The Impact of Global Sustainable Development on Subjective Well-being

Based on the current state of global subjective well-being and global sustainable development, this paper studies the impact of sustainable development, proposed in 1987 and pursued globally, on the subjective well-being of people worldwide from the post-World War II and Industrial Revolution period to the 21st century. This paper primarily employs methods of literature review consolidation and tabular data analysis to summarize the research findings produced by existing researchers. The following studies were conducted: summarizing and synthesizing the definitions and concepts of well-being and subjective well-being, and analyzing and summarizing the influencing factors of subjective well-being; summarizing and synthesizing the definition and concept of sustainable development, and classifying the 17 Sustainable Development Goals designated by the United Nations; and subsequently, studying the impact of economic sustainable development, environmental sustainable development, and social sustainable development on global subjective well-being. Thereby, prospects for future sustainable development and predictions of well-being trends are proposed, concluding that, thanks to global economic, environmental, and social sustainable development, global multidimensional subjective well-being is generally on an upward trend. We should further strive towards the common goal of global sustainable development to continuously enhance the subjective well-being of people worldwide. Finally, directions for future development aimed at enhancing people's subjective well-being and advocating for further sustainable development are suggested.