Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Trakya Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.353-366, 2018 (Hakemli Dergi)
The most significant requirement for people to maintain their livescomfortably, is to have a specific level of welfare. Therefore, a country having a high levelof welfare is preferred as a livable country. This has significant influences on theeconomies of countries. One of most significant researches conducted for determining thewelfare levels of countries is the Better Life Index (BLI) research conducted byOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) every year on aregular basis. With this research, 38 countries are ranked based on main criteria and subcriteria,but a general ranking is not made. The aim of this study is to rank the countries byusing Better Life Index data created by OECD. In the study, the criterion weights weredetermined and then, the countries were ranked with MULTIMOORA method. Then, therelationship between ranking of countries and their Human Development Index (HDI) rankings were investigated with Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient and the resultswere interpreted.