# 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
![happiness factors](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/c3Q-hwcj3w4EH1pH42-2Q.png)

### 2.Influence of GDP rate on happiness
![Correlation GDP & Happiness](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/YDby4kbHdqZg7ZNRuJvb0.png)

### 3.Western Europe- present vs lacking factors of happiness increasement
![Western Europe happiness factors](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/bdKZdXUK9kR0ArlJXqa3E.png)

### 4.MENA happiness factors valuation
![MENA happiness](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/MezV2E4wnaIC-lcvVzJYb.png)

### 5.Freedom and happiness
![Freedom and hapiness](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/erLpYmG6Tv_9fGBRhVm7v.png)

### 6.Institutional trust and happiness
![Institutional trust and happiness](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/691478b16066c85edf046dd8/0k4upimQzusvbhyWOXux-.png)



## 🧠 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