The OECD is launching an online tool called "Your Better Life Index" to mark its 50th anniversary and engage the public more in the policy process. The index measures well-being across 11 topics to incorporate citizens' quality of life into understanding societal progress. Users can create their own index, compare countries based on their priorities, and learn about policy best practices. The goal is to help governments connect their policies to citizens' lives, express citizens' concerns, and empower greater civic participation and understanding of policy issues.

1. Your Better Life Index Marking the OECD’s 50 th Anniversary by engaging the public in the policy process

2. Your Better Life Index For fifty years the OECD has been driving better policies for better lives. For its 50 th Anniversary, the OECD is launching Your Better Life Index, manifesting its work to measure progress. By asking the question “How’s life?” across 11 fundamental determinants of well-being, the OECD incorporates the quality of citizens’ lives into a common understanding of progress. Each user can create their own index, comparing well-being in their country to that of others, and their country’s overall performance with their personal priorities. By using this instrument, they also discover how each of the 11 factors affects quality of life overall, and learn about the best policy practices in these areas.

3. Better policies for better lives The OECD helps governments meet the concerns of their citizens Supply Demand Government (POLICIES) Citizens (LIVES) (BETTER)

4. Better policies for better lives Your Better Life Index helps governments engage the public in policy making INFORMATION Engagement Supply Government (POLICIES) Citizens (LIVES) (BETTER)

5. Your Better Life Index A instrument to measure quality of life Sets of indicators grouped by topic for OECD countries allow users to compare how countries perform overall and in specific areas

6. Your Better Life Index A space for you to experiment and learn A “control panel” allows you to attribute weights to each set of indicators and discover how the focus on their priorities affects the performance of their country as a whole

7. Your Better Life Index A portal to OECD work Links to OECD data, analysis and policy recommendations by both country and topic allow users to explore the information in the depth appropriate to their level of expertise

8. Your Better Life Index

9. The user’s journey 1. Awareness 2. Knowledge 3. Empowerment 4. Engagement