1. Your Better Life Index Measuring the well-being of societies Catherine CANDEA Public Affairs and Communications OECD

2. 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

3. New expectations

4. 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

5. Better Life Initiative: Framework

6. Your Better Life Index

8. Make information accessible

9. Encourage the reuse of data YOUR BETTER LIFE INDEX - ORIGINAL DATA TOPICHousingIncomeJobsCommunityEducationEnvironmentGovernanceHealthLife SatisfactionSafetyWork-life balance INDICATORRooms per person Dwelling without basic facilities Household disposable income Household financial wealth Employment rate Long-term unemployment rate Quality of support network Educational attainment Students reading skillsAir pollution Consultation on rule- making Voter turnoutLife expectancySelf-reported healthLife SatisfactionHomicide rateAssault rate Employees working very long hours Employment rate of women with children Time devoted to leisure and personal care UNIT Average number of rooms shared per person in a dwelling % of people without indoor flushing toilets in their home 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 ISO3 COUNTRY AUSAustralia2.4n.a.27,0392874572.301.0095.469.7251514.2810.509581.584.97.51.22.10.1470.5015.12 AUTAustria1.71.3027,6704373471.731.1394.681.0447029.037.138280.569.67.30.530.1071.0515.23 BELBelgium2.30.6026,0086948762.014.0792.669.5850621.274.509179.876.76.91.87.30.0462.7416.61 CANCanada2.5n.a.27,0155947971.680.9795.387.0752415.0010.506080.788.17.71.71.40.0471.1014.97 CHLChile1.39.368,712n.a.59.32n.a.85.267.9744961.552.008877.856.26.68.19.50.08n.a. CZECzech Republic1.30.7016,6901268565.003.1988.990.9047818.506.756477.368.26.223.50.0970.51n.a. DNKDenmark1.90.0022,9292718073.441.4496.874.5649516.267.008778.874.37.81.43.90.0277.5016.31 ESTEstonia1.212.2013,4861120261.027.8484.688.4850112.623.256273.956.35.16.36.20.0373.8914.94 FINFinland1.90.8024,2461861668.152.0193.481.0753614.879.007479.967.77.42.52.40.0476.0415.95 FRAFrance1.80.8027,5084225363.993.7593.969.9649612.943.50848172.46.81.44.90.0965.9716.06 DEUGermany1.71.2027,6654511371.103.4093.585.3349716.214.507880.264.76.70.83.60.0565.9316.14 GRCGreece1.21.8021,4991585659.555.7386.161.0748332.006.50748076.45.81.13.80.0651.72n.a. HUNHungary1.07.1013,8581142655.405.6888.679.7049415.607.886473.855.24.71.53.80.0358.8915.39 ISLIceland1.60.30n.a. 78.171.3597.664.1350014.475.138481.380.66.902.7n.a.86.50n.a. IRLIreland2.10.3024,3132307259.966.7497.369.4549612.549.006779.984.47.322.70.0355.1815.24 ISRIsrael1.1n.a. 6268459.211.859381.2347427.572.506581.179.77.42.43.10.23n.a. ITAItaly1.40.2024,3835345256.894.138653.3148623.335.008181.563.46.41.24.70.0548.9115.66 JPNJapan1.86.4023,2107003370.111.9989.787.0052027.147.256782.732.76.10.51.6n.a.65.9014.33 KORKorea1.37.4616,2542367163.310.0179.879.1453930.7610.386379.943.76.12.32.1n.a. 15.46 LUXLuxembourg1.90.80n.a. 65.211.299567.9447212.636.005780.6747.11.54.30.0457.23n.a. MEXMexicon.a.6.6012,1821159060.390.1387.133.5542532.699.005975.165.56.811.614.80.24n.a.13.56 NLDNetherlands2.00.0025,9776028074.671.2494.873.2950830.766.138080.280.67.5150.0174.5916.06 NZLNew Zealand2.3n.a.18,819n.a.72.340.6097.172.0552111.9310.257980.489.77.21.32.30.1375.3015.13 NORNorway1.90.1029,366572175.310.3493.180.7050315.858.137780.6807.60.63.30.03n.a.16.05 POLPoland1.04.8013,811747959.262.4992.287.1550035.0710.755475.657.75.81.22.20.0859.4615.35 PRTPortugal1.52.4018,5402782065.555.9783.328.2548921.006.506479.348.64.91.26.20.0567.37n.a. SVKSlovak Republic1.11.1015,490236658.768.5689.689.9347713.146.635574.831.16.11.73.50.0664.74n.a. SVNSlovenia1.10.6019,8902018866.203.2190.782.0448329.0310.256378.858.86.10.53.90.0774.3915.29 ESPSpain1.90.0022,9722217358.559.1094.151.2348127.567.257581.269.86.20.94.20.0756.6615.71 SWESweden1.80.0026,5433888872.731.4296.285.0449710.5210.888281.279.17.50.95.20.0176.1015.48 CHESwitzerland1.70.1027,5429341578.591.4993.286.8150122.368.384882.280.957.50.74.20.0678.60n.a. TURTurkey0.717.10n.a. 46.293.1178.830.3146437.065.508473.666.85.52.960.4524.1715.32 GBRUnited Kingdom1.80.5027,2086038269.512.5994.969.6349412.6711.506179.77672.61.90.1267.2715.60 USAUnited Statesn.a.0.0037,6859844066.712.8592.388.7050019.408.259077.9887.25.21.60.1173.2015.13 OECDOECD average1.62.8222,2843680864.522.7491.172.9549321.997.287279.2 696.7 2.1 4.10.0866.2015.46

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14. The Better Life Index…..... connects government policies to citizens’ lives Government (POLICIES) Public (LIVES) (BETTER) DATA, COMPARISONS AND ANALYSIS Supply Demand Engagement

16. 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.

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