The American dream — the idea that anyone can own their own home and do better than the previous generation with the right amount of hard work — has been fading for years, with rising house prices and stagnant wages. In fact, some 75% of people said it’s in danger of extinction, according to a survey released Tuesday by fintech startup Hearth. Only 18% believe they’re living the American dream, while 36% said they were living the dream to some extent, and another 18% said it’s completely unattainable. This comes as the majority of Americans do not think their children will grow up to be better off than they are.

People who want to achieve the American dream may be better off seeking it in Canada, the U.K. or Denmark according to an earlier study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The study, authored by Raj Chetty, professor of economics at Stanford University, defined the concept as the ability for children born in the bottom fifth of income distribution to reach the top fifth.

In the U.S. the likelihood of that is 7.5%, whereas in Canada children born in that group are twice as likely to rise to the top — at 13.5%. In the U.K. the likelihood of achieving that move from the bottom fifth to the top fifth is 9% and in Denmark it is 11.7%.

“When some people initially see these numbers, they sometimes react by saying, ‘Even in Canada, which has the highest rates of upward mobility, the rate of success doesn’t look all that high,” Chetty wrote. “’You only have a 13.5% chance of reaching the top if you start out at the bottom.’ It is important to remember that, unfortunately, no matter what you do, you can’t have more than 20% of people in the top 20%. As such, these differences are actually quite large.”

The higher class mobility around the world comes as America’s middle class continues to struggle. Families that had large fluctuations in their incomes — even when it was a 25% gain — were more likely than those with stable incomes to say they wouldn’t be able to come up with $2,000 for an unexpected need, according to recent research released by the Philadelphia-based nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts.

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People’s faith in the American dream has been on the decline, with 69% saying obstacles to realizing it are “more severe than ever” today. And while the vast majority of people say the American dream is on the decline, the majority of people still believe they are living the dream — or soon think they will be. Half of all Americans say they are living it right now and more than one-fifth say they can achieve the American dream in their lifetime.

While the U.S. has its struggles with income inequality, however, Denmark isn’t necessarily comparable in this case, said Richard Reeves, senior fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and author of the upcoming book, “Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It.”

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Its economy, demographics and diversity make the “American dream” more achievable there overall. However, there are areas in Utah, Iowa and North Dakota that would give Scandinavian countries, which are traditionally praised for their high rates of social mobility, a run for their money. It would be more useful, Reeves said, to look at why inequality exists in one county versus another. “Segregation has a dampening effect on the American dream,” he said. “The country is very segregated by race and economics.”

Indeed, the rich do appear to be leaving the middle class behind. Most U.S. middle-income households (81%) had flat or falling income between 2004 and 2014, according to a U.S. Congressional Budget Office data analyzed by the McKinsey Global Institute, a global management company.

Meanwhile, the last 35 years have consisted of extraordinary growth for billionaires, according to the UBS/PwC “2015 Billionaire Report.” By 2043, the Forbes 400 will see their average wealth skyrocket to eight times what it is today at $58 billion. And 61% of middle-income households say their incomes are either not advancing or they’re staying the same as they were last year:

“Most people growing up in advanced economies since World War II have been able to assume they will be better off than their parents,” the report said. “Yet this overwhelmingly positive income trend has ended.”