| # World Happiness Analysis — README | |
| ## 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 | |
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| ### 2.Influence of GDP rate on happiness | |
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| ### 3.Western Europe- present vs lacking factors of happiness increasement | |
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| ### 4.MENA happiness factors valuation | |
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| ### 5.Freedom and happiness | |
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| ### 6.Institutional trust and happiness | |
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| ## 🧠 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 | |