Abstract:
In the article the principles of improving the quality of life of the population of
Ukraine were analyzed, a method of calculating the quality of life of the population of the world
was developed. The solution of the tasks was carried out with the use of general scientific research
methods: abstraction, analysis and synthesis, generalization, formalization, as well as special
methods of analysis: structural, statistical, logical. The authors have analyzed the state of factors
influencing the quality of life of the population of Ukraine: purchasing power index, safety index,
health care index, cost of living index, property price to income ratio, traffic commute time index,
pollution index, climate index, GDP by PPP per capita in international dollars, rating of political
and civil liberties, life expectancy at birth, unemployment rate, gender equality index. General
recommendations for improving the condition of these factors and priority areas have been
identified. The general approaches to development of methods of calculation of quality of life of the
population of the world countries are defined. A method for calculating the quality of life of the
population has been developed: 5 indicators that have a positive impact on the quality of life and 5
indicators that have a negative impact on the quality of life of the population have been identified;
mentioned weights of each of these indicators. The Index of Quality of Life of the Population of
Ukraine, neighboring countries and developed world countries was calculated according to the
developed calculation method, the obtained results have been compared with the Numbeo Quality
of Life Index.
