Meaning of the Combustible renewables and waste (% of total energy)?
Combustible renewables and waste comprise solid biomass, liquid biomass, biogas, industrial waste, and municipal waste, measured as a percentage of total energy use.
Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/
Description of the Commercial bank branches (per 100,000 adults)?
Commercial bank branches are retail locations of resident commercial banks and other resident banks that function as commercial banks that provide financial services to customers and are physically separated from the main office but not organized as legally separated subsidiaries.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Financial Access Survey.
What is the Commercial banks and other lending (PPG + PNG) (NFL, current US$)?
Commercial bank and other lending includes net commercial bank lending (public and publicly guaranteed and private nonguaranteed) and other private credits. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: World Bank, International Debt Statistics.
Meaning of the Commercial service exports (current US$)?
Commercial service exports are total service exports minus exports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Description of the Commercial service imports (current US$)?
Commercial service imports are total service imports minus imports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
What is the Communications, computer, etc. (% of service exports, BoP)?
Communications, computer, information, and other services cover international telecommunications; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; personal, cultural, and recreational services; manufacturing services on physical inputs owned by others; and maintenance and repair services and government services not included elsewhere.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Meaning of the Communications, computer, etc. (% of service imports, BoP)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Description of the Community health workers (per 1,000 people)?
Community health workers include various types of community health aides, many with country-specific occupational titles such as community health officers, community health-education workers, family health workers, lady health visitors and health extension package workers.
Source: World Health Organization’s Global Health Workforce Statistics, OECD, supplemented by country data.
What is the Compensation of employees (% of expense)?
Compensation of employees consists of all payments in cash, as well as in kind (such as food and housing), to employees in return for services rendered, and government contributions to social insurance schemes such as social security and pensions that provide benefits to employees.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Meaning of the Compensation of employees (current LCU)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Description of the Completeness of birth registration (%)?
Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.
Source: UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children based mostly on household surveys and ministry of health data.
What is the Completeness of birth registration, female (%)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: UNICEF’s State of the World’s Children based mostly on household surveys and ministry of health data.
Meaning of the Completeness of birth registration, male (%)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Completeness of birth registration, rural (%)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Completeness of birth registration, urban (%)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information (%)?
Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).
Description of the Compulsory education, duration (years)?
Duration of compulsory education is the number of years that children are legally obliged to attend school.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2021.
What is the Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports)?
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service exports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Meaning of the Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports)?
Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Description of the Condom use, population ages 15-24, female (% of females ages 15-24)?
Condom use, female is the percentage of the female population ages 15-24 who used a condom at last intercourse in the last 12 months.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys, and UNAIDS.
What is the Condom use, population ages 15-24, male (% of males ages 15-24)?
Condom use, male is the percentage of the male population ages 15-24 who used a condom at last intercourse in the last 12 months.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys, and UNAIDS.
Meaning of the Consumer price index (2010 = 100)?
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages.
Source: International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics and data files.
Description of the Consumption of iodized salt (% of households)?
Percentage of households which have salt they used for cooking that tested positive (>0ppm) for presence of iodine.
Source: United Nations Children’s Fund, Division of Data, Analysis, Planning and Monitoring (2019). UNICEF Global Databases on Iodized salt, New York, June 2019
What is the Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)?
Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes, and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.
Source: UNCTAD (http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx)
Meaning of the Contraceptive prevalence, any method (% of married women ages 15-49)?
Contraceptive prevalence, any method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any method of contraception (modern or traditional). Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception. Traditional methods of contraception include rhythm (e.g., fertility awareness based methods, periodic abstinence), withdrawal and other traditional methods.
Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
Description of the Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method (% of married women ages 15-49)?
Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method is the percentage of married women ages 15-49 who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, at least one modern method of contraception. Modern methods of contraception include female and male sterilization, oral hormonal pills, the intra-uterine device (IUD), the male condom, injectables, the implant (including Norplant), vaginal barrier methods, the female condom and emergency contraception.
Source: Household surveys, including Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by United Nations Population Division.
What is the Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)?
Contributing family workers are those workers who hold “self-employment jobs” as own-account workers in a market-oriented establishment operated by a related person living in the same household.
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved on January 29, 2021.
Meaning of the Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved on January 29, 2021.
Description of the Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Cost of business start-up procedures (% of GNI per capita)?
Cost to register a business is normalized by presenting it as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
Meaning of the Cost of business start-up procedures, female (% of GNI per capita)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme
Description of the Cost of business start-up procedures, male (% of GNI per capita)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Cost to export, border compliance (US$)?
Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Cost to export, documentary compliance (US$)?
Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Cost to import, border compliance (US$)?
Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)?
Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of social insurance programs (% of population)?
Coverage of social insurance programs shows the percentage of population participating in programs that provide old age contributory pensions (including survivors and disability) and social security and health insurance benefits (including occupational injury benefits, paid sick leave, maternity and other social insurance). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection – Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
Description of the Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection – Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)
What is the Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of social protection and labor programs (% of population)?
Coverage of social protection and labor programs (SPL) shows the percentage of population participating in social insurance, social safety net, and unemployment benefits and active labor market programs. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population)?
Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP (% of population)?
Coverage of unemployment benefits and active labor market programs (ALMP) shows the percentage of population participating in unemployment compensation, severance pay, and early retirement due to labor market reasons, labor market services (intermediation), training (vocational, life skills, and cash for training), job rotation and job sharing, employment incentives and wage subsidies, supported employment and rehabilitation, and employment measures for the disabled. Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 2nd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 3rd quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in 4th quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
What is the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in poorest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Coverage of unemployment benefits and ALMP in richest quintile (% of population)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA building human resources rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Building human resources assesses the national policies and public and private sector service delivery that affect the access to and quality of health and education services, including prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
Source: World Bank Group, CPIA database (http://www.worldbank.org/ida).
What is the CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Business regulatory environment assesses the extent to which the legal, regulatory, and policy environments help or hinder private businesses in investing, creating jobs, and becoming more productive.
Source: World Bank Group, CPIA database (http://www.worldbank.org/ida).
Meaning of the CPIA debt policy rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Debt policy assesses whether the debt management strategy is conducive to minimizing budgetary risks and ensuring long-term debt sustainability.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA economic management cluster average (1=low to 6=high)?
The economic management cluster includes macroeconomic management, fiscal policy, and debt policy.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA efficiency of revenue mobilization rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Efficiency of revenue mobilization assesses the overall pattern of revenue mobilization–not only the de facto tax structure, but also revenue from all sources as actually collected.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the CPIA equity of public resource use rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Equity of public resource use assesses the extent to which the pattern of public expenditures and revenue collection affects the poor and is consistent with national poverty reduction priorities.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA financial sector rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Financial sector assesses the structure of the financial sector and the policies and regulations that affect it.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA fiscal policy rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Fiscal policy assesses the short- and medium-term sustainability of fiscal policy (taking into account monetary and exchange rate policy and the sustainability of the public debt) and its impact on growth.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the CPIA gender equality rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Gender equality assesses the extent to which the country has installed institutions and programs to enforce laws and policies that promote equal access for men and women in education, health, the economy, and protection under law.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA macroeconomic management rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Macroeconomic management assesses the monetary, exchange rate, and aggregate demand policy framework.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA policies for social inclusion/equity cluster average (1=low to 6=high)?
The policies for social inclusion and equity cluster includes gender equality, equity of public resource use, building human resources, social protection and labor, and policies and institutions for environmental sustainability.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the CPIA policy and institutions for environmental sustainability rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Policy and institutions for environmental sustainability assess the extent to which environmental policies foster the protection and sustainable use of natural resources and the management of pollution.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA property rights and rule-based governance rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Property rights and rule-based governance assess the extent to which private economic activity is facilitated by an effective legal system and rule-based governance structure in which property and contract rights are reliably respected and enforced.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA public sector management and institutions cluster average (1=low to 6=high)?
The public sector management and institutions cluster includes property rights and rule-based governance, quality of budgetary and financial management, efficiency of revenue mobilization, quality of public administration, and transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the CPIA quality of budgetary and financial management rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Quality of budgetary and financial management assesses the extent to which there is a comprehensive and credible budget linked to policy priorities, effective financial management systems, and timely and accurate accounting and fiscal reporting, including timely and audited public accounts.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA quality of public administration rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Quality of public administration assesses the extent to which civilian central government staff is structured to design and implement government policy and deliver services effectively.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA social protection rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Social protection and labor assess government policies in social protection and labor market regulations that reduce the risk of becoming poor, assist those who are poor to better manage further risks, and ensure a minimal level of welfare to all people.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the CPIA structural policies cluster average (1=low to 6=high)?
The structural policies cluster includes trade, financial sector, and business regulatory environment.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the CPIA trade rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Trade assesses how the policy framework fosters trade in goods.
Source: Same as above.
What is the CPIA transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector rating (1=low to 6=high)?
Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector assess the extent to which the executive can be held accountable for its use of funds and for the results of its actions by the electorate and by the legislature and judiciary, and the extent to which public employees within the executive are required to account for administrative decisions, use of resources, and results obtained. The three main dimensions assessed here are the accountability of the executive to oversight institutions and of public employees for their performance, access of civil society to information on public affairs, and state capture by narrow vested interests.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Crop production index (2014-2016 = 100)?
Crop production index shows agricultural production for each year relative to the base period 2014-2016. It includes all crops except fodder crops. Regional and income group aggregates for the FAO’s production indexes are calculated from the underlying values in international dollars, normalized to the base period 2014-2016.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
Description of the Current account balance (% of GDP)?
Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.
What is the Current account balance (BoP, current US$)?
Current account balance is the sum of net exports of goods and services, net primary income, and net secondary income. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.
Meaning of the Current education expenditure, primary (% of total expenditure in primary public institutions)?
Current expenditure is expressed as a percentage of direct expenditure in public educational institutions (instructional and non-instructional) of the specified level of education. Financial aid to students and other transfers are excluded from direct expenditure. Current expenditure is consumed within the current year and would have to be renewed if needed in the following year. It includes staff compensation and current expenditure other than for staff compensation (ex. on teaching materials, ancillary services and administration).
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2021.
Description of the Current education expenditure, secondary (% of total expenditure in secondary public institutions)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/). Data as of September 2021.
What is the Current education expenditure, tertiary (% of total expenditure in tertiary public institutions)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Meaning of the Current education expenditure, total (% of total expenditure in public institutions)?
Same as previous description. Please, look explanation above.
Source: Same as above.
Description of the Current health expenditure (% of GDP)?
Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on January 30, 2022.
What is the Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)?
Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on January 30, 2022.
Meaning of the Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?
Current expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity.
Source: Same as above.