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World map of the Global Social Mobility Index (2020). Below is the list of 82 countries ranked by their score in the inaugural Global Social Mobility Index 2020. [1] The value 100 was the highest possible score a country could receive. [1]
Economic mobility has fallen between 1850 and 2019, where a fathers' economic rank more weakly predicts a child's rank after World War II than during the 19th and early 20th Centuries. [33] Intergenerational mobility was low in part due to limited upward mobility for poorer individuals who lived in the South or were Black.
The Social Progress Index (SPI) measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of well-being, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations.
The fact that it's getting harder to move up the economic ladder shouldn't come as a surprise anymore. For years, studies have shown that economic mobility in America has declined, both relative ...
Josh Bandoch, head of policy at IPI, said Illinois ranked 40th in the country for social mobility. “The things that are really bad in Illinois are, no shocker here, taxes, high property taxes ...
List of countries by spending on education (% of GDP) List of countries by 25- to 34-year-olds having a tertiary education degree; Global Social Mobility Index; Education Index; Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study; Programme for International Student Assessment; Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
A 2006 study comparing social mobility between developed countries [39] [40] [41] found that the four countries with the lowest "intergenerational income elasticity", i.e. the highest social mobility, were Denmark, Norway, Finland and Canada with less than 20% of advantages of having a high income parent passed on to their children.
The state’s uninsured rate is at 8.8%, well below the national average of 13.8%. The average household income is $70,979, over $10,000 more than the national average.