Complementing the Human Development Indexhdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/05_presentation... · Human Wellbeing - HW requires Environmental Wellbeing - EW requires Economic Wellbeing

Complementing the Human Development

Index

Sustainable Society Index – SSI

Geurt van de Kerk

[email protected]

www.ssfindex.com

1 Measuring Human Development

14.06.2013 – HDRO Frankfurt

Human Development

Measuring Human Development 14.06.2013 – HDRO Frankfurt

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Human Wellbeing

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EW

HW

Sustainable Development


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Human Wellbeing - HW

requires Environmental Wellbeing - EW

requires Economic Wellbeing - EcW



Human Wellbeing

Environmental Wellbeing

Economic Wellbeing

Goal Goal Condition



SSI – Human Wellbeing



SSI – Environmental Wellbeing



SSI – Economic Wellbeing



SSI - Framework



Number of indicators SSI

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10

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30

40

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60

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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SSI

• shows at a glance the level of sustainability, along three wellbeing dimensions

• 151 countries, 99% world population

• updated every 2 years

• all data freely accessible

• audit JRC

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Calculation Methodology

1. Simplest possible formula linear

No sustainability 0

Full sustainability (= target) 10

2. If no target Min-Max

Minimum 0, Maximum 10

3. Tailor made formula



Calculation Methodology – 2

Tailor made formula:

F(X)=Exp(-0.1*X)*10 for 0≤X≤60

F(X)=0 for X>60

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% unemployed people

Employment



Calculation Methodology – 3


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% unemployed people

Employment

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Aggregation

Indicator

Category

Wellbeing



Aggregation – 2

Unweighted average

Geometric mean





World Indicator scores SSI-2012



Category scores SSI-2012

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10

Basic Needs Health Personal &SocialDev.

Nature &Environment

NaturalResources

Climate & Energy Tramsition Economy

Sco

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Categories World SSI-2012



Wellbeing scores SSI-2012

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2

3

4

5

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7

8

9

10

Human Wellbeing Environmental Wellbeing Economic Wellbeing

Sco

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Wellbeing World SSI-2012



Human Wellbeing

Environmental Wellbeing

Economic Wellbeing

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Regions

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Environmental Wellbeing SSI-2012



Regional progress

-0,3 -0,2 -0,1 0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5

AfrEast

AfrMiddle

AfrNorth

AfrSouth

AfrWest

AmerCarib

AmerCentr

AmerNorth

AmerSouth

AsiaCentr

AsiaEast

AsiaSE

AsiaSouth

AsiaWest

EurEast

EurNorth

EurSouth

EurWest

Oceania

World

Progress 2006 - 2012 Environmental Wellbeing



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High incomeUpper middleLower middleLow income

Wellbeing SSI-2012 per income class

HW

EW

EcW



HDI – Human Wellbeing

R² = 0,8998

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0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0

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man

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HDI

HDI - Human Wellbeing



HDI – Environmental Wellbeing

R² = 0,5235

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2

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0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0

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HDI

HDI - Environmental Wellbeing



HDI – Economic Wellbeing

R² = 0,5295

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0,0 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0

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HDI

HDI – Economic Wellbeing



HDI- HW per income class

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Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income

HW

HDI



HDI- SSI per income class

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Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income

HW

EW

EcW

SSI

HDI



R² = 0,4676

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EW s

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HW scores

Correlation HW - EW SSI-2012 all countries



Finally

A few recommendations to complement HDI

1. Cover sustainability in its broad sense HW, EW and EcW

2. Cover all countries

3. Simple and transparent limited # indicators

4. Objective data

5. Time series available

6. Sustainable Development Goals

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EcW

HW EW


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