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Are our lives getting better? How can policies improve our lives? Are we measuring the right things? The OECD Better Life Initiative and the work programme on Measuring Well-Being and Progress answer these questions. They allow understanding what drives well-being of people and nations and what needs to be done to achieve greater progress for all.   

 

          

Well-being research

For many years, focusing on people's well-being and societal progress, the OECD has been looking not only at the functioning of the economic system but also at the diverse experiences and living conditions of people and households. Measuring well-being and progress is a key priority that the OECD is pursuing as part of the Better Life Initiative through various streams of research and on-going work. The OECD is pursuing an ambitious agenda with the aim to develop better well-being metrics, and is also providing analysis in order to bridge the gap between existing well-being metrics and policy intervention. 

• Find out more about well-being research and ongoing work 

   

How's Life? series

‌ How’s Life? 2015 Key findings by country

‌‌‌‌‌‌How Was Life? Global Well-Being since 1820  How has quality of life improved in your country?

How's Life in Your Region? Regional Well-Being Index

Measuring and Assessing Well-being in Israel Key findings (Hebrew)

• Find out more about all analytical and methodological publications 

 

Playing with the data

Create your Better Life Index ‌

Create your Regional Well-Being Index ‌     How has quality of life evolved since 1820?  ‌

 

Key findings from the Better Life Initiative

These country notes present selected findings based on the set of well-being indicators used for the Better Life Initiative and show what users of the Better Life Index in specific countries are telling us about their well-being priorities.

Updated on 31^st  May 2016

 

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium (FRA)
• Brazil
• Canada
• Chile (ESP)
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France  (FRA)
• Germany (DEU)
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan (JPN)
  
• Korea
• Luxembourg
• Mexico (ESP)
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Russia
• Slovak Republic
• Slovenia
• Spain (ESP)
• Sweden
• Switzerland (FRA)
• Turkey
• United Kingdom
• United States

  

Events

The OECD is continuing the dialogue on well-being through various events including the OECD World Forums on "Statistics, Knowledge and Policy".

On 13-15 October 2015, the OECD and INEGI – the National Statistical Institute of Mexico – co-organised the 5^th OECD World Forum "Transforming Policy, Changing Lives", in Guadalajara, Mexico. Read the summary report in English or in Spanish, or for more information, visit: www.oecd-5wf.mx.

  

• Find out about all events related to well-being 

  

Related initiatives

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Contact us: wellbeing@oecd.org