2016 eu regional social progress index

SOCIAL PROGRESS

IMPERATIVE

2016 EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEXEMBARGOED – NOT FOR USE BEFORE 11 October 2016

Social Progress Index #socialprogress

WHAT IS THE SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX?

GDP BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

FOUNDATIONS OF WELLBEING

OPPORTUNITY

GDP + SPI = INCLUSIVE GROWTH

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The Social Progress Imperative defines social progress as

“the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.”

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Nutrition and Basic Medical Care

Water and Sanitation

Shelter

Personal Safety

Access to Basic Knowledge

Access to Information and Communication

Health and Wellness

Environmental Quality

Personal Rights

Personal Freedom and Choice

Tolerance and Inclusion

Access to Advanced Education

OpportunityFoundations of WellbeingBasic Human Needs

Social Progress Index Framework

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21 Portugal 83.88 36 Latvia 76.19

1 Finland 90.09 22 Czech Republic 82.80 37 Israel 75.32

2 Canada 89.49 23 Estonia 82.62 38 Argentina 75.20

3 Denmark 89.39 24 Italy 82.49

4 Australia 89.13 25 Chile 82.12 39 UAE 73.69

5 Switzerland 88.87 26 Korea 80.92 40 Mauritius 73.24

6 Sweden 88.80 27 Cyprus 80.75 41 Panama 73.02

7 Norway 88.70 28 Costa Rica 80.12 42 Romania 72.23

8 Netherlands 88.65 29 Uruguay 80.12 43 Bulgaria 72.14

9 United Kingdom 88.58 30 Poland 79.76 44 Jamaica 71.94

10 Iceland 88.45 31 Slovakia 78.96 45 Kuwait 71.84

10 New Zealand 88.45 32 Greece 78.27 46 Brazil 71.70

12 Ireland 87.94 33 Croatia 77.68 47 Serbia 71.55

26 Korea 80.92 48 Colombia 70.84

13 Austria 86.60 27 Cyprus 80.75 49 Peru 70.09

14 Japan 86.54 28 Costa Rica 80.12 50 Malaysia 70.08

15 Germany 86.42 29 Uruguay 80.12 51 Mexico 70.02

16 Belgium 86.19 30 Poland 79.76 52 Albania 69.78

17 Spain 85.88 31 Slovakia 78.96 53 Ecuador 69.56

18 France 84.79 32 Greece 78.27 54 Georgia 69.17

19 United States 84.62 33 Croatia 77.68 55 Montenegro 68.17

EU 84.30 34 Lithuania 76.94

20 Slovenia 84.27 35 Hungary 76.88

Very high Social Progress

High Social Progress

Upper Middle Social Progress

Luxembourg and Malta do not have complete data to calculate overall SPI

WHAT DOES THE GLOBAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX TELL US ABOUT THE EU?

EUROPEAN UNION REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX


EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX:WHO IS INVOLVED?

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• DG Regional and Urban Policy

• Social Progress Imperative

• Orkestra Basque Institute of Competitiveness

A three-year joint project of:


WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX?

The EU Regional Social Progress Index intends to:

• Help regions to identify peers, at any level of economic development, from whom they could learn and, if applicable, prioritise issues they want to address with their Cohesion Policy Programme;

• Serve as a sounding board for the European Commission to assess whether its programmes address the right issues in the right places;

• Allow DG REGIO to make a contribution to the beyond GDP debate.

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EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX: SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

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Enrico Giovannini (Chair)University of Tor Vergata

Scott SternMIT

Martine DurandOECD

Walter RadermacherEurostat

Jan ArpeBertelsmann Stiftung

Filomena MagginoUniversity of Florence

Barbara Kauffmann DG Employment

Ralf JacobDG Employment


Basic Human Needs Opportunity

European Regional Social Progress Index Framework

Foundations of Wellbeing

Nutrition and Basic Medical Care1. Premature mortality (<65)2. Infant mortality3. Unmet medical needs4. Insufficient food

Water and Sanitation5. Satisfaction with water quality6. Lack of toilet in dwelling7. Uncollected sewage8. Sewage treatment

Shelter9. Burdensome cost of housing10. Satisfaction with housing11. Overcrowding12. Lack of adequate heating

Personal Safety13. Homicide rate14. Safety at night15. Traffic deaths

Access to Basic Knowledge16. Upper-secondary enrolment rate17. Lower secondary completion only18. Early school leavers

Access to Information andCommunications19. Internet at home20. Broadband at home21. Online interaction with public authorities

Health and Wellness22. Life expectancy23. General health status24. Standardized cancer death rate25. Standardized heart disease death rate26. Unmet dental needs27. Satisfaction with air quality

Environmental Quality28. Air pollution-pm1029. Air pollution-pm2.530. Air pollution-ozone31. Pollution or grime 32. Protected land (Natura 2000)

Personal Rights33. Trust in the political system34. Trust in the legal system35. Trust in the police36. Quality of public services

Personal Freedom and Choice37. Freedom over life choices38. Teenage pregnancy39. Young people not in education,

employment or training40. Corruption index

Tolerance and Inclusion41. Impartiality of government services42. Tolerance for immigrants43. Tolerance for minorities44. Attitudes toward people with disabilities45. Tolerance for homosexuals46. Gender employment gap47. Community safety net

Access to Advanced Education48. Tertiary education attainment49. Tertiary enrolment50. Lifelong learning

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EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX: INDICATOR DATA SOURCES

Hard data

Surveydata

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EUROSTAT

European Environmental Agency and DG Regio own computations

European Environment Agency

EUROSTAT and DG Regio own computations

EU-SILC

Gallup

European Quality of Institutions Index and DG Regio own computations

EU-SILC ad-hoc Quality of Life module

Special Eurobarometer 393 on discrimination


EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX RESULTS MAP

Regions of the EU have widely different social progress results across levels of GDP

Regions with the highest GDPs per capita are not the top performers

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BASIC HUMAN NEEDS

European regions generally perform well on Basic Human Needs

Only some regions in EU 13 states perform less well

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FOUNDATIONS OF WELLBEING

High variance within countries on Foundations of Wellbeing

Only a few states achieve high levels of performance across all regions

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OPPORTUNITY

There are significant differences among the Nordic countries, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe

Opportunity is the dimension with the lowest level of performance

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EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2016 RESULTS

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SPI22 CentralNorrland Sweden 78.96 44 Hamburg Germany 74.21

1 UpperNorrland Sweden 82.33 23 SmålandwithIslands Sweden 78.87 45 NorthYorkshire UnitedKingdom 74.112 CentralJutland Denmark 81.98 24 NorthMiddleSweden Sweden 78.64 46 Gloucestershire,WiltshireandBristol/BathareaUnitedKingdom 74.063 CapitalRegionofDenmarkDenmark 81.67 25 NorthBrabant Netherlands 78.48 47 UpperBavaria Germany 74.014 Åland Finland 81.61 26 SouthSweden Sweden 78.48 48 Giessen Germany 73.915 Utrecht Netherlands 81.37 27 Zealand Denmark 78.25 49 EastFlanders Belgium 73.826 NorthernJutland Denmark 81.36 28 Drenthe Netherlands 78.11 50 Styria Austria 73.827 Helsinki Finland 81.19 29 Limburg(NL) Netherlands 77.42 51 Karlsruhe Germany 73.798 Gelderland Netherlands 81.11 30 Zeeland Netherlands 76.97 52 SouthernandEastern Ireland 73.639 NorthHolland Netherlands 80.95 31 Salzburg Austria 75.82 53 Stuttgart Germany 73.6010 Groningen Netherlands 80.55 32 HampshireandIsleofWightUnitedKingdom 75.31 54 HighlandsandIslands UnitedKingdom 73.5711 EasternandNorthernFinlandFinland 80.41 33 Tyrol Austria 75.13 55 Bremen Germany 73.4312 Overijssel Netherlands 80.32 34 Berkshire,BuckinghamshireandOxfordshireUnitedKingdom 75.05 56 Darmstadt Germany 73.4313 SouthHolland Netherlands 80.28 57 LowerFranconia Germany 73.4314 WesternFinland Finland 80.27 35 EasternScotland UnitedKingdom 74.87 58 Luxembourg Luxembourg 73.4015 EastMiddleSweden Sweden 80.16 36 NorthEasternScotland UnitedKingdom 74.73 59 Leipzig Germany 73.33

37 BedfordshireandHertfordshireUnitedKingdom 74.70 60 OuterLondon UnitedKingdom 73.2816 SouthernFinland Finland 79.98 38 Devon UnitedKingdom 74.70 61 CornwallandIslesofScillyUnitedKingdom 73.2617 SouthernDenmark Denmark 79.94 39 DorsetandSomerset UnitedKingdom 74.51 62 Leicestershire,RutlandandNorthamptonshireUnitedKingdom 73.1818 Stockholm Sweden 79.90 40 Surrey,EastandWestSussexUnitedKingdom 74.43 63 NorthernIreland UnitedKingdom 73.1819 Flevoland Netherlands 79.61 41 Freiburg Germany 74.35 64 Vienna Austria 73.1120 WestSweden Sweden 79.46 42 FlemishBrabant Belgium 74.31 65 Kassel Germany 73.0921 Friesland Netherlands 79.41 43 Tübingen Germany 74.30 66 EastAnglia UnitedKingdom 73.06

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SPI67 Cheshire UnitedKingdom 73.03 90 Kent UnitedKingdom 71.98 113 SouthYorkshire UnitedKingdom 71.0368 Lancashire UnitedKingdom 73.02 91 Madrid Spain 71.92 114 LowerAustria Austria 71.0169 Dresden Germany 72.89 92 UpperPalatinate Germany 71.90 115 Lüneburg Germany 70.8570 RheinhessenPfalz Germany 72.89 93 Essex UnitedKingdom 71.88 116 LowerBavaria Germany 70.8271 SouthWesternScotland UnitedKingdom 72.88 94 WestWalesandTheValleysUnitedKingdom 71.87 117 Brittany France 70.8172 NorthumberlandandTyneandWearUnitedKingdom 72.88 95 Vorarlberg Austria 71.75 118 WestFlanders Belgium 70.7573 Berlin Germany 72.81 96 Detmold Germany 71.71 119 Saarland Germany 70.6074 DerbyshireandNottinghamshireUnitedKingdom 72.76 97 Schleswig-Holstein Germany 71.65 120 Midi-Pyrénées France 70.5675 Swabia Germany 72.71 98 Chemnitz Germany 71.63 121 ShropshireandStaffordshireUnitedKingdom 70.5476 Thuringia Germany 72.58 99 Merseyside UnitedKingdom 71.58 122 WeserEms Germany 70.4677 Koblenz Germany 72.49 100 Brunswick Germany 71.54 123 Alsace France 70.2978 Limburg(BE) Belgium 72.44 101 Herefordshire,WorcestershireandWarwickshireUnitedKingdom 71.54 124 Brandenburg Germany 70.0179 Cologne Germany 72.38 102 BasqueCountry Spain 71.41 125 EastYorkshireandNorthernLincolnshireUnitedKingdom 70.0180 MiddleFranconia Germany 72.37 103 Lincolnshire UnitedKingdom 71.3981 InnerLondon UnitedKingdom 72.35 104 Arnsberg Germany 71.36 126 Franche-Comté France 69.9882 Trier Germany 72.32 105 Hanover Germany 71.32 127 WesternSlovenia Slovenia 69.9483 TeesValleyandDurham UnitedKingdom 72.30 106 Carinthia Austria 71.24 128 Burgenland Austria 69.9084 EastWales UnitedKingdom 72.21 107 ÎledeFrance France 71.24 129 Navarra Spain 69.9085 Cumbria UnitedKingdom 72.21 108 WestYorkshire UnitedKingdom 71.22 130 Auvergne France 69.7386 UpperAustria Austria 72.12 109 Münster Germany 71.22 131 PaysdelaLoire France 69.6587 GreaterManchester UnitedKingdom 72.08 110 Mecklenburg-VorpommernGermany 71.09 132 Rhône-Alpes France 69.6088 Antwerp Belgium 72.06 111 Düsseldorf Germany 71.08 133 Limousin France 69.5589 UpperFranconia Germany 72.00 112 Border,MidlandandWesternIreland 71.05 134 Aquitaine France 69.37

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SPI135 Cantabria Spain 69.28 158 Nord-Pas-de-Calais France 65.92 180 Corsica France 62.75136 CentralFrance France 69.20 159 Prague CzechRepublic 65.85 181 BratislavaRegion Slovakia 62.59137 Saxony-Anhalt Germany 69.18 160 Luxembourg(Belgium) Belgium 65.84 182 Melilla Spain 62.58138 WestMidlands UnitedKingdom 68.99 161 EasternSlovenia Slovenia 65.76 183 Hainaut Belgium 62.44139 WalloonBrabant Belgium 68.89 162 Murcia Spain 65.53 184 Friuli-VeneziaGiulia Italy 62.15140 CastileandLeón Spain 68.86 163 Catalonia Spain 65.51 185 Algarve Portugal 61.90141 Poitou-Charentes France 68.67 164 CanaryIslands Spain 65.32 186 Northeast CzechRepublic 61.54142 LowerNormandy France 68.62 165 Réunion France 65.21 187 CentralMoravia CzechRepublic 61.41143 Languedoc-Roussillon France 68.58 166 Guadeloupe France 65.01 188 Tuscany Italy 61.10144 Burgundy France 68.46 189 Abruzzo Italy 61.05145 Asturias Spain 68.27 167 Estonia Estonia 64.87 190 CentralPortugal Portugal 61.05146 Aragon Spain 68.24 168 Liège Belgium 64.80 191 Emilia–Romagna Italy 60.78147 LaRioja Spain 68.10 169 Extremadura Spain 64.77 192 Marche Italy 60.65148 Lorraine France 67.78 170 Castile-LaMancha Spain 64.34 193 Pomerania Poland 60.52149 Provence-Alpes-Côted'AzurFrance 67.72 171 Picardy France 64.29 194 Podlasie Poland 60.44150 Trento Italy 67.71 172 Bolzano Italy 64.08 195 Crete Greece 60.40151 Martinique France 67.37 173 Lisbon Portugal 63.99 196 NorthernPortugal Portugal 60.16152 Champagne-Ardenne France 66.92 174 BalearicIslands Spain 63.84 197 Lazio Italy 60.13153 BrusselsCapitalRegion Belgium 66.85 175 Andalusia Spain 63.81 198 NorthAegean Greece 60.11154 UpperNormandy France 66.77 176 Southeast CzechRepublic 63.55 199 Malta Malta 60.08155 Valencia Spain 66.60 177 Ceuta Spain 63.34156 Namur Belgium 66.54 178 Southwest CzechRepublic 63.20 200 Veneto Italy 59.93157 Galicia Spain 66.27 179 Umbria Italy 62.98 201 AostaValley Italy 59.65

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202CentralHungary Hungary 59.42 227Thessaly Greece 57.04 251ContinentalCroatia Croatia 53.14203 Sardinia Italy 59.36 228Kuyavian-Pomerania Poland 57.00 252NorthernHungary Hungary 52.72204CentralBohemianRegionCzechRepublic 59.09 229WestSlovakia Slovakia 56.64 253CentralGreece(NUTS2) Greece 52.60205 Lithuania Lithuania 59.02 230AdriaticCroatia Croatia 56.59 254Calabria Italy 52.35206Cyprus Cyprus 58.98 231 Lubusz Poland 56.53 255Bucharest-Ilfov Romania 52.03207Madeira Portugal 58.93 232Northwest CzechRepublic 56.52 256Peloponnese Greece 51.81208 Liguria Italy 58.87 233 LowerSilesia Poland 56.41 257Apulia Italy 51.71209WestPomerania Poland 58.69 234CentralTransdanubia Hungary 56.21 258 SouthWestBulgaria Bulgaria 50.70210Moravia-Silesia CzechRepublic 58.33 235 Swietokrzyskie Poland 55.89 259 Sicily Italy 50.09211CentralMacedonia Greece 58.28 236 SouthernTransdanubia Hungary 55.52 260WestRomania Romania 50.07212Molise Italy 58.22 237EasternMacedoniaandThraceGreece 55.31213Alentejo Portugal 58.20 238WesternGreece Greece 55.29 261Campania Italy 49.72214GreaterPoland Poland 57.91 239Basilicata Italy 55.28 262CentralRomania Romania 49.46215Mazovia Poland 57.85 240Azores Portugal 55.13 263NorthwestRomania Romania 48.67216 LublinProvince Poland 57.84 241 IonianIslands Greece 55.07 264 SouthwestOltenia Romania 46.32217WesternTransdanubia Hungary 57.83 242 SouthAegean Greece 55.03 265NorthCentralBulgaria Bulgaria 46.22218 Lombardy Italy 57.80 266NorthEastBulgaria Bulgaria 45.67219WesternMacedonia Greece 57.68 243EastSlovakia Slovakia 54.93220Podkarpacia Poland 57.53 244 Lodzkie Poland 54.71 267 SouthCentralBulgaria Bulgaria 44.22221Warmian-Masuria Poland 57.46 245 Latvia Latvia 54.60 268NortheastRomania Romania 43.49222CentralSlovakia Slovakia 57.46 246 SouthernGreatPlain Hungary 54.54 269 SoutheastRomania Romania 42.89223Athens Greece 57.31 247Opoleregion Poland 54.38 270 SouthMuntenia Romania 41.82224Epirus Greece 57.13 248 FrenchGuiana France 54.03 271NorthWestBulgaria Bulgaria 40.62225 LesserPoland Poland 57.08 249NorthernGreatPlain Hungary 53.98 272 SouthEastBulgaria Bulgaria 39.72226Piedmont Italy 57.07 250 Silesia Poland 53.79

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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EU REGIONAL SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX AND GDP PER CAPITA?


SOCIAL PROGRESS DOES INCREASE WITH GDP PER CAPITA BUT ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY

R2=0.5199

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DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS

Basic Human Needs Foundations of Wellbeing Opportunity

Basic Human Needs improves the most with each additional unit of GDP per capita. This is also true for Opportunity, although the relationship is less pronounced. For Foundations of Wellbeing, the relationship with GDP per capita is significantly weaker.

R2=0.55 R2=0.35 R2=0.44

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ACCESS TO BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIPS WITH GDP PER CAPITA

Environmental QualityAccess to Basic Knowledge

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Netherlands(12)Germany(38)

United Kingdom(37)Poland(16)Greece(13)

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Denmark(5)Sweden(8)Slovenia(2)

Austria(9)Hungary(7)Slovakia(4)Portugal(7)

Czech Republic(8)Romania(8)Bulgaria(6)

The graph displays the spread of scores within a country – difference between the best and the worst performing region. Total number of regions in a country shown in ().

It is not always true that large countries have the highest spread of performance on social progress.

Many large countries do better than smaller ones. Germany and the United Kingdom have achieved very consistent performance across regions.

Finland has the lowest spread across its regions, whereas Italyhas the highest.

INTRA-COUNTRY VARIATION

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United Kingdom(37)Poland(16)

Spain(19)Greece(13)France(26)Belgium(11)

Italy(21)

Finland(5)Sweden(8)

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Slovenia(2)Croatia(2)

Hungary(7)Portugal(7)

Czech Republic(8)Slovakia(4)Romania(8)Bulgaria(6)

INTRA-COUNTRY VARIATION, NORMALIZED

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The graph displays the coefficient of variation for each country – the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean. Total number of regions in a country shown in ().


NEW MEMBER STATES (EU 13)EU 13 countries tend to perform at the lower end and many of them underperform relative to GDP

EU 13 Countries:Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia

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Old Member States tend to perform well, and many of them over-perform relative to GDP

EU 15 countries:Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Portugal, United Kingdom

NEW MEMBER STATES (EU 13) VS. OLD MEMBER STATES (EU 15)

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DIMENSIONS OF SOCIAL PROGRESS: EU 13 VS EU 15

Basic Human Needs Foundations of Wellbeing Opportunity

EU 15 countries perform generally better. Basic Human Needs and Foundations of Wellbeing show signs of convergence, whereas Opportunity seems to be diverging.

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Even though the relationship is loose, Access to Basic Knowledge is one area where EU 13 countries are outperforming EU 15 countries.

We found a similar result on Access to Advanced Education.

NEW MEMBER STATES PERFORM WELL ON EDUCATION

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INSIGHT INTO OPPORTUNITY:TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION

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Whereas in other dimensionsEU 13 states seem to be “catching up” with EU 15countries, on Tolerance and Inclusion the divide is evident.


DIFFERENT GDP, SIMILAR OUTCOMEPohjois ja ItaSuomi (Finland) and Groningen (Netherlands)achieve the same level of social progress at very different levels of GDP per capita.

Pohjois ja ItaSuomiGroningen

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Cornwall (UK) and Luxembourg are vastly different regions.

Luxembourg’s GDP (PPP) per capita amounts to €66,700 EUR, whereas Cornwall achieves only €16,200.

However, they achieve almost the same level of social progress.

DIFFERENT GDP, SIMILAR OUTCOME

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Despite being located in thesame country, West Wales and Inner London are in different worlds when it comes to GDP per capita, but are similar in social progress.

West Wales performs as wellas Inner London on the EU Regional Social Progress Index.

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Lorraine, a historical region in northeast France, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, achieves the same level of social progress as the capital of Belgium and of EU institutions – Brussels.Lorraine

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Regions often achieve vastlydifferent levels of social progress while having the same level of GDP per capita.

The top scoring region of Ovre Norrland has the samelevel of GDP per capita as Bucuresti Ilfov.

SIMILAR GDP, DIFFERENT OUTCOME

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Lower income regions, suchas Podlaskie, can also achieverelatively higher social progress compared to their economic peers.

Podlaskie

SIMILAR GDP, DIFFERENT OUTCOME

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Regional performance is measured against a group of 15 regions most similar in GDP per capita (PPP) based on a three-year average. The following slides show regions that over- and under-perform relative to their economic peer cohort group.

OVER- AND UNDER-PERFORMANCE ON SOCIAL PROGRESS RELATIVE TO ECONOMIC PEERS


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Many over-performing regions have a relatively lower GDP per capita than their peers.

Income categories follow EU’s methodology: (a) less developed – regions with GDP per capita less than 75% of the EU average;(b) transition – regions with GDP per capita between 75% and 90% of the EU average;(c) more developed – regions with GDP per capita above 90% of the EU average.

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Regional performance is measured against a group of 15 regions most similar in GDP per capita (PPP) based on a three-year average.


TOP 10 REGIONS UNDERPERFORMING ON SOCIAL PROGRESS RELATIVE TO GDP PER CAPITA (PPP)

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Income categories follow EU’s methodology: (a) less developed – regions with GDP per capita less than 75% of the EU average;(b) transition – regions with GDP per capita between 75% and 90% of the EU average;(c) more developed – regions with GDP per capita above 90% of the EU average.

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Regional performance is measured against a group of 15 regions most similar in GDP per capita (PPP) based on a three-year average.


REGIONAL STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSESNumber of regions in each country with strong, neutral and weak relative performance

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Country Strength Neutral Weakness Country Strength Neutral Weakness

Austria 0 9 0 Italy 0 1 20Belgium 0 7 4 Latvia 0 0 1Bulgaria 0 3 3 Lithuania 0 1 0Croatia 0 1 1 Luxembourg 0 1 0Cyprus 0 0 1 Malta 0 0 1Czech Republic 2 5 1 Netherlands 9 3 0Denmark 5 0 0 Poland 2 11 3Estonia 1 0 0 Portugal 1 2 4Finland 5 0 0 Romania 0 3 5France 0 17 9 Slovakia 0 3 1Germany 1 37 0 Slovenia 1 1 0Greece 0 7 6 Spain 0 8 11Hungary 0 6 1 Sweden 7 1 0Ireland 0 2 0 United Kingdom 7 30 0

Regional performance is measured against a group of 15 regions most similar in GDP per capita (PPP) based on a three-year average. A region’s performance is compared to the median performance of regions in the group. If the region’s score is greater than (or less than) the average absolute deviation from the median of the comparator group, it is considered a strength (or weakness). Scores that are within one average absolute deviation are within the range of expected scores and are considered neutral.


2016 FRAMEWORK & REGIONAL PERFORMANCE SCORECARDS

Social Progress Index Framework• First index of its kind – no economic indicators, only measures of

social and environmental outcomes

• The EU Regional Social Progress Index ranks and analyses 272 regions and measures regional performance across 50 indicators to answer three questions:

1. Does a region provide for its people’s most essential needs?

2. Are the building blocks in place for people to improve their lives?

3. Is there opportunity for people to improve their position in society?

Regional Performance Scorecards• Strengths and weaknesses analysis

examines regional performance relative to a group of comparator regions with similar resources (measured in terms of GDP per capita)

• Holistic view of priority areas for action and identification of out-performing areas

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SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX SCORECARD OVERVIEW

Reading the relative analysis scorecard. Within the group of peer regions, yellow signifies that a region’s performance is typical for regions at its level of economic development, green signifies that the region performs substantially better than its peer group, and red signifies that the region performs substantially worse than its peer group.

Once the group of comparator regions is established, the region’s performance is compared to the median performance of regions in the group. The median is used, rather than the mean, to minimize the influence of outliers. If the region’s score is greater than (or less than) the average absolute deviation from the median of the comparator group, it is considered a strength (or weakness). Scores that are within one average absolute deviation are within the range of expected scores and are considered neither strengths nor weaknesses. A floor is established so the thresholds are no less than those for poorer regions.

When the distribution of scores is tight around the median with too little variation to assess relative strengths and weaknesses, a one point band around the median is used to determine strengths and weaknesses.

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Background. The component, dimension and overall Social Progress Index scores are scaled from 0 to 100 with 100 as the score that a country would achieve were it to have the highest possible score on every indicator, and 0 as the score were it to have the lowest possible score on every indicator. With this scale, it is possible to evaluate a region’s performance relative to the best and worst possible score. In some cases, it is also helpful to compare a region’s performance to other regions at a similar level of economic development. For example, a lower-income region may have a low score on a certain component, but could greatly exceed typical scores for regions with similar per capita incomes. Conversely, a high-income region may have a high absolute score on a component, but still fall short of what is typical for comparably wealthy regions. For this reason, we have developed a methodology to present a region’s strengths and weaknesses on a relative rather than absolute basis, comparing a region’s performance to that of its economic peers.

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THEMATIC FINDINGS


RAISING INCOMES CAN HELP

There is a closer relationship between social progress and household income (R2=0.6842)than social progress and GDP per capita (R2= 0.5199).

R2=0.6842

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UNEMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL PROGRESS

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Across all EU regions, there is no significant relationshipbetween SPI and unemployment(R2=0.06).


SOCIAL PROGRESS AND COMPETITIVENESS

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Social Progress and Competitiveness arehighly correlated (R2=0.728).

This does not implycausation, but offers an interesting area for further research and analysis.

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