Happiness is that sensation you get when you realize things are going well in your life and you can't help but smile. Happiness is a feeling of contentment, joy, or well-being. People are happy when they are successful, safe, and loved. A country's happiness cannot be expressed in words, but it can be stated by analyzing factors like its economics, generosity, freedom of choice in life, and people's healthy life expectancy. When countries are based on how their citizens live their lives through experiences such as smiling and laughing, being treated with respect, doing work they love and enjoy, having adequate income, a sense of purpose, and close social relationships. The World Happiness Report was recommended to be a good starting point for guaging world-wise bliss. Throughout our analysis, the data points surely helped us although towards the end we were able to understand that perhaps all the variables in this report alone will not be sufficient for us to accurately measure the happiness of the country since "happiness" is very relative in nature.
There are six measurements taken per country for guaging the World Happiness Index. They consist of :
a. GDP per Capita: Gross Domestic Product per capita for the countries
b. Family: Satisfaction Rank of Family
c. Life Expectancy: Avg. expected years to live.
d. Freedom: Perception of freedom qualified
e. Generosity: Numerical value estimated based on the perception of Generosity experienced by poll takers in their country.
f. Trust/Government Corruption: A quantification of the people's perceived trust in their governments.
g. Dystopia Score: Score based on comparison to hypothetically the saddest country in the world.
h. Dystopia Residual: Rank of any country in a particular year.