How’s Life? 2020 – Measuring Wellbeing
How’s Life? 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 wellbeing outcomes, inequalities, and resources for future wellbeing. Since 2010, people’s wellbeing has improved in many respects, but progress has been slow or deteriorated in others, including how people connect with each other and their government. Large gaps by gender, age and education persist across most wellbeing outcomes. Generally, OECD countries that do better on average also feature greater equality between population groups and fewer people living in deprivation. Many OECD countries with poorer wellbeing in 2010 have since experienced the greatest gains. However, advances in current wellbeing have not always been matched by improvements in the resources that sustain wellbeing over time, with warning signs emerging across natural, human, economic and social capital. Beyond an overall analysis of wellbeing trends since 2010, this report explores in detail the 15 dimensions of the OECD Better Life Initiative, including health, subjective wellbeing, social connections, natural capital, and more, and looks at each country’s performance in dedicated country profiles.
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