This research empirically investigates the impact of urbanization on the overall well-being of the populace in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021.  Panel data from the World Development Indicators (WDI) 2022 were used in the study using the Generalized Method of Moment (2-System GMM) approach. The results show that urbanization (logpop) has a negative and significant impact on total well-being (lext) in SSA nations. Again, the result revealed that carbon dioxide (CO2) had a considerable detrimental influence on overall well-being in SSA nations. However, the results demonstrate that both household income (income) and log of education (education) are statistically insignificant even at the 10% level, despite having predicted indications. As a result of these findings, the study advises that the urban-rural gap be adjusted by sufficiently providing infrastructural and basic amenities such that the quality of well-being obtained in both urban and rural areas is seemingly indifferent. In addition, the study suggests that the amount of acid rain, especially CO2, per person in SSA should be drastically reduced as everyone should be informed the environmental consequences of his activities via the appropriate stakeholders, and this could be accomplished by enacting a global policy on environmental quality in view of attaining sustainable development goals.

Keywords: Overall well-being, Urbanization, Population Growth, Environmental Quality

JEL: I31, Q56, Q58, Q53, Q50