| Target | Interpretive Layer | Indicator Layer | Indicator Abbreviation | Indicator Definition |
| Fiscal Absorbing Capacity | Political Factor | Fiscal Expenditure Decentralization | fd | municipal fiscal expenditure per capita (municipal fiscal expenditure per capita + provincial fiscal expenditure per capita + central fiscal expenditure per capita) |
| Economic Factor | Economic Development Level | lngdp | logarithmic form of GDP per capita | |
| Industrial Structure | Seci, teri | proportions of secondary and tertiary industry | ||
| Urbanization Level | UR | urban population/total population | ||
| Trade Openness | Open | total export-import volume/local GDP | ||
| Demographic Factor | Population Density | lndop | population/sq km, logarithmic form |