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+license: cc-by-nc-4.0
+language:
+- en
+tags:
+- Tabular
+- Finance
+- Social Science
+- Economics
+- Global
+- Inflation
+- World Happiness
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+# **World Happiness Index and Inflation Dataset** 🌍📊
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+This dataset combines **World Happiness Index (WHI) scores with inflation metrics** across different countries from **2015 to 2023**.  
+It provides insights into how economic conditions such as **GDP per capita, inflation, and corruption perception** impact happiness levels globally.  
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+## **📌 Context**
+Happiness and well-being are essential indicators of societal progress, often influenced by economic conditions such as **GDP and inflation**.  
+This dataset compiles data from the **World Happiness Index (WHI)** and inflation metrics to analyze the **relationship between economic stability and happiness levels across 148 countries from 2015 to 2023**.  
+By analyzing key **economic indicators alongside social well-being factors**, this dataset provides insights into **global prosperity trends**.
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+## **📌 Content**
+This dataset is provided in **CSV format** and includes **17 columns**, covering both **happiness-related features** and **economic indicators** such as GDP per capita, inflation rates, and corruption perception.  
+
+**Main Features:**
+- **Happiness Score & Rank** 📊 *(World Happiness Index ranking per country)*
+- **Economic Indicators** 💰 *(GDP per capita, inflation metrics)*
+- **Social Factors** 🤝 *(Freedom, Social Support, Generosity)*
+- **Geographical Information** 🌎 *(Country & Continent)*
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+## **📌 About This File**
+The **WHI_Inflation.csv** file contains structured tabular data that integrates economic indicators and happiness scores across various countries and years.  
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+### **This dataset is particularly useful for:**
+✔ **Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)** – Understanding patterns in happiness and economic trends.  
+✔ **Machine Learning applications** – Regression models to predict happiness based on economic conditions.  
+✔ **Social and Economic Research** – Analyzing the effects of GDP, inflation, and corruption perception on happiness levels.  
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+**This dataset includes 17 columns, each representing aspects of happiness and economic well-being.**  
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+## **📊 Column Descriptions**
+| Column Name | Description |  
+|-------------|------------|  
+| **Country** | The name of the country where the data is recorded. |  
+| **Year** | The year in which the happiness and economic data were collected (2015-2023). |  
+| **Rank** | The country's rank in the World Happiness Index, where 1 represents the happiest country. |  
+| **Score** | The overall happiness score of the country, ranging from 1 (least happy) to 10 (happiest). |  
+| **GDP per Capita** | The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. |  
+| **Social Support** | A measure of how well individuals are supported by family, friends, and social networks. |  
+| **Healthy Life Expectancy** | The expected number of healthy years a newborn is anticipated to live. |  
+| **Freedom to Make Life Choices** | The level of freedom individuals feel in making life choices. |  
+| **Generosity** | A metric representing the extent of charitable donations and social contributions in the country. |  
+| **Perceptions of Corruption** | A measure of corruption perception in government and businesses (higher values indicate lower corruption). |  
+| **Energy Consumer Price Inflation** | The annual percentage change in energy prices (e.g., electricity, fuel). |  
+| **Food Consumer Price Inflation** | The annual percentage change in food prices. |  
+| **GDP Deflator Index Growth Rate** | A measure of overall price level changes in the economy, considering inflation. |  
+| **Headline Consumer Price Inflation** | A broad measure of inflation capturing price changes in consumer goods and services. |  
+| **Official Core Consumer Price Inflation** | A stable inflation measure that excludes volatile food and energy prices. |  
+| **Producer Price Inflation** | The annual inflation rate for producers and manufacturers, affecting future consumer prices. |  
+| **Continent** | The continent where the country is located (e.g., Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas). |  
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+## **🔍 Key Insights & Possible Analyses**
+1️⃣ **Happiness Score Trends Over Time** – How have happiness levels changed over the years?  
+2️⃣ **Continent-wise Happiness Comparisons** – Which continents have the highest and lowest happiness scores?  
+3️⃣ **GDP vs. Happiness Correlation** – Does higher GDP per capita lead to higher happiness?  
+4️⃣ **Impact of Inflation on Happiness** – Do rising prices negatively impact happiness?  
+5️⃣ **Feature Importance Analysis** – Which factors contribute most to happiness?  
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+## **📚 Sources & Acknowledgements**
+This dataset is created using publicly available data from:  
+- **World Happiness Report** ([worldhappiness.report](https://worldhappiness.report/))  
+- **Gallup World Poll** (Survey-based happiness metrics)  
+- **World Bank & IMF** (Economic & Inflation data)  
+- **World Bank's Prospects Group** (Global price statistics)  
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+## **💡 Usage**
+This dataset can be used for **exploratory analysis, machine learning models, economic research, and policy-making.**  
+It enables researchers and analysts to study the **relationship between happiness scores and key economic indicators like GDP, inflation, and corruption perception.**  
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