How's Life? 2020
Measuring Well-being
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 well-being outcomes, inequalities, and
resources for future well-being. Since 2010, people’s well-being 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 well-being 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 well-being in 2010 have since
experienced the greatest gains. However, advances in current well-being have not always
been matched by improvements in the resources that sustain well-being over time, with
warning signs emerging across natural, human, economic and social capital. Beyond
an overall analysis of well-being trends since 2010, this report explores in detail
the 15 dimensions of the OECD Better Life Initiative, including health, subjective
well-being, social connections, natural capital, and more, and looks at each country’s
performance in dedicated country profiles.
Published on March 09, 2020 Latest available edition in: French, Chinese, Korean, Spanish
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