Indicators of SD: UN CSD Methodology Sheets - Contents

• Indicators of Sustainable Development
  Framework and methodologies
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Working List of Indicators of Sustainable Development
  • Category: SOCIAL
  • Category: ECONOMIC
  • Category: ENVIRONMENTAL
  • Category: INSTITUTIONAL
• Methodology Sheets
• Indicators for Social Aspects of Sustainable Development
  • Unemployment rate
  • Head count index of poverty
  • Poverty gap index
  • Squared poverty gap index
  • Gini index of income inequality
  • Ratio of average female wage to male wage
  • Population growth rate
  • Net migration rate
  • Total fertility rate
  • Population density
  • Rate of change of school-age population
  • Primary school enrolment ratio - gross
  • Primary school enrolment ratio - net
  • Secondary school enrolment ratio - gross
  • Secondary school enrolment ratio - net
  • Adult literacy rate
  • Children reaching grade 5 of primary education
  • School life expectancy
  • Difference between male and female school enrolment ratios
  • Women per 100 men in the labour force
  • Gross domestic product spent on education
  • Basic sanitation: percent of population with adequate excreta disposal facilities
  • Access to safe drinking water
  • Life expectancy at birth
  • Adequate birth weight
  • Infant mortality rate
  • Maternal mortality rate
  • Nutritional status of children
  • Immunization against infectious childhood diseases
  • Contraceptive prevalence
  • Proportion of potentially hazardous chemicals monitored in food
  • National health expenditure devoted to local health care
  • Total national health expenditure related to Gross National Product
  • Rate of growth of urban population
  • Per capita consumption of fossil fuel by motor vehicle transport
  • Human and economic loss due to natural disasters
  • Percent of population in urban areas
  • Area and population of urban formal and informal settlements
  • Floor area per person
  • House price to income ratio
  • Infrastructure expenditure per capita
• Indicators for Economic Aspects of Sustainable Development
  • Gross Domestic Product per capita
  • Net investment share in Gross Domestic Product
  • Sum of exports and imports as a percent of Gross Domestic Product
  • Environmentally adjusted Net Domestic Product
  • Share of manufactured goods in total merchandise exports
  • Annual energy consumption
  • Share of natural-resource intensive industries in manufacturing value-added
  • Proven mineral reserves
  • Proven fossil fuel energy reserves
  • Lifetime of proven energy reserves
  • Intensity of material use
  • Share of manufacturing value-added in Gross Domestic Product
  • Share of consumption of renewable energy resources
  • Net resource transfer/Gross National Product
  • Total Official Development Assistance given or received as a percentage of Gross National Product
  • Debt/gross national product
  • Debt service/export
  • Environmental protection expenditures as a percent of Gross Domestic Product
  • Amount of new or additional funding for Sustainable Development
  • Capital goods imports
  • Foreign direct investments
  • Share of environmentally sound capital goods imports
  • Technical cooperation grants
• Indicators for Environmental Aspects of Sustainable Development
  • Annual withdrawals of ground and surface water
  • Domestic consumption of water per capita
  • Groundwater reserves
  • Concentration of faecal coliforms in freshwater
  • Biochemical oxygen demand in water bodies
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Density of hydrological networks
  • Population growth in coastal areas
  • Discharges of oil into coastal waters
  • Releases of nitrogen and phosphorus to coastal waters
  • Maximum sustained yield for fisheries
  • Algae index
  • Land use change
  • Changes in land conditions
  • Decentralized local-level natural resource management
  • Population living below poverty line in dryland areas
  • National monthly rainfall index
  • Satellite derived vegetation index
  • Land affected by desertification
  • Population change in mountain areas
  • Sustainable use of natural resources in mountain areas
  • Welfare of mountain populations
  • Use of agricultural pesticides
  • Use of fertilizers
  • Irrigation percent of arable land
  • Energy use in agriculture
  • Arable land per capita
  • Area affected by salinization and waterlogging
  • Agricultural education
  • Wood harvesting intensity
  • Forest area change
  • Managed forest area ratio
  • Protected forest area as a percent of total forest area
  • Threatened species as a percent of total native species
  • Protected area as a percent of total area
  • Research and development expenditure for biotechnology
  • Existence of biosafety regulations or guidelines
  • Emissions of greenhouse gases
  • Emissions of sulphur oxides
  • Emissions of nitrogen oxides
  • Consumption of ozone depleting substances
  • Ambient concentrations of pollutants in urban areas
  • Expenditure on air pollution abatement
  • Generation of industrial and municipal solid waste
  • Household waste disposed per capita
  • Expenditure on waste management
  • Waste recycling and reuse
  • Municipal waste disposal
  • Chemically induced acute poisonings
  • Number of chemicals banned or severely restricted
  • Generation of hazardous wastes
  • Imports and exports of hazardous wastes
  • Area of land contaminated with hazardous wastes
  • Expenditure on hazardous waste treatment
  • Generation of radioactive waste
• Indicators for Institutional Aspects of Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable development strategies
  • Mandated environmental impact assessment
  • National Councils for Sustainable Development
  • Scientists and engineers engaged in research and development per million population
  • Expenditure on research and development as a percent of Gross Domestic Product
  • Ratification of global agreements
  • Implementation of ratified global agreements
  • Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
  • Access to information
  • Programmes for national environmental statistics
  • Representation of major groups in National Councils for Sustainable Development
  • Representatives of ethnic minorities and indigenous people in National Councils for Sustainable Development
  • Contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations to Sustainable Development