Post.GDP

indicator

Subjective Well-Being

How people rate their own lives. Each person picks a step on a ladder from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life). The country score is the average.

Source: Gallup World Poll · World Happiness Report (via OWID) →
replay history2024
19902024
now showingSubjective Well-Being

▲ Rising

  • Serbia+2.04
  • Bulgaria+1.67
  • Georgia+1.51
  • Latvia+1.45
  • Romania+1.38

1990 → 2024

 ALL DATA FROM PUBLIC SOURCES; ACCURACY NOT GUARANTEED.

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Global summary · all indicators

world average · 1990–2024 · across countries with data

Subjective Well-Beingbetter · / 10
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Life Expectancybetter · yrs
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Suicide ratebetter · /100k
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Homicide ratebetter · /100k
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Economic Inequalitybetter · Gini Coefficient
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Global Peace Indexworse · /100
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Control of Corruptionworse · /100
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Climate Footprintbetter · t/yr
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GDP per capitabetter · $/yr
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Economic Growth vs. Multi-dimensional well-being

the world · 2015 → 2024

Over the last ten years, GDP per capita in the world went up 13%. Over the same period, homicide rate, climate footprint, suicide rate, economic inequality, subjective well-being and control of corruption moved in a better direction; global peace index moved in a worse direction; life expectancy barely changed.

← worsebetter →
GDP per capitaup 13%(updated annually)
  • Global Peace Indexdown 3.1%(updated annually)
  • Life Expectancydown 0.9%(updated every 2–3 yrs)
  • Control of Corruptionup 1.3%(updated annually)
  • Subjective Well-Beingup 3.2%(updated annually)
  • Economic Inequalitydown 4.8%(updated annually)
  • Suicide ratedown 7.7%(updated annually)
  • Climate Footprintdown 7.8%(updated annually)
  • Homicide ratedown 19%(updated annually)
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This chart shows how all indicators moved over the same period; it does not show that one caused another.  Each indicator is measured with different reoccurrance which might skew visualizations.

Averages across countries with data. Not all countries report every indicator every year. For informational purposes only.

About

We are what we measure. I started postgdp because I was tired of polarization and endless debates over single economic numbers like GDP that don't tell the full story of how people are actually doing. Instead I was curious to explore the actual data and trends in health, happiness, and life. Once I started I couldn't stop.  Please reach out if you share my passion for data and human development.