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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Quality_of_life_indicators_-
_measuring_quality_of_life#Framework_for_measuring_quality_of_life

The need for measurement beyond GDP

Quality of life is a broad concept that encompasses a number of different dimensions (by which
we understand the elements or factors making up a complete entity, that can be measured
through a set of sub dimensions with an associated number of indicators for each). It
encompasses both objective factors (e.g. command of material resources, health, work status,
living conditions and many others) and the subjective perception one has of them. The latter
depends significantly on citizens’ priorities and needs. Measuring quality of life for different
populations and countries in a comparable manner is a complex task, and a scoreboard of
indicators covering a number of relevant dimensions is needed for this purpose.

National accounts aggregates have become an important indicator of the economic performance
and living standards of our societies. This is because they allow direct comparisons to be made
easily. Gross Domestic Product (GDP), one of these aggregates, is the most common measure of
the economic activity of a region or a country at a given time; many decision and policy makers
use it as the standard benchmark, often basing their decisions or recommendations on it. It
includes all final goods and services an economy produces and provides a snapshot of its
performance. GDP is very useful for measuring market production (expressed in money units).
However, although it was not intended as an indicator of social progress, it has been considered
to be closely linked to the well-being of citizens. The following are a number of reasons why
GDP is not sufficient for this purpose, and therefore needs to be complemented by other
indicators.

https://www.numbeo.com/quality-of-life/rankings_by_country.jsp

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Quality Purchasing Health
Safety of Price to Commute Pollution Climate
Rank Country of Life Power Care
Index Living Income Time Index Index
Index Index Index
Index Ratio Index
1 Denmark 199.95 118.75 77.29 79.85 82.65 7.09 30.17 22.48 81.87
2 Finland 197.32 120.00 77.36 74.97 72.73 7.40 32.92 12.19 59.73
3 Switzerland 193.97 130.09 77.92 72.24 119.98 10.60 29.37 22.90 79.90
4 Australia 192.41 128.60 57.81 75.78 73.87 7.25 36.54 24.32 92.60
5 Austria 191.99 103.83 78.50 79.20 72.31 9.75 27.53 23.06 76.95
6 Netherlands 190.22 108.26 71.78 79.13 75.93 7.31 31.94 28.10 86.95
7 Germany 189.13 123.27 63.84 74.88 67.89 8.48 30.99 28.15 82.42
 New
8 185.08 101.88 60.12 72.62 72.41 8.24 33.57 21.87 96.21
Zealand
9 Japan 184.25 108.39 87.31 82.21 79.87 11.66 40.89 35.96 85.26
United
10 182.67 129.43 52.99 68.89 68.96 3.43 34.17 32.26 77.31
States
11 Iceland 181.84 93.21 76.36 63.91 112.64 6.63 27.37 15.55 68.26
12 Norway 181.60 109.53 61.56 75.03 104.11 8.20 29.47 20.11 71.28
13 Sweden 181.38 120.86 50.12 68.97 70.39 9.59 30.98 18.48 74.46
14 Estonia 180.68 77.37 79.67 72.47 51.61 9.15 29.65 18.05 66.24
United Arab
15 176.22 142.26 82.51 69.90 54.56 3.87 39.84 53.91 45.84
Emirates
16 Slovenia 175.72 81.33 75.56 63.57 52.93 9.45 28.64 25.49 78.08
17 Spain 174.45 90.44 63.23 77.87 55.43 8.61 31.90 38.59 93.98
United
18 174.25 112.86 58.40 74.12 67.18 8.89 35.57 38.45 87.84
Kingdom
19 Canada 173.84 115.97 60.82 70.07 64.54 6.91 35.75 27.71 56.17
20 Qatar 167.57 142.72 85.89 72.86 62.63 4.76 34.30 68.17 36.03
21 Portugal 164.78 60.02 66.21 69.54 50.64 11.61 30.41 31.31 97.85
22 Belgium 164.58 99.28 58.50 80.93 74.39 7.19 35.71 49.40 86.01
23 France 164.33 99.72 54.04 78.71 74.83 11.51 35.24 41.04 89.75
24 Croatia 162.33 62.19 73.06 62.56 50.05 11.33 30.68 33.10 88.91
Czech
25 162.03 77.63 72.11 74.63 44.53 13.89 30.34 40.61 76.95
Republic
26 Ireland 161.29 95.40 56.05 48.19 77.08 8.09 35.73 30.41 89.29
27 Taiwan 159.47 102.07 78.58 85.34 59.69 17.50 32.69 63.91 82.90
28 Cyprus 159.24 83.85 69.61 50.70 54.98 6.33 21.64 56.23 92.23
29 Singapore 156.17 99.15 84.41 69.25 80.40 21.18 42.51 33.09 57.45
30 Slovakia 155.38 66.46 69.97 62.85 45.41 9.97 30.91 41.33 78.57
South
31 153.74 107.67 63.09 84.34 76.62 15.28 37.74 53.40 68.39
Korea
32 Israel 153.74 98.10 62.71 74.16 74.86 12.61 36.19 59.39 93.80
33 Lithuania 153.38 60.64 63.10 67.27 46.95 11.91 29.00 32.01 69.34
Saudi
34 151.80 130.44 63.15 58.90 46.59 2.72 32.65 68.41 41.42
Arabia
35 Italy 149.08 86.80 54.82 67.05 69.68 9.63 36.47 53.80 92.48
36 Poland 147.53 75.17 64.52 62.48 38.69 10.04 32.80 52.15 75.85
37 Romania 141.02 63.83 71.53 54.24 36.70 9.89 35.56 54.36 76.81
38 Belarus 138.72 44.27 73.82 56.19 32.03 14.94 29.09 40.69 64.33
39 Greece 137.46 53.18 61.17 55.49 57.64 9.68 33.63 52.40 91.80
 South
40 137.05 91.42 23.92 63.35 42.11 3.92 42.44 59.19 95.98
Africa
41 Hungary 134.55 56.73 64.11 47.83 41.34 13.04 35.32 46.33 79.19
42 Bulgaria 131.20 57.21 59.72 53.87 37.83 8.76 30.45 64.23 82.51
43 Argentina 130.41 61.48 38.07 70.53 36.41 13.11 42.15 54.50 98.21
44 Turkey 127.93 53.18 59.34 69.74 35.52 9.54 45.55 69.03 92.92
Bosnia And
45 126.04 52.07 55.30 54.58 36.04 12.05 27.07 62.87 80.46
Herzegovina
46 Chile 124.28 54.50 54.01 64.22 48.20 13.64 36.68 65.21 90.21
47 Mexico 123.99 53.93 47.94 69.64 30.54 9.74 42.32 66.19 86.02
48 Serbia 122.57 43.05 61.65 54.18 36.13 18.13 29.09 57.92 83.26
49 India 121.61 77.67 56.85 68.04 23.81 10.83 47.57 75.17 66.04
50 Malaysia 121.32 76.33 38.85 67.49 40.69 9.33 37.56 64.46 58.57
51 Jordan 113.80 46.39 56.46 64.78 52.54 6.85 45.38 80.56 88.78
52 Lebanon 112.24 58.92 53.36 67.00 57.21 13.10 39.55 86.70 94.74
53 Colombia 111.09 37.96 49.21 67.03 32.61 18.72 47.41 63.08 96.69
54 Macedonia 108.89 41.61 60.06 59.10 31.49 13.77 31.24 81.49 76.30
55 Indonesia 107.81 34.97 54.37 63.00 36.16 13.84 44.77 62.27 68.39
56 Russia 107.34 52.15 56.37 57.29 36.73 11.44 46.96 63.37 48.67
57 Hong Kong 104.48 76.49 78.03 66.84 74.73 46.89 40.27 67.87 83.64
58 Thailand 103.92 43.99 51.59 79.21 44.55 21.52 39.76 72.56 69.21
59 Pakistan 103.03 41.61 52.09 58.95 22.17 13.61 42.24 75.53 72.20
60 Ukraine 100.41 34.32 50.00 50.30 27.08 15.29 39.58 66.18 70.41
61 Brazil 100.32 40.67 29.72 54.22 40.48 17.90 45.85 59.14 95.40
62 China 99.07 74.18 51.33 63.48 40.34 27.17 42.70 83.08 78.82
63 Philippines 94.62 31.75 59.58 66.64 32.78 19.45 45.31 74.13 60.82
64 Iran 91.99 44.26 50.61 51.96 30.86 13.24 50.76 80.63 70.99
65 Vietnam 86.04 35.57 49.54 54.49 36.91 20.07 32.79 87.53 71.24
66 Egypt 84.59 25.32 47.64 44.17 24.67 13.26 47.10 87.61 91.98

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life#In_healthcare
"Quality of Life: How Good is Life for You?". University of Toronto Quality of Life Research Unit. Retrieved
14 October 2009.

"Temporal Dynamics of Health and Well-Being: A Crowdsourcing Approach to Momentary Assessments

and Automated Generation of Personalized Feedback (2016)"

"The World Bank" The World Bank. 2009

In healthcare
Main article: Quality of life (healthcare)
Within the field of healthcare, quality of life is often regarded in terms of how a certain ailment
affects a patient on an individual level. This may be a debilitating weakness that is not life-
threatening; life-threatening illness that is not terminal; terminal illness; the predictable, natural
decline in the health of an elder; an unforeseen mental/physical decline of a loved one; or
chronic, end-stage disease processes. Researchers at the University of Toronto's Quality of Life
Research Unit define quality of life as "The degree to which a person enjoys the important
possibilities of his or her life" (UofT). Their Quality of Life Model is based on the categories
"being", "belonging", and "becoming"; respectively who one is, how one is not connected to
one's environment, and whether one achieves one's personal goals, hopes, and aspirations.[28][29]

Experience sampling studies show substantial between-person variability in within-person

associations between somatic symptoms and quality of life.[30] Hecht and Shiel measure quality
of life as “the patient’s ability to enjoy normal life activities” since life quality is strongly related
to wellbeing without suffering from sickness and treatment.[5] There are multiple assessments
available that measure Health-Related Quality of Life, e.g., AQoL-8D, EQ5D - Euroqol, 15D,
SF-36, SF-6D, HUI.

In international development

Quality of life is an important concept in the field of international development since it allows
development to be analyzed on a measure broader than standard of living. Within development
theory, however, there are varying ideas concerning what constitutes desirable change for a
particular society, and the different ways that quality of life is defined by institutions therefore
shapes how these organizations work for its improvement as a whole.

Organisations such as the World Bank, for example, declare a goal of "working for a world free
of poverty",[31] with poverty defined as a lack of basic human needs, such as food, water, shelter,
freedom, access to education, healthcare, or employment.[32] In other words, poverty is defined as
a low quality of life. Using this definition, the World Bank works towards improving quality of
life through the stated goal of lowering poverty and helping people afford a better quality of life.

Other organizations, however, may also work towards improved global quality of life using a
slightly different definition and substantially different methods. Many NGOs do not focus at all
on reducing poverty on a national or international scale, but rather attempt to improve quality of
life for individuals or communities. One example would be sponsorship programs that provide
material aid for specific individuals. Although many organizations of this type may still talk
about fighting poverty, the methods are significantly different.

Improving quality of life involves action not only by NGOs but also by governments. Global
health has the potential to achieve greater political presence if governments were to incorporate
aspects of human security into foreign policy. Stressing individuals’ basic rights to health, food,
shelter, and freedom addresses prominent inter-sectoral problems negatively impacting today’s
society and may lead to greater action and resources. Integration of global health concerns into
foreign policy may be hampered by approaches that are shaped by the overarching roles of
defense and diplomacy.[33]
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