Abstract
The aim of this study is to group OECD countries using the better life index indicators through multidimensional scaling analysis. The Better Life Index consists of thirty-three variables under the dimensions of material living conditions (income and wealth, work and earnings, housing conditions) and quality of life (health status, work-life balance, education and skills, social connections, civic engagement and governance, environmental quality, personal safety and life satisfaction). These thirty-three indicators constitute the variables of the multidimensional scaling analysis. As a result of the analysis, the positions of countries in two-dimensional space were obtained and it was observed that some countries formed distinct clusters. In this way, OECD countries are compared not on the basis of a selected indicator, but on the basis of an approach that encompasses all the indicators of the Better Life Index.