Exploring the Relationship between Happiness and Suicidal Rates
183 countires
on the Suicidal Dataset[144 Common + 39 Special[ 23 Not In WHR, WHR2021 + 16 Not In WHR2021]]
165 countires
on the World Happines Report Dataset[144 Common + 5 Common WHR2021 + 16 Special]
149 countires
on the WHR Dataset for 2021[144 Common + 5 Common WHR]
Angola,Belize,Bhutan,Central African Republic,DRCongo,Cuba,Djibouti,Guyana,Oman,Qatar,Somalia,South Sudan,Sudan,Suriname,Syria,Trinidadand Tobago are in WHR but not in WHR 2021\
144 Countries
are in both Datasets
Taiwan , Kosovo , Hong Kong , Palestine , North Cyprus are in
WHR
,WHR2021
but not inSuicidal
Dataset
Income, health, having someone to count on, having a sense of freedom to make key life decisions, generosity, and the absence of corruption all play strong roles in supporting life evaluations.
Dystopia
: The lowest scores observed for the six key variables, therefore, characterize Dystopia.- Dystopia is an imaginary country that has the world’s least-happy people. The purpose of establishing Dystopia is to have a benchmark against which all countries can be favorably compared (no country performs more poorly than Dystopia) in terms of each of the six key variables
Logged GDP per capita
: Gross Domestic Product, or how much each country produces, divided by the number of people in the country- GDP per capita gives information about the size of the economy and how the economy is performing
Social Support
: “If you were in trouble, do you have relatives or friends you can count on to help you whenever you need them, or not?”- Social support, or having someone to count on in times of trouble.
Healthy Life Expectancy
: More than life expectancy, how is your physical and mental health?- Mental health is a key component of subjective well-being and is also a risk factor for future physical health and longevity./ Mental health influences and drives a number of individual choices, behaviours, and outcomes.
Freedom to make Life Choices
: “Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with your freedom to choose what you do with your life?”- This also includes Human Rights. Inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status./ Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression,/ the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights without discrimination.
Generosity
: “Have you donated money to a charity in the past month?”- A clear marker for a sense of positive community engagement and a central way that humans connect with each other.
- Research shows that in all cultures, starting in early childhood, people are drawn to behaviours which benefit other people.
Perception of Corruption
: “Is corruption widespread throughout the government or not” and “Is corruption widespread within businesses or not?”- Do people trust their governments and have trust in the benevolence of others?