Better Life Index : Better Life Index

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Measure		Value
Inequality
Indicator		Housing			Income		Jobs			Community	Education			Environment		Civic engagement	Health		Life Satisfaction	Safety	Work-Life Balance
Indicator		Dwellings without basic facilities	Housing expenditure	Rooms per person	Household net adjusted disposable income	Household net wealth	Employment rate	Long-term unemployment rate	Personal earnings	Quality of support network	Educational attainment	Student skills	Years in education	Air pollution	Water quality	Voter turnout	Life expectancy	Self-reported health	Life satisfaction	Homicide rate	Employees working very long hours	Time devoted to leisure and personal care
Unit		Percentage	Percentage	Ratio	US Dollar	US Dollar	Percentage	Percentage	US Dollar	Percentage	Percentage	Average score	Years	Micrograms per cubic metre	Percentage	Percentage	Years	Percentage	Average score	Ratio	Percentage	Hours
Unit
Country
Australia		..	19.4	..	37 433	528 768	73	1	55 206	93	84	499	20	6.7	92	92	83	85	7.1	0.9	12.5	14.36
Austria		0.8	20.8	1.6	37 001	309 637	72	1.3	53 132	92	86	491	17	12.2	92	76	82	71	7.2	0.5	5.3	14.51
Belgium		0.7	20	2.1	34 884	447 607	65	2.3	54 327	90	80	500	19	12.8	79	88	82.1	74	6.8	1.1	4.3	15.52
Canada		0.2	22.9	2.6	34 421	478 240	70	0.5	55 342	93	92	517	17	7.1	90	68	82.1	89	7	1.2	3.3	14.57
Chile		9.4	18.4	1.9	..	135 787	56	..	26 729	88	67	438	17	23.4	62	47	80.6	60	6.2	2.4	7.7	..
Czechia		0.5	23.4	1.5	26 664	..	74	0.6	29 885	96	94	495	18	17	89	62	79.3	62	6.9	0.7	4.5	..
Denmark		0.5	23.3	1.9	33 774	149 864	74	0.9	58 430	95	82	501	19	10	93	85	81.5	70	7.5	0.5	1.1	..
Estonia		5.7	17	1.7	23 784	188 627	74	1.2	30 720	95	91	526	18	5.9	86	64	78.8	57	6.5	1.9	2.2	14.98
Finland		0.4	23.1	1.9	33 471	230 032	72	1.2	46 230	96	91	516	20	5.5	97	69	82.1	68	7.9	1.2	3.6	15.17
France		0.5	20.7	1.8	34 375	298 639	65	2.9	45 581	94	81	494	17	11.4	78	75	82.9	67	6.7	0.4	7.7	16.2
Germany		0.1	20	1.8	38 971	304 317	77	1.2	53 745	90	86	500	18	12	91	76	81.4	66	7.3	0.4	3.9	15.62
Greece		0.4	21.8	1.2	20 791	148 323	56	10.8	27 207	78	76	453	19	14.5	67	58	81.7	79	5.8	1	4.5	15.03
Hungary		3.5	19.9	1.4	21 026	150 296	70	1.2	25 409	94	86	479	16	16.7	81	70	76.4	58	6	0.9	1.5	15.08
Iceland		0	..	1.6	..	..	78	0.7	67 488	98	76	481	19	6.4	97	81	83.2	77	7.6	0.3	11.7	..
Ireland		0.2	20.6	2.1	29 488	370 341	68	1.2	49 474	96	85	505	18	7.8	80	63	82.8	84	7	0.5	4.7	14.54
Israel		..	..	1.2	..	..	67	0.2	39 322	95	88	465	16	19.7	77	67	82.9	74	7.2	1.5	14.1	..
Italy		0.6	22.5	1.4	29 431	295 020	58	4.8	37 769	89	63	477	17	15.9	77	73	83.6	73	6.5	0.5	3.3	16.47
Japan		6.4	21.8	1.9	28 872	294 735	77	0.8	38 515	89	..	520	16	13.7	87	53	84.4	37	6.1	0.2	..	14.1
Korea		2.5	14.7	1.5	24 590	362 340	66	0	41 960	80	89	520	17	27.3	82	77	83.3	34	5.8	0.8	..	14.83
Luxembourg		0.1	20.7	2	44 773	941 162	67	1.7	65 854	91	74	477	15	10	85	90	82.7	72	7.4	0.2	2.8	..
Mexico		25.9	17.8	1.1	16 269	..	59	0.1	16 230	77	42	416	15	20.3	75	63	75.1	66	6	26.8	27	..
Netherlands		0.1	19.6	2	34 984	248 599	78	0.9	58 828	94	81	502	19	12.2	91	79	82.2	75	7.5	0.6	0.3	15.45
New Zealand		..	25	2.4	39 024	514 162	77	0.4	45 269	95	81	503	18	6	85	82	82.1	86	7.3	1.3	14	14.87
Norway		0	17.7	2.1	39 144	268 358	75	0.9	55 780	96	82	497	18	6.7	98	78	83	75	7.3	0.6	1.4	15.67
Poland		2.3	21.2	1.1	23 675	233 221	69	0.6	32 527	94	93	513	18	22.8	82	68	78	60	6.1	0.5	4.2	14.68
Portugal		0.9	19.6	1.7	24 877	255 303	69	2.3	28 410	87	55	492	17	8.3	89	49	81.8	50	5.8	0.7	5.6	..
Slovak Republic		1.5	27.4	1.1	21 149	171 425	68	3	23 619	95	92	469	16	18.5	81	66	77.8	65	6.5	0.8	4.2	..
Slovenia		0.2	18.2	1.6	25 250	233 286	71	1.9	41 445	95	90	504	18	17	93	53	81.6	67	6.5	0.4	5.6	..
Spain		0.3	21.7	1.9	27 155	366 534	62	5	37 922	93	63	..	18	10	76	72	83.9	75	6.5	0.7	2.5	15.75
Sweden		0	20.1	1.7	33 730	..	75	1	47 020	94	84	503	20	5.8	97	87	83.2	76	7.3	1.1	0.9	..
Switzerland		0	21.4	1.9	39 697	..	80	1.7	64 824	94	89	498	17	10.1	96	45	84	81	7.5	0.3	0.4	..
Türkiye		4.9	18.9	1	..	..	48	3.3	..	85	42	462	19	27.1	62	86	78.6	67	4.9	1	25	14.61
United Kingdom		0.5	23.2	2	33 049	524 422	75	0.9	47 147	93	82	503	17	10.1	82	68	81.3	73	6.8	0.2	10.8	14.94
United States		0.1	18.3	2.4	51 147	684 500	67	0.5	69 392	94	92	495	17	7.7	88	65	78.9	88	7	6	10.4	14.57
OECD - Total		3	20.5	1.7	30 490	323 960	66	1.3	49 165	91	79	488	18	14	84	69	81	68	6.7	2.6	10.2	15.07
Non-OECD Economies		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Non-OECD Economies	Brazil	6.7	..	..	..	..	57	..	..	83	57	400	16	11.7	70	80	75.9	..	6.1	19	5.6	..
Non-OECD Economies	Russia	13.8	17.4	1	19 546	..	70	1.1	..	89	95	481	16	11.8	62	68	73.2	43	5.5	4.8	0.1	..

Data extracted on 02 May 2024 17:32 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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