The index has declined globally for two years in a row since the first time it was calculated 32 years ago. The UNDP's report said that this erased "the gains of the past five years."

UNDP chief Achim Steiner said that even at the height of the last global recession which broke out in 2007, the index declined in only around one in ten countries.

The combined effects of climate change, the war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic have created an "uncertainty complex" exerting downward pressure on global living standards, the report said.

"Navigating this new uncertainty complex is hampered by persistent deprivations and inequalities in human development," it added, referring to stark global disparities in living standards.

"We are living through very distressing times, whether it is a world underwater, a world with no water, a world on fire or a world in the midst of the pandemic," Steiner said.

m.dw.com/en/un-index-shows-living-standards-declining-in-90-of-countries/a-63052023

damn that’s crazy it’s almost as if we’re living in social collapse

But our current system of social organization is clearly better because it wins wars against other systems

And winning wars is truly the marker of a sustainable and healthy society dont gotta change anything

Who is in the 10%?

Seeing United States slipping to 21st place shocked the hell out of me, what the f*** I thought it was top 5? Turns out is some European countries hahaha

I’m shocked that shocked you. We’ve been moving backwards due to political theater for a while now.

Dying empire

Look at the pic in the article, this don’t involve me lol

The way they are measuring is flawed and subjective. It don't matter.