On 20 March 2023, the landmark World Happiness Report, an annual publication which maps out the level of happiness of citizens across 137 countries, was released and this particular edition aimed at showcasing, through life evaluations and emotions, how in the past years global happiness has been influenced by crisis situations.

Despite its global score having declined to 5.9 since last year’s report, Mauritius retains the top spot in Africa, and consequently remains the happiest country on the continent, owing to its stable and flourishing economy.

By using data from the Gallup World Poll, the Report took into consideration the following independent predictors to analyse the level of happiness:

1. GDP per capita

2. Social support

3. Healthy life expectancy at birth

4. Freedom to make life choices

5. Generosity

6. Perceptions of corruption

You can access the full report here