Visualizing the Happy Planet Index
The figure below shows a scatterplot illustrating three different variables from the dataset HappyPlanetIndex. The variable Happiness
is a measure of the well-being of a country, with larger numbers indicating greater happiness, health, and well-being. The variable
Footprint is a per capita measure of the ecological impact of a country on the environment, with larger numbers indicating greater use
of resources (such as gas and electricity) and more damage to the planet. A third variable, Region, is given by the code shown in the top
right, and is categorized as follows: 1 = Latin America, 2 = Western nations, 3 = Middle East, 4 = Sub-Saharan Africa, 5 = South
Asia, 6 = East Asia, 7 = former Communist countries.