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