Global indicator catalog
Every measure published by SPHRE, with its unit, topic, source, definition, and coverage.
- Population — people · Population & demography
- Population growth — % per year · Population & demography
- Fertility rate — births per woman · Population & demography
- Birth rate — per 1,000 people · Population & demography
- Death rate — per 1,000 people · Population & demography
- Teenage fertility — births per 1,000 women 15–19 · Population & demography
- Children under 15 — % of population · Population & demography
- Working-age population — % of population · Population & demography
- Aged 65 and over — % of population · Population & demography
- Dependency ratio — % of working-age population · Population & demography
- Net migration — people · Population & demography
- Population density — people per sq. km · Population & demography
- Female share of population — % of population · Population & demography
- Life expectancy — years · Health & mortality
- Life expectancy, women — years · Health & mortality
- Life expectancy, men — years · Health & mortality
- Infant mortality — per 1,000 live births · Health & mortality
- Under-5 mortality — per 1,000 live births · Health & mortality
- Maternal mortality — deaths per 100,000 live births · Health & mortality
- Adult mortality, men — per 1,000 male adults · Health & mortality
- Adult mortality, women — per 1,000 female adults · Health & mortality
- Health spending — % of GDP · Health & mortality
- Health spending per person — current US$ · Health & mortality
- Hospital beds — per 1,000 people · Health & mortality
- Physicians — per 1,000 people · Health & mortality
- Measles immunization — % of children 12–23 months · Health & mortality
- HIV prevalence — % of ages 15–49 · Health & mortality
- Tobacco use — % of adults · Health & mortality
- Overweight adults — % of adults · Health & mortality
- Undernourishment — % of population · Health & mortality
- GDP — current US$ · Economy & growth
- GDP growth — % per year · Economy & growth
- GDP per person — current US$ · Economy & growth
- GDP per person growth — % per year · Economy & growth
- GDP per person, PPP — current international $ · Economy & growth
- GNI per person — current US$ · Economy & growth
- Agriculture share of GDP — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Industry share of GDP — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Services share of GDP — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Investment — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Government consumption — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Domestic savings — % of GDP · Economy & growth
- Inflation — % per year · Money, prices & debt
- Consumer price index — 2010 = 100 · Money, prices & debt
- GDP deflator inflation — % per year · Money, prices & debt
- Real interest rate — % · Money, prices & debt
- Lending rate — % · Money, prices & debt
- Government debt — % of GDP · Money, prices & debt
- Tax revenue — % of GDP · Money, prices & debt
- Credit to private sector — % of GDP · Money, prices & debt
- Stock market size — % of GDP · Money, prices & debt
- Exchange rate — LCU per US$ · Money, prices & debt
- Foreign reserves — current US$ · Money, prices & debt
- External debt — % of GNI · Money, prices & debt
- Unemployment — % of labor force · Work & income
- Youth unemployment — % of labor force 15–24 · Work & income
- Labor force participation — % of ages 15+ · Work & income
- Women in the labor force — % of female ages 15+ · Work & income
- Labor force — people · Work & income
- Employment in agriculture — % of employment · Work & income
- Employment in industry — % of employment · Work & income
- Employment in services — % of employment · Work & income
- Gini index — index (0–100) · Work & income
- Extreme poverty — % of population · Work & income
- Income share of poorest 20% — % of income · Work & income
- Income share of richest 10% — % of income · Work & income
- Exports — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Imports — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Trade openness — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Merchandise trade — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Foreign direct investment — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Current account balance — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Remittances received — % of GDP · Trade & globalization
- Fuel exports — % of merchandise exports · Trade & globalization
- Manufactures exports — % of merchandise exports · Trade & globalization
- Tourist arrivals — arrivals · Trade & globalization
- Tourism receipts — current US$ · Trade & globalization
- Aid received — % of GNI · Trade & globalization
- Adult literacy — % of ages 15+ · Education
- Youth literacy — % of ages 15–24 · Education
- Primary enrollment — % net · Education
- Secondary enrollment — % net · Education
- Tertiary enrollment — % gross · Education
- Primary completion — % of relevant age group · Education
- Education spending — % of GDP · Education
- Compulsory schooling — years · Education
- Pupil–teacher ratio, primary — pupils per teacher · Education
- Gender parity in school — gender parity index · Education
- Energy use per person — kg of oil equivalent · Energy & environment
- Electricity use per person — kWh · Energy & environment
- Access to electricity — % of population · Energy & environment
- Renewable energy share — % of final consumption · Energy & environment
- Renewable electricity — % of electricity output · Energy & environment
- Energy imports — % of energy use · Energy & environment
- CO2 emissions per person — tonnes CO2e · Energy & environment
- Greenhouse gases per person — tonnes CO2e · Energy & environment
- CO2 emissions — million tonnes CO2e · Energy & environment
- Air pollution — micrograms per cubic meter · Energy & environment
- Protected areas — % of territorial area · Energy & environment
- Land area — sq. km · Land & agriculture
- Agricultural land — % of land area · Land & agriculture
- Arable land — % of land area · Land & agriculture
- Arable land per person — hectares · Land & agriculture
- Forest area — % of land area · Land & agriculture
- Permanent cropland — % of land area · Land & agriculture
- Cereal yield — kg per hectare · Land & agriculture
- Cereal production — metric tons · Land & agriculture
- Fertilizer use — kg per hectare of arable land · Land & agriculture
- Rural population — % of population · Land & agriculture
- Share living in cities — % of population · Cities & infrastructure
- Urban population — people · Cities & infrastructure
- Urban population growth — % per year · Cities & infrastructure
- Largest city population — people · Cities & infrastructure
- Largest city share — % of urban population · Cities & infrastructure
- Big-city population — % of population · Cities & infrastructure
- Basic drinking water — % of population · Cities & infrastructure
- Basic sanitation — % of population · Cities & infrastructure
- Air passengers — passengers · Cities & infrastructure
- Aircraft departures — departures · Cities & infrastructure
- Rail lines — route-km · Cities & infrastructure
- Internet users — % of population · Technology & connectivity
- Mobile subscriptions — per 100 people · Technology & connectivity
- Fixed telephone lines — per 100 people · Technology & connectivity
- Fixed broadband — per 100 people · Technology & connectivity
- R&D spending — % of GDP · Technology & connectivity
- Researchers — per million people · Technology & connectivity
- Patent applications — applications · Technology & connectivity
- Scientific articles — articles · Technology & connectivity
- High-tech exports — % of manufactured exports · Technology & connectivity
- Women in parliament — % of seats · Society, gender & state
- Female-to-male labor ratio — % · Society, gender & state
- Birth registration — % of children under 5 · Society, gender & state
- Military spending — % of GDP · Society, gender & state
- Armed forces personnel — people · Society, gender & state
- Homicide rate — per 100,000 people · Society, gender & state
- Suicide rate — per 100,000 people · Society, gender & state
- Life expectancy (long-run) — years · Climate, history & governance
- Population (long-run) — people · Climate, history & governance
- Maternal mortality (long-run) — deaths per 100,000 live births · Climate, history & governance
- Child mortality (long-run) — deaths per 100 live births · Climate, history & governance
- Measles cases reported — reported cases · Climate, history & governance
- Coal production — terawatt-hours · Climate, history & governance
- Nuclear electricity generation — terawatt-hours · Climate, history & governance
- Solar electricity generation — terawatt-hours · Climate, history & governance
- Wind electricity generation — terawatt-hours · Climate, history & governance
- Renewable share of primary energy — % of primary energy · Climate, history & governance
- Clean cooking fuel access — % of population · Climate, history & governance
- CO2 emissions — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- CO2 emissions per person — tonnes CO2 per person · Carbon & emissions
- Greenhouse gases per person — tonnes CO2 equivalent per person · Carbon & emissions
- Total greenhouse gases — million tonnes CO2 equivalent · Carbon & emissions
- Cumulative CO2 emissions — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- CO2 from coal — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- CO2 from oil — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- CO2 from gas — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- CO2 from cement — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- Consumption-based CO2 emissions — million tonnes CO2 · Carbon & emissions
- Refugees hosted (UNHCR) — people · Displacement & migration
- Refugees abroad (UNHCR) — people · Displacement & migration
- Asylum seekers pending — people · Displacement & migration
- Internally displaced persons — people · Displacement & migration
- DTP3 immunization — % of one-year-olds · Global health
- Measles immunization, 2nd dose — % of children · Global health
- Tuberculosis incidence — per 100,000 people · Global health
- Malaria incidence — per 1,000 at risk · Global health
- NCD mortality, ages 30–70 — % probability · Global health
- Smoking prevalence — % of adults · Global health
- Alcohol consumption — litres of pure alcohol per person 15+ · Global health
- Adult obesity — % of adults · Global health
- UHC service coverage index — index (0–100) · Global health
- Net migration (UN estimates) — people · Ageing & migration
- Median age — years · Ageing & migration
- Life expectancy at 65 — years · Ageing & migration
- GDP per person (Maddison) — international-$ (2011 prices) · Maddison historical economy
- Population (Maddison) — people · Maddison historical economy
- Population (PWT) — people · Productivity & inputs
- Real GDP per person (PWT) — 2021 international-$ per person · Productivity & inputs
- Total factor productivity — index (2021 = 1) · Productivity & inputs
- Labour compensation share — % of GDP · Productivity & inputs
- Voice & accountability — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Political stability — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Government effectiveness — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Regulatory quality — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Rule of law — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Control of corruption — governance score (0–100) · Governance & institutions
- Organized-violence fatalities — deaths (best estimate) · Conflict & organized violence
- State-based violence fatalities — deaths (best estimate) · Conflict & organized violence
- Non-state violence fatalities — deaths (best estimate) · Conflict & organized violence
- One-sided violence fatalities — deaths (best estimate) · Conflict & organized violence
- Unemployment (ILO national) — % of labour force, ages 15+ · Labour markets (ILO)
- Employment-to-population (ILO national) — % of population ages 15+ · Labour markets (ILO)
- Labour-force participation (ILO national) — % of population ages 15+ · Labour markets (ILO)
- Youth not in work or education (ILO national) — % of people ages 15–24 · Labour markets (ILO)
- Informal employment (ILO national) — % of employment · Labour markets (ILO)
- Population (IDB estimate/projection) — people · IDB demographic model
- Fertility (IDB estimate/projection) — births per woman · IDB demographic model
- Life expectancy (IDB estimate/projection) — years · IDB demographic model
- Median age (IDB estimate/projection) — years · IDB demographic model
- Net migration rate (IDB estimate/projection) — per 1,000 people · IDB demographic model
- Birth rate (IDB estimate/projection) — per 1,000 people · IDB demographic model
- Death rate (IDB estimate/projection) — per 1,000 people · IDB demographic model
- Infant mortality (IDB estimate/projection) — per 1,000 live births · IDB demographic model
- Dietary energy supply — kcal per person per day · Food supply & nutrition
- Protein supply — grams per person per day · Food supply & nutrition
- Primary mathematics proficiency — % of assessed students · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Primary reading proficiency — % of assessed students · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Home-language instruction, early grades — % of students · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Bullying, lower secondary — % of students · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Accessible primary-school infrastructure — % of primary schools · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Primary teacher attrition — % of teachers · Education quality & conditions (UIS)
- Human Development Index — index, 0–1 · Human development
- Inequality-adjusted HDI — index, 0–1 · Human development
- HDI loss from inequality — % · Human development
- Gender Inequality Index — index, 0–1 · Human development
- Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI — index, 0–1 · Human development
- Total energy consumption — terajoules · International energy (EIA)
- Energy consumption per person — million Btu per person · International energy (EIA)
- Net electricity generation — billion kWh (TWh) · International energy (EIA)
- Renewable electricity generation — billion kWh (TWh) · International energy (EIA)
- Solar electricity generation — billion kWh (TWh) · International energy (EIA)
- Wind electricity generation — billion kWh (TWh) · International energy (EIA)
- Nuclear electricity generation — billion kWh (TWh) · International energy (EIA)
- Lithium mine production — metric tons lithium content · Minerals & materials
- Cobalt mine production — metric tons cobalt content · Minerals & materials
- Nickel mine production — metric tons nickel content · Minerals & materials
- Natural graphite mine production — metric tons · Minerals & materials
- Copper mine production — thousand metric tons copper content · Minerals & materials