Sustainable and Shared-Prosperity Policy Index
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How well are countries doing at supporting wellbeing for people and the planet?

The SSPI measures the strength of national policies across 57 policy indicators, offering a comprehensive and data-driven look at policy around the world.

The SSPI organizes indicators into categories, each of measures the performance of a package of related policies in a specific sector. Categories are grouped into pillars corresponding to the three core tasks of government in the twenty-first century.

Sustainability

Measures policies protecting ecosystems and the environment.

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Market Structure

Measures policies which by which countries structure markets to provide goods and services.

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Public Goods

Measures the availability and quality of key government-provided public goods.

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National Policies to Support Sustainable, Equitable Economies

Our working paper conducts an in-depth cross-sectional analysis of country polcies from 2018 working paper using the SSPI.

IRLE Working Paper IRLE Climate and Society Center

National Policies Scores

Explore the latest SSPI data, with scores spanning from 2000 to 2023 across 67 countries.

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SSPI Scores (2018 Data)

Three Pillars of the SSPI

The three pillars of the SSPI correspond to the three major policy challenges facing governments around the world.
  • Protecting the natual environment from degredation to guarantee a liveable and thriving planet for all creatures
  • Structuring free and fair markets that promote general prosperity and equality
  • Providing public goods that all citizens share