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INFORM · EXPLORE · INVESTIGATE

An index in development, a horizon for every nation

Inform and encourage further study through interactivity, contributing to the development of an ethically differentiated UOR index, with the aim of progressively including every nation on the planet.

This preliminary presentation includes countries with baseline UOR at or above 70.00. Explore the weights, question the measures and seek evidence to improve the proposal.

Health revised: priority to essential service coverage.

Out-of-pocket spending has been removed from the calculation. Health combines 50% UHC, 40% longevity and 10% DTP3 vaccination, after normalization. UHC is a service index, not the percentage of people guaranteed care or free treatment. Scores and the ≥ 70.00 selection have been recalculated.

DIRECT COMPARISON

Two countries, five dimensions

Country ACountry B

Capability profiles

Bars show dimension scores (0–100). “Contribution” shows the points entering UOR under the current weights.

POSITIONS WITHIN THE COHORT

Reference and scenario

UOR ranking: reference and current scenario
Current	Country	Reference	Change	UOR / 100	Composition

↑ gained positions · ↓ lost positions. Tied scores share a rank. The cohort stays fixed even when a dimension receives zero weight.

PROVENANCE AND AUDIT

The data behind the score

Source values, observation years and their transformation in the current scenario.

Purpose: provide an informative, interactive tool that encourages research and the development of an ethically differentiated UOR index. The horizon is to build the methodological foundations and evidence needed to include every nation on the planet.

Presentation rule: baseline UOR ≥ 70.00, calculated before rounding, with 20% per dimension and no PPP hypotheses, after temporal alignment. Selection stays fixed during simulations. Changing weights or capturing another reference may produce simulated scores below 70.00 without redefining the countries presented.

Provenance and validation: values inherited from the UOR_Proxy_2026_Optimized.xlsx workbook, dated 29 August 2026. Calculations, time windows and selection rules were checked; values and observation years were not updated, interpolated or comprehensively revalidated against primary sources. Links identify the cited series. This fixed snapshot does not fetch updates automatically.

DATA COMPARABILITY

A gap of up to two years between countries

For each indicator, the anchor year from the underlying data snapshot is preserved, and that year and its two preceding years are accepted. Every country presented has a valid value and year for all 15 indicators. Anchors stay fixed when applying the UOR cutoff and exploring scenarios.

Temporal alignment and data recency are different questions.

Learning and schooling remain at 2020 for all countries; patent observations reach 2021. The two-year limit applies between countries within each series, not between series or as a maximum data age relative to 2026. Dates are inherited from the workbook.

View all 15 windows and the years presented

Expanding coverage requires comparable evidence, source documentation and ongoing review. Known limitations must accompany interpretation of the index.

Inspect country

Indicators, values and sources for the selected country
Indicator / internal weight	Source value	Year / accepted window	Current score / 100	Source / series

References for reading and review

World Bank · poverty lines and 2021 PPP

Selected checks: 8 October 2026. Each row shows its observation year; “2026” in the index does not mean all observations are from 2026. GDP PPP and variables excluded from the workbook score are not used by this site.

REPRODUCIBLE SPECIFICATION

How UOR is calculated

A proxy for social capabilities associated with operational readiness.

1. Indicators and dimensions

Each indicator is mapped to 0–1 using fixed bounds. For “higher is better”: (value − minimum) / (maximum − minimum). For “lower is better”, the numerator is maximum − value. Results are clipped to 0 and 1.

The monthly median is divided by 30.4375 to obtain a daily value. Its score is ln(daily median / 8.30) / ln(75 / 8.30). Patents use ln(1 + value) / ln(1 + 3000). Logarithms reduce the influence of very high values.

Dimension	Internal composition
Health	50% UHC + 40% longevity + 10% DTP3
Learning	70% LAYS + 30% expected years of schooling
Material Inclusion	35% inverted Gini + 35% population above int$8.30/day + 30% PPP median
Technology	25% internet + 15% broadband + 30% R&D + 30% patents
Government Capacity	40% WGI effectiveness + 30% e-government + 30% SPI

All normalization bounds

Health: coverage, access and financial protection

Revision of 16 October 2026. Out-of-pocket spending was excluded: it omits health insurance premiums, and its share of national health spending does not show how much of each family’s income goes to healthcare. Its 20 percentage points of internal weight were transferred to UHC, increasing it from 30% to 50%. Longevity retains 40% and DTP3 retains 10%. These weights are normative choices for this proposal.

What UHC indicates: a composite index of essential health service coverage, on a 0–100 scale. It is not the percentage of people insured or legally entitled to care. A high value alone does not establish universality, free treatment, short waits, quality or equal access. UOR normalization retains the 40–90 bounds; the normalized maximum does not mean the entire population is covered.

The financial limitation remains: this revision emphasizes service coverage but stops directly scoring financial protection. SDG indicator 3.8.2 still relies on out-of-pocket payments and does not resolve the omission of insurance premiums. A future component should consider net premiums and other payments relative to ability to pay, by income group, alongside impoverishment and care forgone because of cost. Adoption requires comparable data and a temporal audit; no estimate has been invented to fill this gap.

UHC values and years remain those of the inherited snapshot. Consulting current methodology does not automatically update or reclassify those observations. Earlier positions are not directly comparable with this revision, which also reapplies the ≥ 70.00 selection.

WHO · service coverage and limitations · UN / WHO · financial protection, SDG 3.8.2 · World Bank · exclusion of insurance premiums.

2. Aggregation and ranking

UOR = 100 × Σ (normalized weight × dimension)

The normalized weight is the entered weight divided by the sum of all five weights. The aligned cohort's initial reference assigns 20% to each dimension. Weights are normative choices, not statistical estimates.

Ranking uses unrounded scores. Scores tied within 10⁻¹⁰ points share a rank; alphabetical order is used only for display. Small differences do not imply substantive superiority.

Fixed preliminary selection: countries must have baseline UOR ≥ 70.00, with equal weights and no PPP hypotheses, and all 15 indicators complete and temporally aligned. The cutoff uses the unrounded score. The selection remains unchanged when weights change, PPP is tested or a new reference is captured. The 70.00 cutoff is a presentation choice, not a scientific threshold of ethical value.

“Capture scenario as reference” stores a copy of the current weights and hypotheses. “Restore defaults” returns both scenarios to equal weights within the aligned cohort. Reloading the page restarts the session.

GDP per capita PPP, interpersonal trust, rule of law and electoral democracy do not enter the score. This version does not calculate the workbook's income residual.

3. What the PPP test means

The threshold of int$8.30 per person per day and the median are stated in 2021 PPP terms. The comparison already accounts for purchasing power; an international dollar is not a dollar converted at the market exchange rate.

Starting from local currency, the value in international dollars is the local value divided by the appropriate PPP factor, with prices and periods harmonized. Consumption PPP is relevant to household welfare; GDP PPP should not automatically replace it.

The control varies a country's median from 0.5× to 1.5×, keeping the 8.30–75 bounds fixed. This is a hypothetical sensitivity test, not an official revision. Gini is retained. Poverty is retained unless you enter a recalculated rate.

A median does not reveal how many people are below a threshold. The site therefore does not infer poverty from a multiplier. A full revision requires distributions, surveys and comparable factors. Switching from 2017 PPP to 2021 PPP cannot be correctly simulated with an arbitrary multiplier.

4. Interpretive limitations

Alignment limits the span to two years within each indicator. Across indicators, years still range from 2020 to 2025; this is neither a simultaneous snapshot nor an entirely recent dataset.
The presentation is intentionally selected by score and data availability. It does not represent the worldwide distribution of UOR. Positions refer only to the countries presented. Progressive inclusion of every nation is a research aim.
The rule uses the year stated in the workbook. Publication year, collection period, revision and projection can differ and require their own audit. The selection does not resolve discrepancies in definitions, values or licensing.
Income and consumption are different concepts. Gini, poverty and the median may come from different surveys and years.
UHC measures essential service coverage, not legal universality or financial protection. DTP3 and UHC may partly overlap on vaccination information; internal weights require sensitivity analysis.
Patents measure applications, not innovation quality. Internet and e-government may capture overlapping capabilities.
WGI uses perceptions; SPI measures statistical capacity, not physical project delivery.
The mean permits compensation between strengths and weaknesses. Bounds and internal weights also affect results.
The current proxy does not directly measure motivation, empathy, ethics, adult learning or individual readiness; it does not establish causal effects of UBI/EUBI/UOR. Its ethical orientation is an aim to develop and validate, rather than a certification of the countries presented.

AN INVITATION TO FURTHER STUDY

What evidence would bring UOR closer to its ethical purpose?

Question the components and choices

How can we observe care, responsibility, autonomy, participation and real opportunities? Which human dimensions remain invisible? Who should help define indicators and their weights?

Use the interactive controls to test your intuitions. Should a technological advantage compensate for material or learning weaknesses? Seek evidence and compare dimension profiles before interpreting the aggregate score.

Work toward coverage of every nation

This presentation is a starting point. The aim is to develop consistent, comparable evidence that enables study of every nation on the planet, respecting contexts and making limitations explicit.

Further studies can expand coverage, revise components and validate ethical measures. Document sources, dates, licenses, uncertainty and criteria; seek independent review and listen to affected groups.

Ethical purpose, responsible interpretation.

Scores summarize the indicators and choices in this preliminary model. Selection at 70.00 does not certify ethical superiority or the worth of a population. Facts, hypotheses and normative values must remain distinguishable; real-world uses and any expansion of the audience require review of sources and relevant legal considerations.