Top 20% performers

Australia Canada Denmark Norway

Sweden Switzerland United States

60% middle performers

Austria Belgium Czech

Republic Finland France

Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Italy

Japan Korea Luxembourg Netherlands New

Zealand

Poland Slovak

Republic Slovenia Spain

United Kingdom

20% bottom performers

Chile Estonia Greece Hungary

Mexico Portugal Turkey

Source: How’s Life? 2013 – Unweighted averages across all well-being dimensions

20% top performers 60% middle performers 20% bottom performers

Canada

Germany

Greece

Source: How’s Life? 2013

X-axis: Life Satisfaction =average score on a 0-10 scale ; source: OECD calculations on the World Gallup Poll

Y-axis: Long term unemployment rate= % of the labour force unemployed for one year or more; source: OECD Labour Force Statistics

0

1

1

2

2

3

3

6.7

6.8

6.9

7.0

7.1

7.2

7.3

7.4

7.5

7.6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

United States

Life satisfactionLong-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

5.6

5.8

6.0

6.2

6.4

6.6

6.8

7.0

7.2

7.4

7.6

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OECD Euro area (selected countries)

Life satisfaction

Long-term unemployment rate (right hand y-axis)

Source: OECD calculations on US SIPP and EU-SILC

Source: OECD National Accounts Database

In the Euro area, the share of the population with total housing costs

greater or equal to 40% of disposable income rose

OECD Euro Area, 2007 = 100

Around 20% of US households

moved in with other households

5

6

7

8

9

10

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Owner with mortgage or loan

90

92

94

96

98

100

102

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Household disposable income per capita

GDP per capita

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

55

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OECD OECD Euro area

JPN USA

Percentage of people reporting

to trust national government

80

85

90

95

100

105

110

115

120

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

OECD OECD Euro area USA

Percentage of people reporting having helped

someone, 2007=100

Source: OECD calculations on Gallup World Poll

OECD Euro area employment rates of different

groups relative to that of the overall population

2008 Q1=100

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

OECD Europe GRC ITA FRA

Percentage of people reporting unmet medical

needs for financial reasons

Source: OECD Labour Force Statistics Source: OECD calculations on EU-SILC

80

90

100

110

120

Youth (aged 15/16-24)

Older workers (aged 55-64)

Low-skilled (aged 25-64)

High-skilled (aged 25-64)

Job Demands - Work pressure

- Emotional demands

- Physical health risk factors

- Workplace intimidation

Job Resources

- Work autonomy

- Learning opportunities

- Task clarity

- Supportive management practices

- Colleagues’ support

Source: OECD calculations on the European Survey on Working Conditions

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

High jobdemands

and low job resources

High jobdemands

and high job resources

Low jobdemands

and low job resources

Low jobdemands

and high job resources

Proportion of European workers reporting that

work impairs their health, 2010

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

High jobdemands

and low job resources

High jobdemands

and high job resources

Low jobdemands

and low job resources

Low jobdemands

and high job resources

Number of annual days of sick leave,

Europe, 2010

Poverty rates among individuals living in households

with at least one worker, 2010

Source: OECD Income Distribution Database

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

0

10

20

30

40

50

2010 or latest available year 2000 or first available year

Gender wage gaps

(Men minus Women/Men )

0

5

10

15

20

25

Gender time gaps

(Women minus Men)

Source: OECD Employment Database

Source: OECD calculations based on national time-use surveys

Number of weekly hours of unpaid work

Women are the primary target of intimate violence and have greater fears about their safety

On average in the OECD, 25% of women say they have been victim

of intimate violence from their partner

Women are under-represented in top management and political positions

On average in the OECD, only 27% of parliamentary seats are occupied by women

Women live 5 years longer than men

Young women are more educated than young men

Source: OECD calculations on European Quality of Life Survey

Proportion of men and women relying on partner/spouse

and friends if they needed help when looking for a job,

Europe, 2007

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

Men Women

Partner / spouse Friend