Our mission is to transform complex well-being data into clear, meaningful knowledge that reflects how people truly live—not just how economies grow. Integrating income, health, longevity, education, and inequality, we provide a holistic view of human development that goes beyond traditional metrics like GDP.
By continuously refining our datasets and developing innovative indicators such as health- and inequality-adjusted lifetime income, we enable policymakers, researchers, and the public to better understand societal progress and its underlying tradeoffs.
Our mission is guided by the following pillars:
- Measuring What Matters: Developing and sharing indicators that capture the multidimensional nature of well-being.
- Advancing Research: Conducting interdisciplinary research that transforms data into actionable insights on development and quality of life.
- Connecting Knowledge: Linking our data and indicators with broader research ecosystems to support global collaboration and deeper understanding.