WHAT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD VALUE
MOST
The OECD Better Life Index shows Indians value
`life satisfaction' most
The OECD Better Life Initiative has been
collecting information on a continuous basis since 2011, and to date has
received over 60,000 responses from over 180 countries.
The result, called the Better Life Index, is
intended to allow viewers to compare well-being across countries, based on the
11 topics the OECD identified as essential, in the areas of material living
conditions and quality of life.
Website MoveHub.com took these answers and
created the map which shows what people around the world valued as highest
priority.
In Europe, the UK, Sweden, Germany, Finland and
Poland chose life satisfaction as their top priority, and health was valued
most in Russia, Norway, Iceland, France and Austria.
Cyprus was the only country in Europe where
people selected a work-life balance as their highest priority while the people
of Ukraine and Albania valued income the most.
In North America there was a clear difference
seen between the values of the US, Canada and Mexico, whose top priorities were
life satisfaction, health and environment respectively.
Meanwhile almost all of South America including
Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina is most preoccupied with issues
regarding education, asides from Peru (life satisfaction), Venezuela (safety)
and Guyana (housing).
How's
Life & WHAT IS LIFE SATISFACTION
Life satisfaction measures how people evaluate
their life as a whole rather than their current feelings. It captures a
reflective assessment of which life circumstances and conditions are im portant
for subjective well-being
Across OECD countries, 76% of people reported
having more positive experiences in an average day than negative experiences
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ROISIN O'CONNOR
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The
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ET1MAY15
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