Your Better Life Index Tutorial

Summary

The OECD introduces the Better Life Index, an interactive tool that assesses well-being across 11 key life quality topics. Users can customize the index by adjusting the importance of each topic, represented by petals on a flower, to see how countries rank. The platform offers insights into gender inequalities and in-depth country profiles with key findings and best practices. It encourages global participation to discover what truly matters for a better life, accessible at oecdbetterlifeindex.org.

Takeaways

• 🌐 The OECD presents the 'Better Life Index', an interactive tool for measuring and comparing well-being across countries.
• 📊 The index is based on 11 topics considered essential to the quality of life.
• 🌼 The tool uses a visual representation of flowers, each with 11 petals corresponding to the topics in the index.
• 🔄 Users can adjust the priority of each topic by moving sliders, which transforms the flowers and changes the ranking of countries.
• 🏆 Countries that perform best according to user-defined priorities move to the top of the rankings.
• 📈 The width of the petals reflects the importance given to each topic, providing a visual representation of user priorities.
• 🔍 Users can click on a country's flower to access detailed information, key findings, and best practices for each topic.
• 📊 Bar graphs provide an overview of a country's performance in each topic, with the option to compare with another country.
• 📚 More information about the indicators used in the index, including social and gender inequality, is available through OECD publications.
• 📝 Users can create and compare their Better Life Index with others based on country, gender, and age, and share their findings.
• 💬 The OECD invites feedback from users to understand what constitutes a better life and to discover global priorities.

Q & A

What is the OECD's Better Life Index?

The OECD's Better Life Index is an interactive tool that allows users to measure and compare well-being across countries based on 11 topics essential to the quality of life.

How are the members of the OECD and key partners represented in the Better Life Index tool?

The members of the OECD and key partners are represented as flowers, with each flower having 11 petals, one for each topic in the index.

What can users do with the interactive toolbox in the Better Life Index?

Users can create their own Better Life Index according to their priorities by increasing or decreasing the importance of each topic using the sliders.

How do the flowers in the tool transform based on user choices?

The flowers transform to reflect the user's choices, with countries that move to the top performing best according to the priorities set by the user.

What does the width of the petals represent in the Better Life Index?

The width of the petals reflects the importance the user has given to each topic.

How can users get a clearer view of how countries compare in relation to one another?

Users can click on 'display countries by rank' to get a clearer view of how countries compare in relation to one another.

What can users learn about well-being inequalities between men and women using the Better Life Index?

Users can compare well-being inequalities between men and women to understand disparities in quality of life across genders.

How can users access more information about a specific country in the Better Life Index?

Users can click on a country's flower to go to the country page, where they can find key findings, best practices, and a snapshot of life in that country.

What do the bar graphs in the middle column of the country page represent?

The bar graphs in the middle column provide an overview of how a country performs in each topic of the Better Life Index.

How can users compare the results of one country with another?

Users can compare the results of one country with another by using the comparison feature on the right side of the country page.

Where can users find more information about the indicators used in the Better Life Index?

Users can find more information about the indicators, including social and gender inequality, in the freely accessible OECD Publications available on the website.

How can users share their created Better Life Index with others?

After creating their Better Life Index, users can compare it with those of other users by country, gender, and age, and share it with friends and family.

What does the OECD want from users in relation to the Better Life Index?

The OECD wants to hear from users about what they believe makes for a better life, in order to discover what's most important to people around the world.