ANALYSIS OF APPROACHES TO ASSESSMENT OF THE LIFE QUALITY IN GLOBAL PRACTICE

The article analyzes diverse methods intended to assess life quality and indicators across global contexts. The article focuses on such parameters as the Human Development Index (HDI), the Happiness Index, and the Social Progress Index used to assess the population’s well-being. The authors undertake a comparative analysis of the parameters intended to assess life quality, highlighting both such quantitative and qualitative aspects as health, education, personal safety, and environmental factors. Special emphasis is placed on subjective assessments of well-being, emphasizing the significance to engage the general population in the life quality assessment. The article compares Kazakhstan life quality indicators with those of developed countries. It reveals that Kazakhstan falls behind in several key parameters, including life expectancy and GDP per capita. Kazakhstan additionally exhibits encouraging trends in education and in the human development index. Finally, it is concluded that a more detailed assessment of non-material factors is required, and promising directions to develop the methods for assessment of the life quality are proposed.