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There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.
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IndicatorHousing ...(dwellings Without Basic Facilities)Housing(housing Expenditure)Australia..19.4Austria0.820.8Belgium0.720Canada0.222.9- What’s The Point of The Better Life Index?
- Why Choose 11 Topics of Well-Being?
- What Countries Does The Index Cover?
- Which Country Is #1?
- How Do Men and Women Compare?
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- How Can I Do My Own Well-Being Calculations?
- Why Is Your Better Life Index Relevant?
- Where Do The Data Come from?
There’s been a lot of debate lately on measuring the well-being of societies – is wealth all that matters, or should we be looking at other things, like the balance between work and the rest of our lives? The Index aims to involve citizens in this debate, and to empower them to become more informed and engaged in the policy-making process that shap...
Since it was founded in 1961, the OECD has helped governments design better policies for better lives for their citizens. More recently, the OECD has been keenly involved in the debate on measuring well-being. Based on this experience, these 11 topics reflect what the OECD has identified as essential to well-being in terms of material living condit...
The 38 countries are the membersof the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD, which brings together most of the world’s developed economies and a number of emerging economies, plus Brazil, Russia and South Africa. Return to top
That’s up to you! The OECD has not assigned rankings to countries. Instead, Your Better Life Index is designed to let you, the user, investigate how each of the 11 topics can contribute to well-being. If you think Housing is more important than Environment, for example, just change the ratings in Your Better Life Indextoolbar and instantly see how ...
Taking all 11 topics of the BLI into account, the differences between women and men’s well-being are small. However, there are topics where men do much better than women, such as for instance jobs and earnings. Conversely, women fare better than men in health, education, community and life satisfaction. Return to top
Every time you create an Index, it will enter a publicly accessible database, enabling you to compare your Better Life Index with the Indexes of other people around the world and see who else shares your view of the most important issues. To make this possible, we will ask you to tell us what country you are in, your gender and your age group, then...
Each of the 11 topics of the Index is currently based on one to four indicators. Within each topic, the indicators are averaged with equal weights. Download the full list of indicators and underlying data. (Note that these data should not be used for analysis – please refer to the question on “How can I do my own well-being calculations?”) The indi...
The OECD How’s Life? Well-being databaseincludes all indicators included in the OECD Well-being Framework from 2005 until the latest available year, and covers all OECD and selected partner countries (Brazil, Costa Rica, the Russian Federation and South Africa Return to top
Well-being is a multidimensional concept that deserves a multi-dimensional measure. However, extracting a single story from a very complex picture can be challenging. The advantage ofcomposite indicesis that they can provide an easy-to-read overview of well-being patterns. The 11 topics of well-being used in the Index have been chosen in accordance...
The data mostly come from official sources such as the OECD or National Accounts, United Nations Statistics, National Statistics Offices. A couple of indicators are based on data from the Gallup World Poll a division of the Gallup Organization that regularly conducts public opinion polls in more than 140 countries around the world. More than 80% of...
The OECD Better Life Index, created in May 2011 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, is an initiative pioneering the development of economic indicators which better capture multiple dimensions of economic and social progress.
This dataset contains the 2018 data of the Better Life Index which allows you to compare well-being across countries as well as measuring well-being, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.
How's Life? 2020: Measuring Well-being charts whether life is getting better for people in 37 OECD countries and 4 partner countries. This fifth edition presents the latest evidence from an updated set of over 80 indicators, covering current well-being outcomes, inequalities, and resources for future well-being.
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Your Better Life Index is a new interactive tool that lets you measure and compare well-being across 34 countries, based on 11 dimensions: housing, income, jobs, community, education, environment, governance, health, life satisfaction, safety, work-life balance.
