Framework of Social Progress Index

1. SOCIAL
PROGRESS
IMPERATIVE
SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX

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ADVISORY BOARD
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Scott Stern
Professor of Technological
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Strategic Management, MIT
Judith Rodin
President, The Rockefeller
Foundation
Michael E. Porter,
Chair
Bishop William Lawrence
University Professor at the
Harvard Business School.
Hernando de Soto
President, Institute for
Liberty and Democracy
Ngaire Woods
Dean, Blavatnik School of
Government, University of Oxford

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SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX DESIGN
PRINCIPLES

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Nutrition and Basic Medical Care
Water and Sanitation
Shelter
Personal Safety
Access to Basic Knowledge
Access to Information and
Communication
Health and Wellness
Environmental Quality
Personal Rights
Personal Freedom and Choice
Tolerance and Inclusion
Access to Advanced Education
Opportunity
Foundations of
Wellbeing
Basic Human Needs
Social Progress Index
Framework

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Basic Human Needs Opportunity
Nutrition and Basic Medical
Care
 Undernourishment
 Depth of food deficit
 Maternal mortality rate
 Child mortality rate
 Deaths from infectious diseases
Water and Sanitation
 Access to piped water
 Rural access to improved water source
 Access to improved sanitation facilities
Shelter
 Availability of affordable housing
 Access to electricity
 Quality of electric supply
 Household air pollution attributable deaths
Personal Safety
 Homicide rate
 Level of violent crime
 Perceived criminality
 Political terror
 Traffic deaths
Access to Basic Knowledge
 Adult literacy rate
 Primary school enrollment
 Lower secondary school enrollment
 Upper secondary school enrollment
 Gender parity in secondary enrollment
Access to Information and
Communications
 Mobile telephone subscriptions
 Internet users
 Press Freedom Index
Health and Wellness
 Life expectancy at 60
 Premature deaths from non-communicable
diseases
 Obesity rate
 Suicide rate
Environmental Quality
 Outdoor air pollution attributable deaths
 Wastewater treatment
 Greenhouse gas emissions
 Biodiversity and habitat
Personal Rights
 Political rights
 Freedom of speech
 Freedom of assembly/association
 Freedom of movement
 Private property rights
Personal Freedom and Choice
 Freedom over life choices
 Freedom of religion
 Early marriage
 Satisfied demand for contraception
 Corruption
Tolerance and Inclusion
 Tolerance for immigrants
 Tolerance for homosexuals
 Discrimination and violence against
minorities
 Religious tolerance
 Community safety net
Access to Advanced Education
 Years of tertiary schooling
 Women’s average years in school
 Inequality in the attainment of education
 Globally ranked universities
 Percentage of tertiary students enrolled in
globally ranked universities
Social Progress Index Complete Framework
Foundations of
Wellbeing

7. Rank Country Score Rank Country Score Rank Country Score Rank Country Score
1 Finland 90.09 35 Hungary 76.88 69
Bosnia and
Herzegovina 65.84 103 Lesotho 52.39
2 Canada 89.49 36 Latvia 76.19 70 Dominican Republic 65.65 104 Iraq 52.28
3 Denmark 89.39 37 Israel 75.32 71 Jordan 65.43 105 Rwanda 51.91
4 Australia 89.13 38 Argentina 75.20 72 Bolivia 64.73 106 Swaziland 51.76
5 Switzerland 88.87 39
United Arab
Emirates 73.69 72 Moldova 64.73 107 Uganda 50.69
6 Sweden 88.80 40 Mauritius 73.24 74 Lebanon 64.42 108 Benin 50.03
7 Norway 88.70 41 Panama 73.02 75 Russia 64.19 109 Tanzania 49.99
8 Netherlands 88.65 42 Romania 72.23 76 Kazakhstan 63.86 110 Myanmar 49.84
9 United Kingdom 88.58 43 Bulgaria 72.14 77 Azerbaijan 63.75 111 Congo, Republic of 49.74
10 Iceland 88.45 44 Jamaica 71.94 78 Nicaragua 63.03 112 Burkina Faso 49.34
10 New Zealand 88.45 45 Kuwait 71.84 79 Kyrgyzstan 62.91 113 Pakistan 49.13
12 Ireland 87.94 46 Brazil 71.70 80 Mongolia 62.80 114 Zimbabwe 49.11
13 Austria 86.60 47 Serbia 71.55 81 Venezuela 62.60 115 Togo 49.03
14 Japan 86.54 48 Colombia 70.84 82 Indonesia 62.27 116 Côte d'Ivoire 48.97
15 Germany 86.42 49 Peru 70.09 83 Sri Lanka 62.21 117 Mozambique 47.96
16 Belgium 86.19 50 Malaysia 70.08 84 China 62.10 118 Cameroon 47.22
17 Spain 85.88 51 Mexico 70.02 85 Namibia 62.01 119 Nigeria 46.49
18 France 84.79 52 Albania 69.78 86 Morocco 61.92 120 Djibouti 46.30
19 United States 84.62 53 Ecuador 69.56 87 Guatemala 61.68 121 Mali 46.24
20 Slovenia 84.27 54 Georgia 69.17 88 Algeria 61.18 122 Mauritania 46.08
21 Portugal 83.88 55 Montenegro 68.17 89 Egypt 60.74 123 Madagascar 45.91
22 Czech Republic 82.80 56 Tunisia 68.00 90 Honduras 60.64 124 Liberia 45.07
23 Estonia 82.62 57 Macedonia 67.88 91 Uzbekistan 60.49 125 Sierra Leone 44.22
24 Italy 82.49 58 Turkey 67.82 92 Ghana 60.37 126 Ethiopia 43.50
25 Chile 82.12 59 South Africa 67.60 93 Iran 59.45 127 Yemen 41.76
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Korea, Republic
of 80.92 60 Paraguay 67.44 94 Tajikistan 58.78 128 Guinea 41.66
27 Cyprus 80.75 61 Thailand 67.43 95 Nepal 57.40 129 Niger 41.63
28 Costa Rica 80.12 62 Botswana 67.03 96 Senegal 55.64 130 Angola 39.70
29 Uruguay 80.12 63 Ukraine 66.43 97 Cambodia 54.28 131 Chad 36.38
30 Poland 79.76 64 El Salvador 66.36 98 India 53.92 132 Afghanistan 35.89
31 Slovakia 78.96 65 Saudi Arabia 66.30 99 Kenya 53.72 133
Central African
Republic 30.03
32 Greece 78.27 66 Belarus 66.18 100 Malawi 53.44
33 Croatia 77.68 67 Armenia 66.05 101 Bangladesh 52.73
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SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2016 RESULTS

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SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX VS GDP
PER CAPITA

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A TOOL FOR GOVERNMENT
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European Union: DG Regio launched Social Progress Index for
NUTS2 regions of EU on 11 October. The Index serves as a sounding
board for the European Commission to assess whether the 2014-2020
Cohesion programs address the right issues in the right places.
Currently working with pilot regions to use SPI as planning tool.
Paraguay: First country to officially adopt the Social Progress Index as
a national measure of performance, integrated into 2030 national
development plan. SPI is being integrated into budget planning and
performance management.
Costa Rica: Cantonal Social Progress Index is being used by Vice-
President’s Office to guide national social innovation strategy.
State of Pará (Brazil): The data from SPI for Amazon region is being
used as the foundation for the Governor’s social investment
programmes.
City of Bogota (Colombia): A district-level SPI for the city is being
used as the basis for a cross-sector development platform for Bogota.

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Coca-Cola and Natura are measuring citizen well-being at the community level in the Amazon
rainforest. These areas and their communities are key for Coca-Cola and Natura’s supply
chain. By using a localised Social Progress Index, they were able to identify the key areas of
need, direct CR investment accordingly, engage local people, and demonstrate their positive
impact on the area, while mitigating supply chain risk..
Cargill sponsored a community level index within an area where their poultry farms were set
up 40 years ago. Cargill believe that as they have invested in the area for 40 years, the
government now need to step up and contribute – they see a local index as a way of
demonstrating priorities to the government and getting them to share the investment burden.
Breckinridge Capital Advisors This Boston-based investment fund has launched a new
municipal bond analytics tool that uses the Social Progress Index framework to measure
‘inclusiveness’ alongside traditional economic metrics. Breckinridge says that this approach
enables the firm to “emphasize inclusiveness as a potential key determinant of long-term
investment performance”.
Bayer Healthcare’s Head of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs has been using the
Social Progress Index to champion a new way of thinking about social responsibility within
Bayer; a move away from supporting charitable projects, toward using Bayer's influence to
leverage systemic change as measured by the Social Progress Index.
A TOOL FOR BUSINESS