Living Standards Indicator

Definition

Additional people with access to an improved water source:

The percentage of the population with sustainable access to an improved water source (household connections, public standpipes, boreholes, protected dug wells, protected springs and rainwater collection). Unimproved water sources are unprotected wells, unprotected springs, vendor-provided water, bottled water (unless water for other uses is available from an improved source), and tanker truck-provided water.

Additional people surviving past the age of 40:

Probability at birth of not reaching the age of 40.

Additional people with income above $2 per day:

Proportion of the population receiving less than $2 per day in income (purchasing power parity).

Additional people with access to improved sanitation:

The percentage of the population with access to adequate excreta disposal facilities, such as a connection to a sewer or septic tank system, a pour-flush latrine, a simple pit latrine or a ventilated improved pit latrine. An excreta disposal system is considered adequate if it is private or shared (but not public) and if it can effectively prevent human, animal and insect contact with excreta. Improved sanitation includes connection to public sewers, connection to septic systems, pour-flush latrines, simple pit latrines, and ventilated improved pit latrines. Not considered as improved sanitation are service or bucket latrines (where excreta is manually removed), public latrines, and open latrines.

Additional people with adequate nourishment:

Individuals whose food intake is chronically insufficient to meet their minimum energy requirements. Chronically insufficient is defined as those whose estimated annual energy intake falls below that required to maintain body weight and support light activity.

Additional children with adequate nourishment:

The percentage of children under age five whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Additional children enrolled in secondary education:

Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.