
17	Control	18.56%	2.35%	6.90%	5.04
18	Certainty	18.42%	2.53%	7.19%	4.89
19	Curiosity	18.32%	1.06%	4.18%	5.90
20	Discipline	17.65%	1.71%	5.98%	5.10
21	Compassion	17.65%	1.39%	4.74%	5.63
22	Wealth	17.56%	2.02%	6.39%	4.96
23	Success	17.52%	1.43%	4.68%	5.73
24	Helpfulness	16.28%	0.83%	2.42%	7.20
25	Ethics	16.21%	1.46%	3.89%	6.26
26	Wisdom	16.20%	1.35%	4.32%	5.73
27	Meaningful work	15.71%	0.99%	3.10%	6.42
28	Accountability	15.55%	0.84%	3.65%	5.71
29	Equality	15.52%	1.91%	4.84%	5.55
30	Independence	15.28%	0.88%	3.08%	6.21
31	Adventure	15.07%	0.86%	3.45%	5.83
32	Privacy	14.88%	0.76%	3.24%	5.91
33	Justice	14.23%	1.10%	3.41%	6.11
34	Appreciation	13.91%	0.51%	2.42%	6.22
35	Intelligence	13.58%	0.82%	2.68%	6.31
36	Job security	12.87%	0.68%	3.42%	5.46
37	Challenge	12.85%	0.60%	2.72%	6.01
38	Inner harmony	12.84%	1.76%	4.24%	5.33
39	Tolerance	12.35%	0.63%	2.10%	6.83
40	Courage	11.06%	0.48%	2.11%	6.16
41	Acceptance	10.90%	0.45%	1.91%	6.32
42	Passion	10.83%	0.55%	2.14%	6.21
43	Excitement	10.62%	0.36%	1.69%	6.44
44	Commitment	9.87%	0.42%	1.38%	7.13
45	Determination	9.58%	0.48%	1.78%	6.31
46	Religion	9.40%	3.48%	5.56%	3.72
47	Ambition	9.31%	0.55%	1.80%	6.44
48	Forgiveness	8.73%	0.44%	1.75%	6.15
49	Teamwork	8.42%	0.31%	1.13%	7.01
50	Spirituality	8.04%	0.97%	2.48%	5.61
51	Uniqueness	6.66%	0.33%	1.23%	6.31
52	Competence	6.39%	0.24%	0.91%	6.80
53	Beauty	5.80%	0.34%	1.11%	6.38
54	Variety	5.76%	0.18%	0.86%	6.52
55	Excellence	5.59%	0.30%	1.13%	6.28
56	Influence	5.11%	0.17%	0.80%	6.59
57	Contribution	5.11%	0.17%	0.70%	6.89
58	Reputation	4.86%	0.17%	0.72%	6.68
59	Tradition	4.76%	0.27%	1.06%	5.98
60	Authority	2.82%	0.12%	0.47%	6.47
61	Popularity	2.79%	0.11%	0.44%	6.63
62	Fame	2.77%	0.16%	0.61%	6.11

Figures for the 179,271 assessments completed in 2022, given to two decimal places. The number is each value's position by appearance rate. Select a column heading to sort by it.

Every Year on Record

Each year on a page of its own, read the same way as this one.

About These Figures

Every figure on this page is a share of the assessments completed on Personalvalu.es in 2022, read from the same aggregates as the Global Values Research. A value counts when it is one of the ten a participant puts in order at the end, so the rates describe the people who took part that year and say nothing on their own about why.

How the aggregates are built, and why some countries and groups are left out, is set out in the methodology. The 2022 statistics list every value with its trend against the year before.

How to Cite These Figures

Writing about values, or teaching them? You are welcome to use these figures in an article, a lesson, a presentation or a paper. Mention Personalvalu.es and link back to this page, and the citations below are ready to copy. Quoting a single figure? Every key finding has its own number and link, so you can point readers straight to it.

APA: Zalewski, A. (2026, October 1). Personal Values in 2022. Personalvalu.es. https://personalvalu.es/research/years/2022
MLA: Zalewski, Arkadiusz. “Personal Values in 2022.” Personalvalu.es, 1 Oct. 2026, personalvalu.es/research/years/2022.
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