Post on 21-Jun-2020
Complementing the Human Development
Index
Sustainable Society Index – SSI
Geurt van de Kerk
geurt.vandekerk@ssfindex.com
www.ssfindex.com
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Human Development
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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
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Human Wellbeing
Environmental Wellbeing
Economic Wellbeing
Goal Goal Condition
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SSI – Human Wellbeing
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SSI – Environmental Wellbeing
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SSI – Economic Wellbeing
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SSI - Framework
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Number of indicators SSI
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10
20
30
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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
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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
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Calculation Methodology – 3
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Employment
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Aggregation
Indicator
Category
Wellbeing
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Aggregation – 2
Unweighted average
Geometric mean
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World Indicator scores SSI-2012
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Category scores SSI-2012
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10
Basic Needs Health Personal &SocialDev.
Nature &Environment
NaturalResources
Climate & Energy Tramsition Economy
Sco
re
Categories World SSI-2012
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Wellbeing scores SSI-2012
1
2
3
4
5
6
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8
9
10
Human Wellbeing Environmental Wellbeing Economic Wellbeing
Sco
re
Wellbeing World SSI-2012
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Human Wellbeing
Environmental Wellbeing
Economic Wellbeing
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Regions
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10
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Environmental Wellbeing SSI-2012
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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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10
High incomeUpper middleLower middleLow income
Wellbeing SSI-2012 per income class
HW
EW
EcW
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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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HDI
HDI - Human Wellbeing
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HDI – Environmental Wellbeing
R² = 0,5235
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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
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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
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HDI- HW per income class
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10
Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income
HW
HDI
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HDI- SSI per income class
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9
10
Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income
HW
EW
EcW
SSI
HDI
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R² = 0,4676
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EW s
core
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HW scores
Correlation HW - EW SSI-2012 all countries
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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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