Gross National Well-being

Gross National Wellness (GNW) is a socioeconomic development and measurement framework. The GNW / GNH Index consists of 7 dimensions: economic, environmental, physical, mental, work, social, and political. Most wellness areas include both subjective results (via survey) and objective data.

The GNW Index is not to be confused with Bhutan's GNH Index, while both frameworks were inspired by the Gross National Happiness philosophy that was introduced by the former King of Bhutan in 1972. Both frameworks are similar in origin and purpose but different in authorship, creation dates, and geographic scope.

The GNW / GNH index is a global development measurement framework published in 2005 by the International Institute of Management in the US. It is a secular model that tracks 7 development areas with no religious measurement components.

On the other hand, Bhutan's GNH Index is a local development framework and measurement index, published by the Centre for Bhutan Studies in 2012 after two years of research. The Bhutan's GNH Index is customized to the country's Buddhist cultural and spiritual values. The concepts and issues at the heart of Bhutanese approach are similar to the secular GNH Index. The local GNH Index tracks 9 development areas including spiritual measurement such as prayers recitation and other Karma indicators.

The subjective survey is structured into seven areas or dimensions. Each area or dimension satisfaction rating is scaled from 0–10: 0 being very dissatisfied, 5 being neutral, and 10 is very satisfied.

The survey also asks four qualitative questions to identify key causes of happiness and unhappiness:

Although subjective measures can be used as indicators, the data collected can be unreliable due to the response variation between genders, cultures and other personal factors.

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