2. World Happiness Report 2013:
Trends and Explanations
John F. Helliwell
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and
University of British Columbia
In collaboration with Shun Wang, KDI,
Amsterdam, July 2, 2014

3. 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ActualLadderAverage2010-2012
Predicted Ladder Average 2010-2012
2010-2012 Actual Ladder vs. 2010-2012
Predicted Ladder (123 countries)
R-squared = 0.7619

4. 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
ActualLadderAverage2010-2012
lnGDP Average 2010-2012
2010-2012 Actual Ladder vs.
2010-2012 lnGDP (123 countries)
R-squared = 0.5999

5. -1,5
-1
-0,5
0
0,5
1
1,5
-2,4 -1,9 -1,4 -0,9 -0,4 0,1 0,6 1,1 1,6 2,1
ActualLadderChanges
Predicted Ladder Changes
Actual vs. Predicted Happiness Changes in 130 countries, 2005-07
to 2010-12 (0 for missing values)
Ireland
R-squared = 0.24, P-value = 0.000
Four hard hit Eurozone countries
South Korea

6. Western Europe
Central & Eastern
Europe
CIS
Southeast Asia
South Asia
East Asia
Latin America &
Caribbean
NANZ
MENA
Sub-Saharan
Africa
World
-0,7
-0,5
-0,3
-0,1
0,1
0,3
0,5
0,7
-1,1 -0,9 -0,7 -0,5 -0,3 -0,1 0,1 0,3 0,5 0,7 0,9 1,1
ActualLadderChanges
Predicted Ladder Changes
Actual vs. Predicted Happiness Changes in 10 Global Regions, Population-
weighted, 2005-07 to 2010-12
R-squared = 0.67, P-value = 0.002