Social Progress Imperative CEO Michael Green contributed to the opening plenary at 10:05 a.m. to support the meeting's theme of "Sustainable and Inclusive Growth in the Context of National and Global Challenges" at the Printworks Conference Center in the Dublin Castle on June 28, 2017. Green compared Ireland's results on the recently launched 2017 Social Progress Index to countries with similar GDP per capita and highlighted where more progress can be achieved in the next budget cycle. Surrounding the event, Social Progress Imperative and its partners Deloitte and ChangeX also invite media to learn more about how the Irish government can use both social progress and economic data to develop fiscal policy.

1. 2017 Social
Progress
Index
National Economic Dialogue
Dublin, 28 June 2017
Michael Green
CEO, Social Progress Imperative

2. Economic
Development
GDP per capita
Social Progress
The factors which
make up a good life
for individuals and a
healthy society
How do we advance society?

3. Social Progress Index design principles:

4. The Social Progress framework answers universally
important questions

5. The Social Progress Index is
an aggregate index of social
and environmental indicators
that capture three dimensions
of social progress
It includes data from 128
countries on 50 indicators
• An additional 61 countries
have partial results
It includes 98% of the world
population

6. The average
world score
rose
from 63.19 in
2014 to 64.85
in 2017 – a
2.6% increase

7. Ireland ranks 11th in
2017 Social Progress
Index

9. 0K 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K 30K 35K 40K 45K 50K 55K 60K 65K 70K
20
40
60
80
100
Yemen
Uruguay
Turkey
Russia
Portugal
Peru
Norway
Nigeria
NewZealand Netherlands
Montenegro
Mongolia
Mexico Malaysia
Laos
Japan
Jamaica
Italy
Iran
India
Ghana
Germany
Georgia
Denmark
CzechRepublic
Cyprus
Croatia
Congo,Republicof
Chile
Central AfricanRepublic
Canada
Cameroon
Brazil
Bolivia
Azerbaijan
Austria
Argentina
Afghanistan
UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Niger
Kuwait
Israel
Ireland
France
CostaRica
Angola
Social Progress Index vs GDP per capita
VERYHIGH
HIGH
UPPER
MIDDLE
LOWER
MIDDLELOWVERYLOW
2017SocialProgressIndexScores
SocialProgressIndexTiers
GDPpercapita, PPP(constant 2011international $)
Across the
spectrum, we
see how some
countries are
much better at
turning their
economic
growth into
social
progress than
others

10. 0K 5K 10K 15K 20K 25K 30K 35K 40K 45K 50K 55K 60K 65K 70K
20
40
60
80
100
Yemen
Uruguay
Turkey
Russia
Portugal
Peru
Norway
Nigeria
NewZealand Netherlands
Montenegro
Mongolia
Mexico Malaysia
Laos
Japan
Jamaica
Italy
Iran
India
Ghana
Germany
Georgia
Denmark
CzechRepublic
Cyprus
Croatia
Congo,Republicof
Chile
Central AfricanRepublic
Canada
Cameroon
Brazil
Bolivia
Azerbaijan
Austria
Argentina
Afghanistan
UnitedStates
UnitedKingdom
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Niger
Kuwait
Israel
Ireland
France
CostaRica
Angola
Social Progress Index vs GDP per capita
VERYHIGH
HIGH
UPPER
MIDDLE
LOWER
MIDDLELOWVERYLOW
2017SocialProgressIndexScores
SocialProgressIndexTiers
GDPpercapita, PPP(constant 2011international $)
Ireland shows
a very high
level of social
progress at a
very high level
of GDP per
capita.
Ireland

11. SCORE RANK
2017Social ProgressIndex 88.91 11/128
GDPPPPpercapita $61,378 3/128
SCORE/
VALUE RANK
STRENGTH/
WEAKNESS
BasicHumanNeeds 93.03 20
NutritionandBasicMedical Care 99.23 25
Undernourishment (%of pop.; 5 signifies ≤ 5) 5.00 1
Depthof fooddeficit
(calories/undernourished person; 8 signifies ≤ 8)
8.00 1
Maternal mortalityrate (deaths/100,000 live
births)
7.70 25
Childmortalityrate (deaths/1,000 live births) 3.60 14
Deathsfrominfectiousdiseases
(deaths/100,000)
28.84 45
WaterandSanitation 95.34 41
Accesstopipedwater (%of pop.) 97.88 35
Rural accesstoimprovedwater source
(%of pop.)
97.84 46
Accesstoimprovedsanitationfacilities
(%of pop.)
90.48 56
Shelter 87.82 17
Availabilityof af ordablehousing (%satisfied) 50.05 55
Accesstoelectricity (%of pop.) 100.00 1
Qualityof electricitysupply (1=low; 7=high) 6.46 14
Householdair pollutionattributabledeaths
(deaths/100,000)
0.00 1
Personal Safety 89.72 16
Homiciderate (deaths/100,000) 1.10 28
Level of violent crime (1=low; 5=high) 2.00 20
Perceivedcriminality (1=low; 5=high) 2.00 1
Political terror (1=low; 5=high) 1.00 1
Traf cdeaths(deaths/100,000) 4.10 9
SCORE/
VALUE RANK
STRENGTH/
WEAKNESS
Foundationsof Wellbeing 87.86 16
AccesstoBasicKnowledge 98.85 13
Adult literacyrate (%of pop. aged 15+)
Primaryschool enrollment (%of children) 99.30 29
Secondaryschool enrollment (%of children) 100.00 1
Gender parityinsecondaryenrollment
(distance from parity)
0.02 42
AccesstoInformation
andCommunications
89.98 13
Mobiletelephonesubscriptions
(subscriptions/100 people)
100.00 1
Internet users(%of pop.) 80.12 21
PressFreedomIndex
(0=most free; 100=least free)
12.40 9
HealthandWellness 80.49 17
Lifeexpectancyat 60 (years) 24.14 18
Prematuredeathsfromnon-communicable
diseases(deaths/100,000)
224.10 16
Suiciderate (deaths/100,000) 9.84 57
Environmental Quality 82.11 23
Outdoor air pollutionattributabledeaths
(deaths/100,000)
19.26 14
Wastewater treatment (%of wastewater) 51.11 34
Biodiversityandhabitat
(0=no protection; 100=high protection)
90.51 40
Greenhousegasemissions
(CO2 equivalents per GDP)
290.56 31
SCORE/
VALUE RANK
STRENGTH/
WEAKNESS
Opportunity 85.86 4
Personal Rights 93.09 10
Political rights (0=no rights; 40=full rights) 39.00 13
Freedomof expression
(0=no freedom; 16=full freedom)
16.00 1
Freedomof assembly
(0=no freedom; 1=full freedom)
Privatepropertyrights (0=none; 100=full) 90.00 3
Personal FreedomandChoice 83.71 15
Freedomover lifechoices (%satisfied) 86.31 25
Freedomof religion (1=low; 4=high) 4.00 1
Earlymarriage (%of women aged 15-19) 0.00 1
Satisfieddemandfor contraception
(%of women)
79.50 40
Corruption (0=high; 100=low) 73.00 16
ToleranceandInclusion 86.21 2
Tolerancefor immigrants (0=low; 100=high) 84.76 6
Tolerancefor homosexuals(0=low; 100=high) 82.31 9
Discriminationandviolenceagainst
minorities(0=low; 10=high)
1.60 2
Religioustolerance (1=low; 4=high) 3.00 54
Communitysafetynet (0=low; 100=high) 95.66 2
AccesstoAdvancedEducation 80.42 6
Yearsof tertiaryschooling 1.68 4
Women’saverageyearsinschool 14.53 21
Inequalityintheattainment of education
(0=low; 1=high)
0.05 29
Number of globallyrankeduniversities
(0=none; 10=most highly rank ed)
5.00 23
Percent of tertiarystudentsenrolledinglobally
rankeduniversities
(0=none; 6=highest enrollment)
5.00 6
IRELAND
STRENGTH/
WEAKNESS
Oveperforming and underperforming are relative to 15 countries of similar GDPper capita:
Saudi Arabia, United States, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland,
Germany, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Iceland, Finland, United Kingdom, France
Overperforming by 1or more pts.
Overperforming by less than 1pt.
Performing within the expected range
Underperforming by less than 1pt.
Underperforming by 1or more pts.
No data available
Strengthsandweaknesses

12. Social Progress Index
helps:
• Design programmes and
policies.
• Direct investments and
assess risks.
• Forge new partnerships
and catalyze innovation.
• Track progress toward
the complementary
Sustainable
Development Goals