Insights from the Quality of Life Initiative Pilot Phase presents the findings from the first implementation of the Quality of Life Index, developed under the Quality of Life Initiative, a global effort to enhance urban well-being through data-driven measurement, monitoring and insights.
The Initiative, implemented by UN-Habitat and sponsored by the Quality of Life Program in Saudi Arabia, piloted its novel Index in nine cities around the world and has expanded to more than 100 cities. The Quality of Life Index provides cities with a multidimensional, data-driven framework for measuring and enhancing quality of life, positioning well-being as a central goal of sustainable urban development.
By adopting the Quality of Life Index, local and regional governments gain a powerful tool that goes beyond GDP1 to measure and improve well-being in their communities through metrics that respond to global imperatives as well as local contextual needs. The Quality of Life Index integrates both objective (quantitative) and subjective (perception-based) measures across nine domains: Basic Services and Mobility; Culture and Recreation; Economy; Education;Environment; Governance; Health; Housing; and Social Cohesion, alongside an overarching Life Satisfaction benchmark. The blending of indirect and direct measures of well-being captures how residents both experience and evaluate life in their cities.
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