Your Better Life IndexMeasuring the well-being of societies

Catherine CANDEA

Public Affairs and Communications

OECD

Beyond GDP

“ The time is ripe for our measurement system to shift

emphasis from measuring economic production to measuring people’s well-

being”

Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission Report

New expectations

OECD & Measuring well-being

•World Forums on Statistics, Knowledge and Policies – 2004 (Palermo)– 2007 (Istanbul)– 2009 (Busan)

•Global Project on Measuring the Progress of Societies– 2008 contribution to Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress

•Better Life Initiative– 2011 Better Life Index

Better Life Initiative: Framework

Your Better Life Index

Your Better Life Index

Make information accessible

Encourage the reuse of dataYOUR BETTER LIFE INDEX - ORIGINAL DATA

TOPIC Housing Income Jobs Community Education Environment Governance Health Life Satisfaction Safety Work-life balance

INDICATOR Rooms per personDwelling without basic

facilitiesHousehold

disposable incomeHousehold financial

wealthEmployment rate

Long-term unemployment rate

Quality of support network

Educational attainment

Students reading skills Air pollutionConsultation on rule-

makingVoter turnout Life expectancy Self-reported health Life Satisfaction Homicide rate Assault rate

Employees working very long hours

Employment rate of women with children

Time devoted to leisure and personal

care

UNITAverage number of rooms shared per

person in a dwelling

% of people without indoor flushing toilets in

their home

USD (PPPs adjusted)

USD (PPPs adjusted)

% of the working age population (15-64)

% of people, aged 15-64, who are not working but have been actively seeking a job for over a

year

% of people who have friends or relatives to rely

on in case of need

% of people, aged 15-64, having at least an

upper-secondary (high-school) degree

Average reading performance of students

aged 15, according to PISA

Average concentration of particulate matter (PM10) in cities with population larger than 100 000, measured in

micrograms per cubic meter

Composite index, increasing with the

number of key elements of formal

consultation processes

Number of people voting as % of the

registered population

Average number of years a person

can expect to live

% of people reporting their health to be

"good or very good"

Average self-evaluation of life satisfaction, on a scale from 0 to 10

Average number of reported

homicides per 100 000 people

% of people who report having

been assaulted in the previous year

% of employees working more than fifty

hours a week on average

% of mothers with school-age children who have a paid job

Average number of hours per day spent on

leisure and personal care

ISO3COUNTRY                        

              

AUS Australia 2.4n.a. 27,039 28745 72.30 1.00 95.4 69.72 515 14.28 10.50 95 81.5 84.9 7.5 1.2 2.1 0.14 70.50 15.12

AUT Austria 1.7 1.30 27,670 43734 71.73 1.13 94.6 81.04 470 29.03 7.13 82 80.5 69.6 7.3 0.5 3 0.10 71.05 15.23

BEL Belgium 2.3 0.60 26,008 69487 62.01 4.07 92.6 69.58 506 21.27 4.50 91 79.8 76.7 6.9 1.8 7.3 0.04 62.74 16.61

CAN Canada 2.5n.a. 27,015 59479 71.68 0.97 95.3 87.07 524 15.00 10.50 60 80.7 88.1 7.7 1.7 1.4 0.04 71.10 14.97

CHL Chile 1.3 9.36 8,712n.a. 59.32n.a. 85.2 67.97 449 61.55 2.00 88 77.8 56.2 6.6 8.1 9.5 0.08n.a. n.a.

CZE Czech Republic 1.3 0.70 16,690 12685 65.00 3.19 88.9 90.90 478 18.50 6.75 64 77.3 68.2 6.2 2 3.5 0.09 70.51n.a.

DNK Denmark 1.9 0.00 22,929 27180 73.44 1.44 96.8 74.56 495 16.26 7.00 87 78.8 74.3 7.8 1.4 3.9 0.02 77.50 16.31

EST Estonia 1.2 12.20 13,486 11202 61.02 7.84 84.6 88.48 501 12.62 3.25 62 73.9 56.3 5.1 6.3 6.2 0.03 73.89 14.94

FIN Finland 1.9 0.80 24,246 18616 68.15 2.01 93.4 81.07 536 14.87 9.00 74 79.9 67.7 7.4 2.5 2.4 0.04 76.04 15.95

FRA France 1.8 0.80 27,508 42253 63.99 3.75 93.9 69.96 496 12.94 3.50 84 81 72.4 6.8 1.4 4.9 0.09 65.97 16.06

DEU Germany 1.7 1.20 27,665 45113 71.10 3.40 93.5 85.33 497 16.21 4.50 78 80.2 64.7 6.7 0.8 3.6 0.05 65.93 16.14

GRC Greece 1.2 1.80 21,499 15856 59.55 5.73 86.1 61.07 483 32.00 6.50 74 80 76.4 5.8 1.1 3.8 0.06 51.72n.a.

HUN Hungary 1.0 7.10 13,858 11426 55.40 5.68 88.6 79.70 494 15.60 7.88 64 73.8 55.2 4.7 1.5 3.8 0.03 58.89 15.39

ISL Iceland 1.6 0.30n.a. n.a. 78.17 1.35 97.6 64.13 500 14.47 5.13 84 81.3 80.6 6.9 0 2.7n.a. 86.50n.a.

IRL Ireland 2.1 0.30 24,313 23072 59.96 6.74 97.3 69.45 496 12.54 9.00 67 79.9 84.4 7.3 2 2.7 0.03 55.18 15.24

ISR Israel 1.1n.a. n.a. 62684 59.21 1.85 93 81.23 474 27.57 2.50 65 81.1 79.7 7.4 2.4 3.1 0.23n.a. n.a.

ITA Italy 1.4 0.20 24,383 53452 56.89 4.13 86 53.31 486 23.33 5.00 81 81.5 63.4 6.4 1.2 4.7 0.05 48.91 15.66

JPN Japan 1.8 6.40 23,210 70033 70.11 1.99 89.7 87.00 520 27.14 7.25 67 82.7 32.7 6.1 0.5 1.6n.a. 65.90 14.33

KOR Korea 1.3 7.46 16,254 23671 63.31 0.01 79.8 79.14 539 30.76 10.38 63 79.9 43.7 6.1 2.3 2.1n.a. n.a. 15.46

LUX Luxembourg 1.9 0.80n.a. n.a. 65.21 1.29 95 67.94 472 12.63 6.00 57 80.6 74 7.1 1.5 4.3 0.04 57.23n.a.

MEX Mexico n.a. 6.60 12,182 11590 60.39 0.13 87.1 33.55 425 32.69 9.00 59 75.1 65.5 6.8 11.6 14.8 0.24n.a. 13.56

NLD Netherlands 2.0 0.00 25,977 60280 74.67 1.24 94.8 73.29 508 30.76 6.13 80 80.2 80.6 7.5 1 5 0.01 74.59 16.06

NZL New Zealand 2.3n.a. 18,819n.a. 72.34 0.60 97.1 72.05 521 11.93 10.25 79 80.4 89.7 7.2 1.3 2.3 0.13 75.30 15.13

NOR Norway 1.9 0.10 29,366 5721 75.31 0.34 93.1 80.70 503 15.85 8.13 77 80.6 80 7.6 0.6 3.3 0.03n.a. 16.05

POL Poland 1.0 4.80 13,811 7479 59.26 2.49 92.2 87.15 500 35.07 10.75 54 75.6 57.7 5.8 1.2 2.2 0.08 59.46 15.35

PRT Portugal 1.5 2.40 18,540 27820 65.55 5.97 83.3 28.25 489 21.00 6.50 64 79.3 48.6 4.9 1.2 6.2 0.05 67.37n.a.

SVK Slovak Republic 1.1 1.10 15,490 2366 58.76 8.56 89.6 89.93 477 13.14 6.63 55 74.8 31.1 6.1 1.7 3.5 0.06 64.74n.a.

SVN Slovenia 1.1 0.60 19,890 20188 66.20 3.21 90.7 82.04 483 29.03 10.25 63 78.8 58.8 6.1 0.5 3.9 0.07 74.39 15.29

ESP Spain 1.9 0.00 22,972 22173 58.55 9.10 94.1 51.23 481 27.56 7.25 75 81.2 69.8 6.2 0.9 4.2 0.07 56.66 15.71

SWE Sweden 1.8 0.00 26,543 38888 72.73 1.42 96.2 85.04 497 10.52 10.88 82 81.2 79.1 7.5 0.9 5.2 0.01 76.10 15.48

CHE Switzerland 1.7 0.10 27,542 93415 78.59 1.49 93.2 86.81 501 22.36 8.38 48 82.2 80.95 7.5 0.7 4.2 0.06 78.60n.a.

TUR Turkey 0.7 17.10n.a. n.a. 46.29 3.11 78.8 30.31 464 37.06 5.50 84 73.6 66.8 5.5 2.9 6 0.45 24.17 15.32

GBR United Kingdom 1.8 0.50 27,208 60382 69.51 2.59 94.9 69.63 494 12.67 11.50 61 79.7 76 7 2.6 1.9 0.12 67.27 15.60

USA United States n.a. 0.00 37,685 98440 66.71 2.85 92.3 88.70 500 19.40 8.25 90 77.9 88 7.2 5.2 1.6 0.11 73.20 15.13

OECD OECD average 1.6 2.82 22,284 36808 64.52 2.74 91.1 72.95 493 21.99 7.28 72 79.2 69 6.7 2.1 4.1 0.08 66.20 15.46

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The Better Life Index….

.... connects government policies to citizens’ lives

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(POLICIES)

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(LIVES)(BETTER)

DATA, COMPARISONS AND ANALYSIS

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For 50 years, the OECD has collected data and developed policies to promote economic innovation.

The task that we face today is to develop an equally rich set of data and policies to support social innovation.

New Social Demands

“… aspects of life, such as health, education, family life and the environment, must also be given due weight.”