Factors that affect change in Happiness

Is there a connection between change in

Happiness and the progress of nations?
Change in Happiness Scores
Country that received - biggest Gains and
biggest losses in Happiness Rank in 2018

Venezuela

Togo

Source- Wikipedia
Happiness Score
Happiness Score Calculations
Based on gallup pole survey results
Rated score based on 6 parameters from 0 to 10
Happiness Score is calculated by averaging the
survey results for 6 parameters

Six parameters define Happiness Score

GDP per capita
Social support
Healthy life expectancy at birth
Freedom to make life choices
Generosity
Perceptions of corruption
Change in GDP and Social Support for Togo and Venezuela
Change in Healthy Life expectancy at birth and Freedom to make life choices
Main Factor that Changed Happiness Score
Togo is one of the poorest countries in the world. Agriculture is the
most important sector of the economy
Year over year steady rise in GDP of Togo is mainly contributed by
increase in foreign direct investment -
- Exploration of large reserves of limestone, marble and phosphate, eventually
improving overall people life
Venezuela economy is in a state of total economic collapse
Decline in GDP of Venezuela is mainly slammed by gross government
mismanagement
- Eventual breakdown of public services and wide-scale hunger, greatly
impacting overall people life
Questions ?
Benchmark - Dystopia in contrast to Utopia
Dystopia
➢Is a hypothetical country that has the world’s least-happy people.
➢That has values equal to the world’s lowest national averages for each of the six
factors blow
➢Used as Benchmark in Happiness Index calculation where life would be very
unpleasant in a country with the world’s
a. lowest incomes
b. lowest life expectancy
c. lowest generosity
d. most corruption
e. least freedom
f. least social support