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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 **16 columns**, covering both **happiness-related features** and **economic indicators** such as GDP per capita, inflation rates, and corruption perception. |
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| **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 16 columns, each representing aspects of happiness and economic well-being.** |
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| ## **📊 Column Descriptions** |
| | Column Name | Description | |
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| | **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). | |
| | **Score** | The overall happiness score of the country, ranging from 1 (least happy) to 10 (happiest). | |
| | **GDP per Capita** | The Normalized Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita of the country. | |
| | **Social Support** | A measure of how well individuals are supported by family, friends, and social networks. | |
| | **Healthy Life Expectancy** | The expected normalized time of healthy life at birth. | |
| | **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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| ## **Citation** |
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| ```bibtex |
| @misc{WorldHappiness_Index, |
| author = {Ensar Yilmaz and Burak Akturk and Didem Civelek and Tolga Buyuktanir}, |
| year = {2025}, |
| title = {World Happiness Index and Inflation Dataset}, |
| publisher = {Hugging Face}, |
| url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/AgraResearchLab/WorldHappinessIndex_InflationDataset} |
| } |
| ``` |
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