During elaboration of strategic development principles and their implementation in planning documents, the Saeima focused on increasing quality of life as the basic development goal. Welfare level, safety and sustainability are pillars of the quality of life concept. Quantitative criteria of the quality of life were developed to monitor the implementation of plans regularly and objectively. Criteria are integrated in the quality of life index. Assessment points out that a number of structural activities should be carried out on national, regional and municipal levels to achieve general increase of the quality of life throughout the country.