OECD Better Life Index

• http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/

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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What’s Your Better Life Index?

Your Better Life Index is designed to let you visualise and compare some of the key factors – like education, housing, environment, and so on – that contribute to well-being in OECD countries. It’s an interactive tool that allows you to see how countries perform according to the importance yougive to each of 11 topics that make for a better life.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• What’s the point of Your 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?
• How do I compare my Index?
• What else can I learn from this website?
• What are the indicators behind Your Better Life Index?
• Why is Your Better Life Index relevant?
• Where do the data come from?
• Does the Index provide details at the regional level?
• How are social inequalities integrated in the Index?
• What if my Better Life Index doesn’t contain topics which matter to me?
• What’s the point of the survey?
• Does the Index allow comparisons over time?
• How are the weights assigned?
• How are the indicators aggregated?
• How are the indicators normalised?
• How are inequalities calculated?
• What is an imputed value?