Abstract The Sustainable Society Index measures the three fundamental pillars of sustainability (the economy, the environment, and development) for154 countries around the world. It assigns the same weighting to all the indicators, without any aggregation of the pillars. This study proposes the use of cross-efficiency in order to overcome these shortcomings and obtain a more accurate sustainability index that allows countries to be ranked in terms of their environmental situation as well as their economic and social development. First, cluster analysis is used to classify the countries into homogeneous groups, according to their environmental position. Then, two sustainability indices are produced to measure environmental as well as economic and social aspects. The results show that few countries have managed to improve all facets of sustainability, and at times economic development is associated with both social progress and environmental deterioration, which diminishes the end result.

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使用综合指数评估可持续性

摘要 可持续社会指数衡量全球 154 个国家可持续发展的三大基本支柱（经济、环境和发展）。它为所有指标分配相同的权重，而不对支柱进行任何汇总。本研究建议使用交叉效率来克服这些缺点并获得更准确的可持续性指数，从而使各国能够根据其环境状况以及经济和社会发展进行排名。首先，聚类分析用于根据国家的环境地位将其分类为同质组。然后，产生两个可持续性指数来衡量环境以及经济和社会方面。