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## Project Summary
This project explores the World Happiness dataset to understand the factors that most strongly influence happiness across different regions of the world.
We examine:
- Economic indicators
- Social indicators
- Health levels
- Institutional trust
- Cultural differences between regions
- Outliers and unique country behaviors
## Dataset Overview
- Source: World Happiness Report
- Rows: 1232
- Columns: 16
- Key variables include:
- Happiness Score
- GDP per Capita
- Social Support
- Life Expectancy
- Freedom
- Generosity
- Perception of Corruption (Institutional Trust)
## Key Questions
- What factors influence happiness the most?
- Are all the regions reacting similarly to GDP Changes?
- Is GDP per Capita important for the happiness of Western Europe, and Latin America and Carribean?
- How do patterns differ between regions: developed and developping regions?
- Why do MENA and Western Europe value generosity more than other factors?
- Which countries behave similarly to Finland (happy) and to Afghanistan (unhappy)?
- What is the role of corruption perception?
## 📈 Visualizations:
### 1.Main factor for happiness
### 2.Influence of GDP rate on happiness
### 3.Western Europe- present vs lacking factors of happiness increasement
### 4.MENA happiness factors valuation
### 5.Freedom and happiness
### 6.Institutional trust and happiness
## 🧠 Insights
- GDP per Capita, Healthy Life Expectancy, and Social Support remain the strongest and most consistent
predictors of global happiness.
- Generosity becomes influential only in specific contexts:
1. in high-income, stable societies where basic needs are already fully met,
2. and in MENA, where cultural and religious traditions make giving a centralcomponent of
social identity and emotional well-being.
- Institutional trust is a key driver of happiness in developed regions, where citizens’ confidence in
public services, governance, and fairness directly strengthens feelings of freedom and life satisfaction.
- Western Europe demonstrates the strongest alignment between freedom, institutional trust, and happiness,
reflecting high transparency, effective governance, consistent social support systems, and a stable environment
where psychological and civic factors drive well-being.
## ✅ Conclusions
- Trust, Health, and Economic Security are universal happiness drivers.
- Cultural and survival differences strongly modify how correlations appear.
- Developing vs developed countries: must be analyzed separately.
- Data interpretation must consider cultural context (e.g., generosity, corruption.)
Video:
https://youtu.be/JXSPaf6iGhE
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