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Catalogue of Indices 2016: Data for a Changing World

Global indices have proliferated in recent years, offering citizens, academics, and policymakers ways to measure change in the world. Conflict, corruption, gender discrimination, human rights, happiness, peace, and other phenomena were once thought too difficult to assess by statistical means. However, over the past few decades universities, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral institutions have developed data-driven assessments for these abstract ideas. These indices give us approximations of where goals have been achieved and where more work needs to be done.

In this updated 2016 edition of the International Peace Institute’s Catalogue of Indices, we have expanded our coverage to over 200 indices and indicators, categorized into nine themes listed in the menu below. A new theme on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals has been included, as well as new indices on internal security and police, diplomacy, environmental governance, slavery, religiosity, partnerships, youth, refugees, migration, and internet freedom. Further, 25 indicators on the current status of women in the world on themes including education, violence, and participation in decision-making have been included.

Each index is accompanied by an interactive map, summary, score range, sortable data table, historical heatmap, and bar chart of the latest year’s data; as well as links to primary data, methodologies, and reports.

 

Select an index from the menu, hover over the countries with your mouse for scores, and navigate through the index years by clicking the previous, next, and play buttons or by pressing the left and right arrows on your keyboard.

  • SDGs

    • Bertelsmann Stiftung and
      Sustainable Development Solutions Network

      Sustainable Development Goals Index
    • Goal 1: No Poverty
      Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day
    • Poverty rate
    • Goal 2: No Hunger
      Cereal yield
    • Sustainable Nitrogen Management Index
    • Prevalence of obesity
    • Prevalence of stunting
    • Prevalence of undernourishment
    • Prevalence of wasting in children
    • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
      Adolescent fertility rate
    • Healthy life expectancy at birth
    • Maternal mortality rate
    • Neonatal mortality rate
    • Physician density
    • Daily smokers
    • Percentage of surviving infants who received vaccines
    • Traffic deaths rate
    • Incidence of tuberculosis
    • Mortality rate, under-5
    • Subjective wellbeing
    • Goal 4: Quality Education
      Expected years of schooling
    • PISA Score
    • Net primary enrollment rate
    • Population aged 25-64 with tertiary education
    • Population aged 25-64 with upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary educational attainment
    • Literacy rate of 15-24 year olds
    • Goal 5: Gender Equality
      Estimated demand for contraception that is unmet
    • Female labour force participation rate
    • Female years of schooling of population aged 25 and above
    • Gender wage gap
    • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament
    • Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
      Freshwater withdrawal as % of total renewable water resources
    • Access to improved water source
    • Access to improved sanitation facilities
    • Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
      CO2 emissions from fuel combustion / electricity output
    • Access to electricity
    • Access to non-solid fuels
    • Share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption
    • Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
      Adjusted growth
    • Automated teller machines
    • Percentage of children 5-14 years old involved in child labour
    • Employment-to-population ratio
    • Unemployment rate
    • Youth not in employment, education or training
    • Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      Quality of overall infrastructure
    • Proportion of the population using the internet
    • Quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure
    • Mobile broadband subscriptions
    • Patent applications
    • Research and development expenditure
    • Research and development researchers
    • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
      Gini index
    • Palma ratio
    • PISA Social Justice Index
    • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
      Annual mean concentration of particulate matter (PM2.5) in urban areas
    • Rooms per person
    • Improved water source, piped
    • Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
      Municipal solid waste
    • Non-recycled municipal solid waste
    • Percentage of anthropogenic wastewater that receives treatment
    • Goal 13: Climate Action
      Climate Change Vulnerability Monitor
    • Energy-related CO2 emissions per capita
    • Goal 14: Life Below Water
      Ocean biodiversity
    • Ocean clean waters
    • Ocean fisheries
    • Percentage of fish stocks overexploited or collapsed
    • Marine sites that are completely protected
    • Goal 15: Life on Land
      Annual change in forest area
    • Terrestrial sites that are completely protected
    • Species survival
    • Goal 16: Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions
      Corruption Perception Index
    • Government efficiency
    • Homicides
    • Prison population
    • Property rights
    • Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority
    • Proportion of the population who feel safe walking alone at night in the city
    • Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals
      Government health, education and R&D spending
    • International concessional public finance, including official development assistance
    • Tax revenue
  • Conflict

    • Institute for Economics and Peace Institute
      Global Peace Index
    • Global Terrorism Index
    • International Police Science Association and
      Institute for Economics and Peace Institute

      World Internal Security and Police Index
    • Carleton University
      Failed and Fragile States Index
    • Fund for Peace
      Fragile States Index
    • Center for Systemic Peace
      State Fragility Index
    • Early Warning Project
      Mass Killing Statistical Risk Assessment
    • United Nations and the European Commision
      Index for Risk Management
    • Lowy Institute for International Policy
      Global Diplomacy Index
  • Environment

    • The Access Initiative and World Resources Institute
      Environmental Democracy Index
    • Transparency
    • Participation
    • Justice
    • Yale University and Columbia University
      Environment Protection Index
    • Agriculture
    • Air Quality
    • Biodiversity and Habitat
    • Climate and Energy
    • Fisheries
    • Forests
    • Health Impacts
    • Water Resources
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Pacific Life Foundation
      Ocean Health Index
  • Freedom

    • Freedom House
      Freedom in the World Index
    • Civil Liberties
    • Political Rights
    • Press Freedom Survey
    • Committee to Protect Journalists
      Impunity Index
    • Reporters Without Borders
      World Press Freedom Index
    • Walk Free Foundation
      Global Slavery Index: State Vulnerability
    • Global Slavery Index: Prevalence
    • Global Slavery Index: Government Response
    • L. Cingranelli and David L. Richards
      Empowerment Rights Index
    • Physical Integrity Rights Index
    • WIN-Gallup International
      Global Religiosity Index
    • Global Atheism Index
    • Fraser Institute
      Economic Freedom in the World
    • Heritage Foundation
      Index of Economic Freedom
  • Gender

    • United Nations Development Programme
      Gender Development Index
    • Gender Inequality Index
    • United Nations The World’s Women 2015
    • Population and family
      Adolescent birth rate
    • Child poverty rates: Single-mother family
    • Child poverty rates: Two-parent family
    • Health
      Women’s life expectancy at birth
    • Women subjected to female genital mutilation
    • Education
      Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratios: Primary education
    • Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratios: Secondary education
    • Gender parity index for gross enrollment ratios: Tertiary education
    • Proportion of tertiary graduates: Engineering
    • Proportion of tertiary graduates: Science
    • Power and decision-making
      Ratio of female-to-male earnings
    • Proportion of married women participating in household decision-making on major purchases
    • Unemployment rates of women
    • Proportion of companies with at least one woman on their executive board
    • Proportion of seats held by women in single or lower houses of parliament
    • Share of women in employment and in senior and middle management
    • Violence against women
      Attitudes towards wife-beating: Men
    • Attitudes towards wife-beating: Women
    • Proportion of women who experienced violence and sought help
    • Proportion of women experiencing physical violence (irrespective of the perpetrator)
    • Proportion of women experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence
    • Proportion of women experiencing intimate partner psychological violence
    • Proportion of women experiencing sexual violence (irrespective of the perpetrator)
    • Proportion of women experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner
    • Proportion of women who report experiencing lifetime intimate partner physical violence
    • World Economic Forum
      Global Gender Gap Index
    • Economist Intelligence Unit
      Women Economic Opportunity Index
  • Governance

    • Transparency International
      Corruption Perceptions Index
    • Economist Intelligence Unit
      Democracy Index
    • Bertelsmann Stiftung
      Status Index
    • Economic Transformation Index
    • Political Transformation Index
    • Concordia
      Concordia Partnership Index
    • Concordia Partnership Index: Political Environment
    • Concordia Partnership Index: Investment Climate
    • Concordia Partnership Index: Infrastructure Gap
    • Worldwide Governance Indicators
      World Bank

      Control of Corruption
    • Government Effectiveness
    • Political Stability and
      Absence of Violence/Terrorism
    • Regulatory Quality
    • Rule of Law
    • Voice and Accountability
  • Health

    • World Bank
      Child Immunization, Diphtheria,
      Pertussis, and Tetanus (DPT)
    • Child Immunization, Measles
    • Health Expenditure
    • Life Expectancy
    • Malnutrition
    • Maternal Mortality
    • Mortality Rate, Under-5
    • Prevalence of HIV
  • Socioeconomics

    • Legatum Institute
      Prosperity Index
    • Social Progress Imperative
      Social Progress Index
    • Sustainable Development Solutions Network
      World Happiness Report
    • Center for Strategic and International Studies
      and International Youth Foundation

      Global Youth Wellbeing Index
    • International Food Policy Research Institute,
      Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerlife

      Global Hunger Index
    • United Nations Development Programme
      Human Development Index
    • Education Index
    • Multidimensional Poverty Index
    • DHL, New York University, and IESE
      Global Connectedness Index
    • Breadth
    • Depth
    • World Economic Forum
      Global Competitiveness Index
    • World Bank
      Inequality: Gini Index
    • Resource Allocation Index
    • Economic Management
    • Policies for Social
      Inclusion/Equity
    • Public Sector
      Management and Institutions
    • Structural Polices
    • Ease of Doing Business Index
    • Refugee Population by Country or Territory of Origin
    • Refugee Population by Country or Territory of Asylum
    • International Organization for Migration
      and Economist Intelligence Unit

      Migration Governance Index: Institutional Capacity
    • Migration Governance Index: Migrant Rights
    • Migration Governance Index: Safe and Orderly Migration
    • Migration Governance Index: Labor Migration Management
    • Migration Governance Index: Regional and
      International Cooperation and Other Partnerships
    • Barcelona Centre for International Affairs
      and Migration Policy Group

      Migrant Integration Policy Index
  • Technology

    • Tufts University
      Digital Evolution Index
    • Supply
    • Demand
    • Institutions
    • Innovation
    • Freedom House
      Freedom on the Net Index
    • World Bank
      Internet Users
    • Mobile Cellular Subscriptions
    • World Economic Forum
      Network
      Readiness Index

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Index Scores

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Historical Heatmap

The chart below shows the progress and decline of each country’s data throughout the history of this index.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Country Rankings

The chart below shows the data from the latest year on record for this index.

 

 
 
 
 

Download the data for this index in CSV format here.
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to accurately reflect the original data, always rely on the primary material first.
Parts of the code used for this D3.js map are derivations of “Life Expectancy Chloropleth Map” by Karel Minařík. Note that scores for French Guyana are not reflected in the map, though they are represented in the table, if available.

 
 

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This edition of IPI’s Catalogue of Indices was developed by Thong Nguyen, Data Lab Program Administrator at the International Peace Institute and Carnegie Council Non-Resident Fellow of the Future Worlds Project. If you would like to suggest other indices, please contact him at [email protected]

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