Quality of Life

Society

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The Quality of Life issue frames a situation where nations provide the basis for sustainable human and economic development, lowering poverty and helping people afford a better quality of life. By ensuring the physical and emotional well-being, societies become resilient and supportive, able to cope with the demands and challenges of daily living. The Quality of Life issue is strongly aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals 1 and 2.

The GAPFRAME currently uses four publicly available indicators that serve as proxies for Quality of Life issue. These indicators are: life satisfaction (OECD, 2015) that evaluates how people see their life (general satisfaction), quality of support network (OECD, 2015) that represents population with friends/relatives to rely on if needed, work-life balance (OECD, 2015) measuring the percentage of employees who work 50 hours per week or more, and poverty among population (World Bank, 2010 – 2015) which refers to poverty headcount ratio at the national poverty lines. These four proxies will in future be complemented with child well-being, for which there are no global indicators available yet.


0 - 5.0	A THREAT	5.1 - 6.6	CRITICAL	6.7 - 7.4	WATCHLIST	7.5 - 8.8	SAFE SPACE	8.9 - 10	TOWARDS IDEAL

Map Quality of Life

COUNTRY	REGION	GEOPOLITICS	RESULT	RANK
Afghanistan	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries		37
Albania	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Algeria	Northern Africa	Developing regions		37
Andorra	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Angola	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Antigua and Barbuda	Central America	Developing regions		37
Argentina	South America	Developing regions		37
Armenia	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Australia	Australasia (Oceania)	Developed regions	6.7	26
Austria	Western Europe	Developed regions	6.9	22
Azerbaijan	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Bahamas	Central America	Developing regions		37
Bahrain	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Bangladesh	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries		37
Barbados	Central America	Developing regions		37
Belarus	Eastern Europe	Developed regions		37
Belgium	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.8	8
Belize	Central America	Developing regions		37
Benin	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Bhutan	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries		37
Bolivia	South America	Developing regions		37
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Botswana	Southern Africa	Developing regions		37
Brazil	South America	Developing regions	7.3	14
Brunei	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Bulgaria	Eastern Europe	Developed regions		37
Burkina Faso	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Burundi	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Cabo Verde	Western Africa	Developing regions		37
Cambodia	South-East Asia	Least developed countries		37
Cameroon	Middle Africa	Developing regions		37
Canada	North America	Developed regions	7.8	9
Central African Republic (CAR)	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Chad	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Chile	South America	Developing regions	6.2	29
China	Eastern Asia	Developing regions		37
Colombia	South America	Developing regions		37
Comoros	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Costa Rica	Central America	Developing regions		37
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Cost)	Western Africa	Developing regions		37
Croatia	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Cuba	Central America	Developing regions		37
Cyprus	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Czech Republic	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.0	21
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Denmark	Northern Europe	Developed regions	8.4	1
Djibouti	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Dominica	Central America	Developing regions		37
Dominican Republic	Central America	Developing regions		37
Ecuador	South America	Developing regions		37
Egypt	Northern Africa	Developing regions		37
El Salvador	Central America	Developing regions		37
Equatorial Guinea	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Eritrea	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Estonia	Northern Europe	Developed regions	7.0	20
Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Fiji	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Finland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	8.2	2
France	Western Europe	Developed regions	6.5	28
Gabon	Middle Africa	Developing regions		37
Gambia	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Georgia	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Germany	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.8	10
Ghana	Western Africa	Developing regions		37
Greece	Southern Europe	Developed regions	5.7	32
Grenada	Central America	Developing regions		37
Guatemala	Central America	Developing regions		37
Guinea	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Guyana	South America	Developing regions		37
Haiti	Central America	Least developed countries		37
Honduras	Central America	Developing regions		37
Hungary	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	6.9	24
Iceland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	7.4	13
India	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		37
Indonesia	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Iran	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		37
Iraq	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Ireland	Northern Europe	Developed regions	8.1	4
Israel	Middle East	Developing regions	5.9	30
Italy	Southern Europe	Developed regions	7.1	16
Jamaica	Central America	Developing regions		37
Japan	Eastern Asia	Developed regions	4.9	34
Jordan	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Kazakhstan	Central Asia	Developing regions		37
Kenya	Eastern Africa	Developing regions		37
Kiribati	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries		37
Kosovo	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Kuwait	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	Developing regions		37
Laos	South-East Asia	Least developed countries		37
Latvia	Northern Europe	Developed regions		37
Lebanon	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Lesotho	Southern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Liberia	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Libya	Northern Africa	Developing regions		37
Liechtenstein	Western Europe	Developed regions		37
Lithuania	Northern Europe	Developed regions		37
Luxembourg	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.1	18
Macedonia	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Madagascar	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Malawi	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Malaysia	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Maldives	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		37
Mali	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Malta	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Marshall Islands	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Mauritania	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Mauritius	Eastern Africa	Developing regions		37
Mexico	Central America	Developing regions	3.1	36
Micronesia	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Moldova	Eastern Europe	Developed regions		37
Monaco	Western Europe	Developed regions		37
Mongolia	Eastern Asia	Developing regions		37
Montenegro	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Morocco	Northern Africa	Developing regions		37
Mozambique	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Myanmar (Burma)	South-East Asia	Least developed countries		37
Namibia	Southern Africa	Developing regions		37
Nauru	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Nepal	Indian Subcontinent	Least developed countries		37
Netherlands	Western Europe	Developed regions	7.9	7
New Zealand	Australasia (Oceania)	Developed regions	6.9	23
Nicaragua	Central America	Developing regions		37
Niger	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Nigeria	Western Africa	Developing regions		37
North Korea	Eastern Asia	Developing regions		37
Norway	Northern Europe	Developed regions	8.2	3
Oman	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Pakistan	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		37
Palau	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Palestine	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Panama	Central America	Developing regions		37
Papua New Guinea	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Paraguay	South America	Developing regions		37
Peru	South America	Developing regions		37
Philippines	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Poland	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.0	19
Portugal	Southern Europe	Developed regions	5.7	31
Qatar	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Republic of the Congo	Middle Africa	Developing regions		37
Romania	Eastern Europe	Developed regions		37
Russia	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.7	11
Rwanda	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America	Developing regions		37
Saint Lucia	Central America	Developing regions		37
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America	Developing regions		37
Samoa	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
San Marino	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Sao Tome and Principe	Middle Africa	Least developed countries		37
Saudi Arabia	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Senegal	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Serbia	Southern Europe	Developed regions		37
Seychelles	Eastern Africa	Developing regions		37
Sierra Leone	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Singapore	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Slovakia	Eastern Europe	Developed regions	7.2	15
Slovenia	Southern Europe	Developed regions	7.1	17
Solomon Islands	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries		37
Somalia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
South Africa	Southern Africa	Developing regions		37
South Korea	Eastern Asia	Developing regions	3.4	35
South Sudan	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Spain	Southern Europe	Developed regions	7.6	12
Sri Lanka	Indian Subcontinent	Developing regions		37
Sudan	Northern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Suriname	South America	Developing regions		37
Swaziland	Southern Africa	Developing regions		37
Sweden	Northern Europe	Developed regions	8.1	5
Switzerland	Western Europe	Developed regions	8.0	6
Syria	Middle East	Developing regions		37
Taiwan	Eastern Asia	Developing regions		37
Tajikistan	Central Asia	Developing regions		37
Tanzania	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Thailand	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Timor-Leste	South-East Asia	Least developed countries		37
Togo	Western Africa	Least developed countries		37
Tonga	Australasia (Oceania)	Developing regions		37
Trinidad and Tobago	Central America	Developing regions		37
Tunisia	Northern Africa	Developing regions		37
Turkey	Middle East	Developing regions	5.2	33
Turkmenistan	Central Asia	Developing regions		37
Tuvalu	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries		37
Uganda	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Ukraine	Eastern Europe	Developed regions		37
United Arab Emirates (UAE)	Middle East	Developing regions		37
United Kingdom (UK)	Northern Europe	Developed regions	6.5	27
United States of America (USA)	North America	Developed regions	6.7	25
Uruguay	South America	Developing regions		37
Uzbekistan	Central Asia	Developing regions		37
Vanuatu	Australasia (Oceania)	Least developed countries		37
Venezuela	South America	Developing regions		37
Vietnam	South-East Asia	Developing regions		37
Yemen	Middle East	Least developed countries		37
Zambia	Eastern Africa	Least developed countries		37
Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	Developing regions		37

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