| News Years Resolution Statistics |
Data |
| Percent of Americans who usually make New Year's Resolutions |
45% |
| Percent of Americans who infrequently make New Year's Resolutions |
17% |
| Percent of Americans who absolutlely never make New Year's Resolutions |
38% |
| Percent of people who are successful in achieving their resolution |
8% |
| Percent who have infrequent success |
49% |
| Percent who never succeed and fail on their resolution each year |
24% |
| People who explicitly make resolutions are 10 times more likely to attain their goals than people who don't explicitly make resolutions |
|
| Type of Resolutions (Percent above 100% because of multiple resolutions) |
Data |
| Self Improvement or education related resolutions |
47% |
| Weight related resolutions |
38% |
| Money related resolutions |
34% |
| Relationship related resolutions |
31% |
| Age Success Rates |
Data |
| Percent of people in their twenties who achieve their resolution each year |
39% |
| Percent of people over 50 who achieve their resolution each year |
14% |
| Length of Resolutions |
Data |
| Resolution maintained through first week |
75% |
| Past two weeks |
71% |
| Past one month |
64% |
| Past six months |
46% |
