An analysis of the world’s social progress from 1990 to 2020.
We ask ourselves this question as we commemorate World Population Day this week. In 1991, there were roughly 5.4 billion people in the World, and their wellbeing, as measured by the Social Progress Index, was 52.47. However, in 2020, there were over 7.8 billion people, but their score had changed only to 65.47. Consequently, we turned to our Social Progress Index Time Series to analyze the year-on-year change in our scores in the last three decades.
Between 1991 and 2020, the Social Progress Index increased by an average of 0.39 points per year, an accumulated jump of 13 points. However, the upward trend of the rise was halted in the early 2010s and has since slowed to a meager 0.15 per annum by 2019.
This has been different across the globe, as shown by the ranking of the World among its countries. If it were a country, the World would have slipped to the 105th position from the 95th in the time frame. This implies that some countries have done much better than the average.
To check which countries, see the Time Series.
We have a premium version of the Social Progress Index Time Series specially for supporters and sponsors. Explore the exclusive features of the Time Series including country profiles, regional data, full dataset and more.
An analysis of the world’s social progress from 1990 to 2020.
We ask ourselves this question as we commemorate World Population Day this week. In 1991, there were roughly 5.4 billion people in the World, and their wellbeing, as measured by the Social Progress Index, was 52.47. However, in 2020, there were over 7.8 billion people, but their score had changed only to 65.47. Consequently, we turned to our Social Progress Index Time Series to analyze the year-on-year change in our scores in the last three decades.
Between 1991 and 2020, the Social Progress Index increased by an average of 0.39 points per year, an accumulated jump of 13 points. However, the upward trend of the rise was halted in the early 2010s and has since slowed to a meager 0.15 per annum by 2019.
This has been different across the globe, as shown by the ranking of the World among its countries. If it were a country, the World would have slipped to the 105th position from the 95th in the time frame. This implies that some countries have done much better than the average.
To check which countries, see the Time Series.
We have a premium version of the Social Progress Index Time Series specially for supporters and sponsors. Explore the exclusive features of the Time Series including country profiles, regional data, full dataset and more.
