Indicator Descriptions

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Freedom of the Press

Press freedom

Freedom House

Government Effectiveness

Government effectiveness, point estimate

World Bank Group, Governance Matters V

Level of Corruption

Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

Transparency International

Level of Democracy

POLITY2 - Net Democracy/Autocracy score

Polity IV

Level of participation in international political organisations

Number of organizations in which the country is a member

CIA World Factbook

Percentage of Female Parliamentarians

Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament (%)

World Development Indicators

Permanence of Regime Type

Number of years since last regime change

Polity IV

Refugees hosted

Refugee population by country or territory of asylum

World Development Indicators - UNHCR

Restrictions on Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties Index

Freedom House, Annual Survey of Freedom

Restrictions on Political Rights

Political Rights Index

Freedom House, Annual Survey of Freedom

Rule of Law

Rule of law, point estimate

World Bank Group, Governance Matters V

Voice and Accountability in Decision-making

Voice and accountability, point estimate

World Bank Group, Governance Matters V

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Economic growth - Percentage of GDP

GDP Growth %

World Development Indicators

Economic Size - Relative - GDP per capita

GDP per capita (constant 2000 US $)

World Development Indicators

Economic Size - Total - GDP

GDP (constant 2000 US $)

World Development Indicators

External Debt - percentage of GNI

Present value of debt (% of GNI)

World Development Indicators

FDI - percentage of GDP

Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)

World Development Indicators

Foreign Aid - percentage of Central Government Expenditures

Aid (% of central government expenditures)

World Development Indicators

Foreign Aid - Total per capita

Aid per capita (current US$)

World Development Indicators

Inequality - GINI Coefficient

GINI Coefficient

World Development Indicators

Inflation

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

World Development Indicators

Informal Economy - Black Market

Informal Market

Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom

Informal Economy - Ratio of PPP to GDP

PPP/GDP (both in constant 2000 international $)

World Development Indicators, calculated by CIFP

Infrastructure - Reliability of Electricity Supply

Electric transmission and distribution losses, % of output

World Development Indicators

Infrastructure - Telephone mainlines per capita

Telephone mainlines (per 1000 people)

World Development Indicators

Internet Usage per capita

Internet users (per 1,000 people)

World Development Indicators

Investment Climate - Contract Regulation

Contract Regulation

Heritage Foundation, Index of Economic Freedom

Level of participation in international economic organisations

Number of organizations in which the country is a member

CIA World Factbook

Paying Taxes

Paying taxes rank

World Bank: Ease of Doing Business indicators

Regulatory Quality

Regulatory quality, point estimate

World Bank Group: Governance Matters V

Remittances Received - percentage of GDP

Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received (US$)/GDP

World Development Indicators, Calculated by CIFP

Reserve Holdings - Total

Total reserves (inCMudes gold, current US$)

World Development Indicators

Trade Balance - percentage of GDP

Current Account Balance (as % of GDP)

World Development Indicators

Trade Openness - percentage of GDP

Trade (% of GDP)

World Development Indicators

Unemployment - Total

Unemployment, total (% of total labour force)

World Development Indicators

Women in the labour force

women as a percentage of the labour force

World Development Indicators

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Conflict intensity

Number of conflict-related deaths per year

Uppsala Conflict Database

Dependence on External Military Support

Intervention of other states or external actors

Fund for Peace (FfP) Failed States Index

Human Rights - Empowerment

Empowerment Rights Index

CIRI Human Rights Index

Human Rights - Physical Integrity

Physical Integrity Rights Index

CIRI Human Rights Index

Military Expenditure - percentage of GDP

Military expenditure (% of GDP)

World Development Indicators

Political Stability

Political stability/no violence, point estimate

World Bank Group: Governance Matters V

Refugees Produced

Refugee population by country or territory of origin

World Development Indicators

Risk of Ethnic Rebellion

National Aggregate Ethnic Risk Score

CIFP Score based on Minorities at Risk Data Set, single measure

Terrorism - Number of Fatalities

Total number of fatalities during recorded terrorist attacks per year

US National Counterterrorism Center

Terrorism - Number of Incidents

Total number of recorded terrorist attacks per year

US National Counterterrorism Center

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Access to Improved Water

Improved water source (% of population with access)

World Development Indicators

Access to Sanitation

Improved sanitation facilities (% of population with access)

World Development Indicators

Education - Primary Completion - female

Primary completion rate, females (% of relevant age group)

World Development Indicators

Education - Primary Completion - total

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

World Development Indicators

Education Primary Enrolment - total

School enrollment, primary (% gross)

World Development Indicators

Education - Primary Enrolment - Ratio of Female to Male

Ratio of female to male primary enrolment

World Development Indicators

Food Security - Aid as percentage of total consumption

Share (%) of food aid in total consumption

FAOSTAT

Gender Empowerment Measure

Gender Empowerment Measure

UNDP HDR

Gender-related Development Index

Gender Development Index

UNDP HDR

Health Infrastructure - Expenditures as a percentage of GDP

Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)

World Development Indicators

HIV/AIDS - New AIDS Cases Reported

AIDS new cases reported (UNAIDS-WHO)

UN Common Database

HIV/AIDS - Percentage of Adult Females Infected

Female adults with HIV (% of population ages 15-49 with HIV)

World Development Indicators

HIV/AIDS - Proportion of Adult population infected

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

World Development Indicators

Human Development Index

Human Development Index

UNDP HDR

Infant Mortality

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

World Development Indicators

Literacy - total

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)

World Development Indicators

Literacy - female

Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above)

World Development Indicators

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Life Expectancy - Female

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

World Development Indicators

Life Expectancy - Total

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

World Development Indicators

Migration - Estimated Net

Migration, international net rate per year (UN Pop. Div. quinquennial estimates and projections)

UN Common database

Population Density

Population density (people per sq. km)

World Development Indicators

Population Diversity - Ethnic

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Population Diversity - Religious

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Population Growth

Population growth (annual %)

World Development Indicators

Slum Population - proportion of populatoin

Slum population in urban areas/total population

UN Common Database,World Development Indicators, Calculated by CIFP

Urban Growth Rate - Annual percentage

Urban population growth (annual %)

World Development Indicators

Youth Bulge - Pop. Aged 0-14 as a % of Total

Population ages 0-14 (% of total)

World Development Indicators

Indicator Name

Indicator Description

Indicator Source

Arable/fertile land availability

Hectares per person

World Development Indicators

Consumption - Commercial energy consumption per capita

Energy consumption, commercial, per capita, kilograms oil equivalent, thousands (UNSD/SYB50) [code 17510]

UN Common database

Consumption - Use of solid fuels

Air pollution, percentage of population using solid fuels (WHOMDG) [code 30020]

UN Common database

Disaster Risk Index

Average number of deaths per million inhabitants - UNDP/BCPR and UNEP/GRID-Geneva, Disaster Risk Index

UNDP website, Disaster Risk Index Project

Ecological Footprint - Global hectares per capita

Total Ecological Footprint, global ha/person

Global Footprint Network

Water - annual withdrawal

Water withdrawal as a percentage of total renewable water resources

FAOSTAT

Water - Renewable available per capita

Cubic metres per capita per year

FAO Aquastat

Forest - annual percentage change in area

Percentage annual change

Data  FAO, Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005

Pollution - CO2 Emissions per capita

CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)

World Development Indicators

Pollution - CO2 Emmissions per dollar PPP

CO2 emmissions (kg per 2000 PPP $ of GDP)

World Development Indicators