Better Life Index OECD Launch
24 May 2011
Juan Valverde
Today the OECD introduced a new interactive index that aims to measure and compare peoples lives that goes beyond traditional GDP numbers.
The index called Your Better Life Index is part of a larger OECD Better Life Initiative that aims to measure well-being and progress. The index allows citizens to compare lives across 34 countries, based on 11 dimensions -- housing, income, jobs, community, education, environment, governance, health, life satisfaction, safety, work-life balance -- giving their own weight to each of the dimensions.
Accoring to OECD Secretary-General "People around the world have wanted to go beyond GDP for some time. This index is designed for them. It has extraordinary potential to help us deliver better policies for better lives."
The index is being launched as part of the OECD's 50th Anniversary Forum and Ministerial celebrations in Paris, known as "OECD Week."
For more information on Your Better Life Index and Better Life Initiative check OECD's website on the subject:
http://www.oecd.org/document/63/0,3746,en_2649_201185_47912639_1_1_1_1,00.html
