Social Progress Index


I asked ChatGPT and here is a sentence that was returned along with the lists. The Social Progress Index (SPI) is a comprehensive measure of a society’s well-being, independent of economic indicators like GDP. It consists of three main dimensions, each with multiple sub-components:

  1. Basic Human Needs
    1. Nutrition and Basic Medical Care
      • Undernourishment
      • Depth of food deficit
      • Child mortality rate
      • Maternal mortality rate
      • Access to essential health services
    2. Water and Sanitation
      • Access to improved water sources
      • Access to improved sanitation facilities
    3. Shelter
      • Availability of affordable housing
      • Quality of housing
      • Household overcrowding
    4. Personal Safety
      • Homicide rate
      • Perceived criminality
      • Political terror
      • Traffic deaths
  2. Foundations of Wellbeing
    1. Access to Basic Knowledge
      • Adult literacy rate
      • Primary school enrollment
      • Secondary school enrollment
      • Gender parity in education
    2. Access to Information and Communications
      • Internet access
      • Mobile phone subscriptions
      • Press freedom
    3. Health and Wellness
      • Life expectancy
      • Non-communicable disease rates
      • Air pollution
      • Suicide rate
    4. Environmental Quality
      • Air pollution
      • Water pollution
      • Biodiversity and habitat protection
  3. Opportunity
    1. Personal Rights
      • Political rights
      • Freedom of speech
      • Freedom of assembly
      • Property rights
    2. Personal Freedom and Choice
      • Freedom of movement
      • Freedom of religion
      • Early marriage prevalence
      • Access to contraception
    3. Inclusiveness
      • Acceptance of diversity
      • Discrimination and violence against minorities
      • Political representation of minorities
    4. Access to Advanced Education
      • Tertiary education enrollment
      • Quality of universities
      • Availability of specialized training

Learn from YouTube

Here is a YouTube video called Michael Green: What the Social Progress Index can reveal about your country.

Here is another talk by Michael Green called The global goals we’ve made progress on — and the ones we haven’t | Michael Green.

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