Indicator 1 – Sufficient food
Indicator: number of undernourished people in % of total population
Source: FAO
Year of data: 2005 – 2007
Target: 0% undernourished people
Formula: F(X)=(100-X)/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 2 – Sufficient to Drink
Indicator: number of people as % of the total population, with sustainable access to an improved water source.
Source: WHO – Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme
Year of data: 2008
Target: 100%
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 3 – Safe Sanitation
Indicator: number of people in % of total population, with sustainable access to an improved water source
Source: WHO – Unicef Joint Monitoring Programme
Year of data: 2008
Target: 100%
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 4 – Healthy Life
Indicator: Life expectancy at birth in number of healthy life years (HALE – Health Adjusted Life Expectancy)
Source: WHO and UN Population Division
Year of data: 2008
Target: the actual maximum
Formula: F(X)=((X-20)/60)*10
Range of validity: 20≤X≤80
Indicator 5 – Education Opportunities
Indicator: combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools
Source: Unesco, retrieved from Human Development Report,
Year of data: 2008 or MRYA
Target: 100%
Formula:
F(X)=X/10 if 0≤X≤100
F(X)=10 if X>100
Indicator 6 – Gender Equality
Indicator: Gender Gap Index
Source: World Economic Forum,
Year of data: 2009 or MRYA
Target: 1
Formula: F(X) = X*10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤1
Indicator 7 – Good Governance
Indicator: the average of values of the six Governance Indicators of the World Bank
Source: World Bank
Year of data: 2008
Target: the maximum score corresponds with 15, on the World Bank scale of -15 to +15
Formula: F(X)=((X+15)/30)*10
Range of validity: -15≤X≤+15
Indicator 8 – Income Distribution
Indicator: ratio of income of the richest 10% to the poorest 10% of the people in a country
Source: World Bank,
Year of data: 2008 or MRYA
Target: the actual maximum score, i.e. the lowest ratio
Formula: F(X)=Exp(-0.1*(X-4.5))*10
Range of validity: 4.5≤X≤168
Indicator 9 – Population Growth
Indicator: average annual population growth, 2010 – 2015
Source: UN Population Division
Year of data: 2008 revision
Target: the actual minimum growth
Formula: F(X)=(1-(X+1.5)/6.5)*10
Range of validity: -1.5≤X≤5
Indicator 10 – Air Quality (humans)
Indicator: Air pollution in its effects on humans
Source: Environmental Performance Index, EPI 2010
Year of data: 2007 or MRYA
Target: 100
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 11 – Air Quality (nature)
Indicator: Air Pollution in its effects on nature
Source: Environmental Performance Index, EPI 2010
Year of data: 2006 or MRYA
Target: 100
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 12 – Surface Water Quality
Indicator: surface water quality based on dissolved oxygen concentration, pH, electrical conductivity, total nitrogen, total phosphorus
Source: Environmental Performance Index, EPI 2010
Year of data: 2008 or MRYA
Target: 100
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 13 – Consumption of Renewable Energy
Indicator: consumption of renewable energy as % of total energy consumption
Source: IEA, Renewables Information (2010 Edition), Table 1.
Year of data: 2008
Target: 100%
Formula: F(X)=X/10
Range of validity: 0≤X≤100
Indicator 14 – Emission of Greenhouse Gases
Indicator: CO2 emissions per capita per year
Source: CDIAC and Millennium Indicators, link
Year of data: 2007
Target: ≤ 2 ton CO2 per capita per year
Formula:
F(X)=10-X if 0≤X≤10
F(X)=0 if X>10
Indicator 15 – Energy Consumption
Indicator: energy consumption per capita
Source: IEA, Worldbank
Year of data: 2007
Target:
Formula:
F(X)=(1-X/12000)*10 if X<12000
F(X)=0 if X≥12000
Indicator 16 – Use of Renewable Water Resources
Indicator: annual water withdrawals (m3 per capita) as % of renewable water resources
Source: WRI, Aquastat
Year of data: 2007 (renewable water resources), 2000 (water withdrawals)
Target:
Formula:
F(X)=(100-X)/10 if 0≤X≤100
F(X)=0 if X>100
Indicator 17 – Forest Area
Indicator: change in forest area of a country in ‰ of world forest area over the period 2000 – 2010
Source: FAO, WRI
Year of data: 2010
Target: 0.4‰
Formula:
F(X)=(10*X+7)^2*((-20*X+19)/11)^3*10 if -0.65≤X≤0.4
F(X)=10 if X>0.4
Indicator 18 – Biodiversity
Indicator: number of threatened species vertebrates (in % of number of species) and protected areas (in % of land area)
Source: IUCN (threatened species), UNEP-WCMC (protected areas), WDPA
Year of data: 2009
Target:
Threatened species:
Formula: F(X1)=10-0,5*X1 for 0≤X≤20
Protected areas:
Formula:
F(X2)= 0,5*X2 for 0<X2<20
F(X2)=10 for X2≥20
Indicator:
Formula: F(X)= (X1+X2)/2
Indicator 19 – Consumption
Indicator: Ecological Footprint minus Carbon Footprint
Source: Global Footprint Network
Year of data: 2007
Target: 0.9 gha (global hectares)
Formula:
F(X)=10-3*X*2/1.8 if 0≤X≤3
F(X)=0 if X>3
Indicator 20 – Organic Farming
Indicator: area for organic farming in % of total agricultural area of a country
Source: FiBL, www.organic-world.net
Year of data: 2008
Target: 20%
Formula: F(X)=0.5*X
Range of validity: 0≤X≤20
Indicator 21 – Genuine Savings
Indicator: Genuine Savings (Adjusted Net Savings) as % of Gross National Income (GNI)
Source: World Bank
Year of data: 2008
Target:
Formula: F(X)=10*Arctan(0.2*X)/π +5
Range of validity: -∞<X<+∞
Indicator 22 – Gross Domestic Product
Indicator: GDP per capita, PPP, current international dollars
Source: IMF, www.economywatch.com
Year of data: 2009
Target:
Formula: 10*(1.01-Exp(-0.00007*X))
Range of validity: X>0
Indicator 23 – Employment
Indicator: unemployment as % of total labour force
Source: CIA World Factbook, ILO and World Bank, www.economywatch.com
Year of data: 2009 (1999-2009)
Target:
Formula: F(X)=Exp(-0.1*X)*10
Range of validity: X≥0
Indicator 24 – Public Debt
Indicator: the level of public debt of a country as % of GDP
Source: CIA World Factbook
Year of data: 2009
Target:
Formula: F(X)=Exp(-0.009*X)*10
Range of validity: X≥0
