This visualization is based on data from the World Happiness Report 2022.

Components of the Happiness Score

• GDP per Capita: Reflects the level of economic production and standard of living.
• Social Support: Indicates the presence of social safety nets and support networks.
• Healthy Life Expectancy: Measures expected years of healthy life at birth.
• Freedom to Make Life Choices: Assesses the degree of freedom individuals enjoy in life decisions.
• Generosity: Captures the average perception of the prevalence of altruistic behavior in society.
• Perceptions of Corruption: Evaluates the overall level of corruption as seen by citizens.
• Dystopia: A hypothetical country that has values equal to the world's lowest national averages for each of the six factors. It serves as a benchmark.

The happiness score is computed by summing the contributions of these seven components, each reflecting a different aspect of national welfare and societal conditions.

Insights from the Graph

1. The prominent influence on a country's happiness score appears to be the Dystopia residual. Countries like Israel, which have a higher score on this component than GDP per capita, emphasize its impact.
2. In the top 10 happiest countries, the values for GDP per capita, social support, and healthy life expectancy are relatively similar, indicating no significant variation among these fundamental contributors to happiness.
3. Generosity, represented in purple, contributes the least to the happiness components across all countries, with only Iceland and the Netherlands showing a noticeably higher score. Conversely, the perception of corruption, shown in brown, varies more widely, being notably low in countries like Iceland and Israel.