BGE 5-01 - Sustainability - Living Standard vs Quality of Life

​We are going to learn...

• What 'Standard of Living' is.

• What 'Quality of Life' means.

• What 'Per Capita' is.

• Ask ourselves "are they connected?"

This refers to a population's level of material goods, comfort, wealth and necessities available to them.

It could be measured on a national or regional basis.

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Standard of Living

Per Capita GDP - What Is It?

• Standard of living is usually measured in GDP (Gross Domestic Product).

• Gross Domestic Product is normally split into 'per capita' which means the total GDP for a population divided by how many adults are in that population.

​Task 1 - Find out what Gross Domestic Product is, and put it in your own words into a Word document.

Task 2 - Find out what Scotland's per capita GDP is and make a record of it in the same Word doc.

Task 3 - choose another country outside the UK, and record what its per capita GDP is.

Life quality is completely different from Standard of Living, but are they connected?

Look at the different things that impact our quality of life and think carefully - how good is your quality of life?

Quality of Life

Go on to the internet and search for a list of different countries' quality of life. First of all - can you find one? If you can, where does Scotland come (if you can't find Scotland, use the UK.

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Quality of Life in Scotland

Now use the OECD website you just used to check out the country/region you chose for the previous exercise. The OECD doesn't cover the whole world so you may have to choose a different country if yours is not in the list.

In your Word document, paste both Scotland's and the other region's Well-Being factors (Environment, Income, Health, Safety etc) and compare them.

​2 Your Chosen Country

Check out this web page.

Compare the Quality of Life Indices in the rest of the UK. How well does Scotland compare?

1 Well-Being