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license: cc-by-nc-4.0
language:
  - en
tags:
  - Tabular
  - Finance
  - Social Science
  - Economics
  - Global
  - Inflation
  - World Happiness

World Happiness Index and Inflation Dataset 🌍📊

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.

📌 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.

📌 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.

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)

📌 About This File

The WHI_Inflation.csv file contains structured tabular data that integrates economic indicators and happiness scores across various countries and years.

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.

This dataset includes 16 columns, each representing aspects of happiness and economic well-being.

📊 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).
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).

🔍 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?

📚 Sources & Acknowledgements

This dataset is created using publicly available data from:

World Happiness Report (worldhappiness.report)
Gallup World Poll (Survey-based happiness metrics)
World Bank & IMF (Economic & Inflation data)
World Bank's Prospects Group (Global price statistics)

💡 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.

Citation

@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}
}