Perspectives and Measurement | Definition | Indicator | ↑ = High is better |
↓ = Low is better | |||
Political | |||
1.1 Deaths from internal conflict | Number of battle deaths from internal conflict between at least one government armed forces (2017). | Scale 1-5 | ↓ |
1.2 Military expenditure | Cash outlays of central or federal government to meet the costs of national armed forces (2017). | Scale 1-5 | ↓ |
1.3 Corruption perception index | A ranking of countries according to the extent to which corruption is believed to exist (2017). | Scale 0-100 | ↑ |
1.4 Global competitiveness index | Competitiveness along various pillars (2017). | Scale 1-7 | ↑ |
1.5 Ease of doing business index | Ease of doing business index (2017). | Ranking of world country | ↓ |
1.6 Women in government | Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (2017). | % | ↑ |
Economic | |||
2.1 GNP per capita | Gross National Product (US Constant 2016) divided per capita. | $ | ↑ |
2.2 GNI per capita | Gross National Income per capita Atlas method (Current US 2017). | $ | ↑ |
2.3 Broad money | Broad money (% of GNP 2017). | % | ↑ |
2.4 Unemployment | Unemployment, total (% of labor force 2017). | % | ↓ |
2.5 Exports of G & S | Exports of goods and services (% of GNP 2017). | % | ↑ |
Sociological | |||
3.1 Life expectancy, female | Life expectancy at birth, female (years 2017). | Number of years | ↑ |
3.2 Life expectancy, male | Life expectancy at birth, male (years 2017). | Number of years | ↑ |
3.3 Analphabetism | Percentage of analphabetism (2015). | % | ↓ |
3.4 School life | School life expectancy (2017). | Number of years | ↑ |
3.5 Urban population | Percentage of urban population (2017). | % | ↑ |
3.6 Adolescent fertility | Number of births per 1000 women ages 15 - 19 (2017). | Number | ↓ |
3.7 Homicides | Intentional homicide refers to death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person (2017). | Scale 1-5 | ↓ |
Technological | |||
4.1 Academic papers | Number of scientific published papers per 1M population (2017). | Number | ↑ |