World Happiness Analysis: 2021–2025
Introduction
This project explores happiness scores across countries from 2021 to 2025 using the World Happiness Report 2026 dataset. The analysis compares the happiest countries, changes in happiness over time, and the relationships between happiness, GDP, and social support.
Top 10 Happiest Countries in 2025
Finland had the highest happiness score in 2025. Most countries in the top 10 had life evaluation scores above 7.
Happiness Trends from 2021 to 2025
Finland remained the happiest and most stable among the selected countries. India showed an increasing trend, while Canada showed a small decline.
GDP and Happiness in 2025
[1] 0.745GDP and happiness had a strong positive relationship. The correlation was about 0.745, meaning countries with higher GDP contributions generally had higher happiness scores.
Conclusion
Overall, both GDP and social support were positively related to happiness. Social support showed the stronger relationship in this analysis. Finland also remained one of the highest-scoring countries throughout the period.
Data Source
World Happiness Report 2026 dataset. This analysis uses annual observations from 2021 through 2025.
Social Support and Happiness in 2025
Social support had a strong positive relationship with happiness. The correlation was about 0.805, which was stronger than the relationship between GDP and happiness.