Indicators of Sustainable Development |
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| Key word | Indicator | Ref
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Access difficulties |
People finding access difficult |
J1 |
| Access, countryside | Access to the countryside | S8 |
| Access, disabled people | Access for disabled people | J3 |
| Access, local green space | Access to local green space | K7 |
| Access, rural services | Access to services in rural areas | J2 |
| Accidents, death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Accommodation, temporary | Temporary accommodation/rough sleepers | J5 |
| Acidification | Acidification in the UK | P4 |
| Action, individual | Individual action for sustainable development | T9 |
| Adult literacy/numeracy | Adult literacy/numeracy | C2 |
| Aggregates, primary | Primary aggregates per unit of construction value | D9 |
| Aggregates, secondary/recycled | Amount of secondary/recycled aggregates used compared with virgin aggregates | S14 |
| Air pollutants, concentrations | Concentrations of selected air pollutants | P1 |
| Air pollutants, emissions | Emissions of selected air pollutants | P2 |
| Air pollution | Days when air pollution is moderate or higher | H10 |
| Appliances, energy efficiency | Energy efficiency of new appliances | D11 |
| Authorities with LA21 strategies | Number of local authorities with LA21 strategies | L1 |
| Awareness and understanding | Public understanding and awareness | T7 |
| Awareness in schools | Awareness in schools | T8 |
| Bathing water | Compliance with Bathing Water Directive | R2 |
| Biodiversity, action plans | Biodiversity action plans | S4 |
| Biodiversity, coastal/marine areas | Biodiversity in coastal/marine areas | R3 |
| Birds, wild | Populations of wild birds | H13 |
| Borrowing, public sector | Public sector net borrowing and net debt | B2 |
| Buildings, Grade I and II* | Buildings of Grade I and II* at risk of decay | K5 |
| Business start-ups | New business start-ups net of closures | E4 |
| Businesses, Investors in People | Businesses recognised as Investors In People | C4 |
| Cancer, death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Carbon dioxide emissions, international | International emissions of carbon dioxide per head | U6 |
| Carbon dioxide emissions, UK | Carbon dioxide emissions by end user | N3 |
| Cars, fuel consumption | Energy efficiency of road passenger travel/Average fuel consumption of new cars | D15 |
| Chemical releases | Chemical releases to the environment | D19 |
| Circulatory disease, death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Closures, business | New business start-ups net of closures | E4 |
| Coastal/marine biodiversity | Biodiversity in coastal/marine areas | R3 |
| Community spirit | Community spirit | L3 |
| Competitiveness/productivity | Labour productivity | B3 |
| Concentrations, air pollutants | Concentrations of selected air pollutants | P1 |
| Concentrations, organic matter | Concentrations of organic matter in agricultural topsoils | S2 |
| Concentrations, persistent organic pollutants | Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants | M1 |
| Congestion, traffic | Traffic congestion | G4 |
| Construction waste | Construction and demolition waste going to landfill | D10 |
| Consumer expenditure | Consumer expenditure | D2 |
| Consumer information | Consumer information | D1 |
| Consumption of materials | World and UK material consumption levels per head | U7 |
| Contaminants, inputs into the sea | Estuarine water quality, marine inputs | R1 |
| Cost of transport | Real changes in the cost of transport | T4 |
| Countryside quality | Countryside quality | S7 |
| Countryside Stewardship Scheme | Area under agreement under the Environmentally Sensitive Area and Countryside Stewardship agri-environment schemes | D13 |
| Countryside, access to | Access to the countryside | S8 |
| Crime | Level of crime | H8 |
| Crime, fear of | Fear of crime | K9 |
| Cultural activities | Participation in sport and cultural activities | J4 |
| Dangerous substances in water | Dangerous substances in water | M2 |
| Death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Decay risk of listed buildings | Buildings of Grade I and II* at risk of decay | K5 |
| Depletion, fossil fuels | Depletion of fossil fuels | N5 |
| Depletion, ozone | Ozone depletion | P5 |
| Deprivation, index of local | Index of local deprivation | E2 |
| Derelict land | Vacant land and properties and derelict land | K1 |
| Development assistance | Net Official Development Assistance (oda) | U2 |
| Development, loss of soils | Net loss of soils to development | S1 |
| Disabled people, access | Access for disabled people | J3 |
| Disabled people, economically active | Proportion of lone parents, long-term ill and disabled people who are economically active | C7 |
| Discharges, nuclear industry | Discharges from the nuclear industry | M4 |
| Distance travelled | Distance travelled relative to income | G5 |
| Diversity, plant | Trends in plant diversity | S3 |
| Economically active groups | Proportion of lone parents, long-term ill and disabled people who are economically active | C7 |
| Electricity from renewable resources | Electricity from renewable sources | N4 |
| Emissions, air pollutants | Emissions of selected air pollutants | P2 |
| Emissions, carbon dioxide, international | International emissions of carbon dioxide per head | U6 |
| Emissions, carbon dioxide, UK | Carbon dioxide emissions by end user | N3 |
| Emissions, greenhouse gases | Emissions of greenhouse gases | H9 |
| Emissions, sulphur dioxide/nitrogen oxides | Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions | P3 |
| Employment, days lost through illness, etc. | Work fatalities and injury rates; working days lost through illness | C10 |
| Employment, long hours worked | People in employment working long hours | C8 |
| Employment, overall | Proportion of people of working age who are in work | H3 |
| Energy consumption | Energy and water consumption by sector/Waste and hazardous emissions by sector | D3 |
| Energy efficiency, economy | Energy efficiency of economy | A2 |
| Energy efficiency, new appliances | Energy efficiency of new appliances | D11 |
| Energy efficiency, road passenger travel | Energy efficiency of road passenger travel/Average fuel consumption of new cars | D15 |
| Energy use, household | Energy use per household | A3 |
| Enforcement of regulations | Enforcement of regulations | T6 |
| Environment, chemical releases to | Chemical releases to the environment | D19 |
| Environmental agreements | Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements | U5 |
| Environmental engagement | Corporate environmental engagement | D5 |
| Environmental management systems | Adoption of environmental management systems (ISO 14001) and the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) | D4 |
| Environmental protection expenditure | UK public expenditure on global environment protection | U4 |
| Environmental reporting | Environmental reporting | D6 |
| Environmentally Sensitive Area schemes | Area under agreement under the Environmentally Sensitive Area and Countryside Stewardship agri-environment schemes | D13 |
| Estuarine water quality | Estuarine water quality, marine inputs | R1 |
| Ethical trading | UK companies implementing ethical trading codes of conduct | C11 |
| Ethnic minority, employment/unemployment | Ethnic minority employment and unemployment | E5 |
| Expenditure, consumer | Consumer expenditure | D2 |
| Expenditure, pollution abatement | Expenditure on pollution abatement | T5 |
| Exports | UK imports, exports, trade balance | B4 |
| Fatalities, work | Work fatalities and injury rates; working days lost through illness | C10 |
| Fish stocks, UK | Fish stocks around the UK fished within safe limits | R4 |
| Fish stocks, world | State of the world's fisheries | R5 |
| Floorspace, retail | New retail floorspace in town centres and out of town | K2 |
| Food, pesticides residues | Pesticide residues in food | D12 |
| Forest programmes | Number of countries with national forest programmes | S13 |
| Freight transport | Freight transport by mode | D20 |
| Fuel consumption | Energy efficiency of road passenger travel/Average fuel consumption of new cars | D15 |
| Fuel poverty | Fuel poverty | J6 |
| Fuel prices | Prices of key resources - fuel | T3 |
| Fuels, fossil, depletion | Depletion of fossil fuels | N5 |
| GDP and GDP per head, total economy | Total output of the economy (GDP and GDP per head) | H1 |
| GDP, regional variations | Regional variations in GDP | E1 |
| Global temperature rise | Rise in global temperature | N1 |
| Green housekeeping | Greening government operations | T1 |
| Green space, access | Access to local green space | K7 |
| Greenhouse gases, emissions | Emissions of greenhouse gases | H9 |
| Hazardous emissions | Energy and water consumption by sector/Waste and hazardous emissions by sector | D3 |
| Hazardous waste | Hazardous waste | A7 |
| Health inequalities | Health inequalities | F3 |
| Health, death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Health, hospital waiting lists | NHS hospital waiting lists | F4 |
| Health, respiratory illness | Respiratory illness | F2 |
| Healthy life expectancy | Expected years of healthy life | H6 |
| Heavy goods vehicle mileage | Heavy goods vehicle mileage intensity | D21 |
| Hedges | Landscape features - hedges, stone walls and ponds | S5 |
| Homes unfit | Homes judged unfit to live in | H7 |
| Homes, new | New homes built on previously developed land | H14 |
| Hospital waiting lists | NHS hospital waiting lists | F4 |
| Household growth | Household growth | K4 |
| Household waste | Household waste and recycling | A5 |
| Household water use | Household water use and peak demand | D7 |
| Houses, vacant | Vacant land and properties and derelict land | K1 |
| Housing, thermal efficiency | Thermal efficiency of housing stock | D8 |
| Illness, working days lost | Work fatalities and injury rates; working days lost through illness | C10 |
| Imports | UK imports, exports, trade balance | B4 |
| Inequalities, health | Health inequalities | F3 |
| Inflation | Rate of inflation | B1 |
| Injuries, work | Work fatalities and injury rates; working days lost through illness | C10 |
| Investment, social | Social investment as a per cent of GDP | B5 |
| Investment, total | Total and social investment as a per cent of GDP | H2 |
| Investors In People | Businesses recognised as Investors In People | C4 |
| Journey lengths by purpose | Average journey length by purpose | G3 |
| LA21 strategies | Number of local authorities with LA21 strategies | L1 |
| Land , vacant and derelict | Vacant land and properties and derelict land | K1 |
| Land, restoration and aftercare | Land covered by restoration and aftercare conditions | S15 |
| Landscape features | Landscape features - hedges, stone walls and ponds | S5 |
| Leakage, water | Water leakage | Q4 |
| Learning participation | Learning participation | C3 |
| Leisure trips, mode of transport | Leisure trips by mode of transport | D17 |
| Life expectancy | Expected years of healthy life | H6 |
| Listed buildings | Buildings of Grade I and II* at risk of decay | K5 |
| Literacy/numeracy | Adult literacy/numeracy | C2 |
| Local deprivation | Index of local deprivation | E2 |
| Lone parents, economically active | Proportion of lone parents, long-term ill and disabled people who are economically active | C7 |
| Long hours, people working | People in employment working long hours | C8 |
| Long-term ill people, economically active | Proportion of lone parents, long-term ill and disabled people who are economically active | C7 |
| Long-term unemployment | Proportion of people of working age out of work for more than two years | C6 |
| Low pay | Low pay | C9 |
| Management of woodland | Sustainable management of woodland | S12 |
| Marine biodiversity | Biodiversity in coastal/marine areas | R3 |
| Marine inputs | Estuarine water quality, marine inputs | R1 |
| Material consumption | World and UK material consumption levels per head | U7 |
| Materials recycling | Materials recycling | A6 |
| New business start-ups | New business start-ups net of closures | E4 |
| New homes | New homes built on previously developed land | H14 |
| Nitrogen oxide emissions | Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions | P3 |
| Noise levels | Noise levels | K8 |
| Nuclear industry discharges | Discharges from the nuclear industry | M4 |
| Nutrients in water | Nutrients in water | Q1 |
| Organic matter concentrations | Concentrations of organic matter in agricultural topsoils | S2 |
| Organic production areas | Area converted to organic production | D14 |
| Output | Total output of the economy (GDP and GDP per head) | H1 |
| Overseas development assistance | Net Official Development Assistance (oda) | U2 |
| Overseas travel | Overseas travel | D18 |
| Ozone depletion | Ozone depletion | P5 |
| Participation in sport/cultural activities | Participation in sport and cultural activities | J4 |
| Participation, learning | Learning participation | C3 |
| Passenger travel | Passenger travel by mode | G1 |
| Pay, low | Low pay | C9 |
| Persistent organic pollutants | Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants | M1 |
| Pesticide residues in food | Pesticide residues in food | D12 |
| Plant diversity | Trends in plant diversity | S3 |
| Pollutants, air/concentrations | Concentrations of selected air pollutants | P1 |
| Pollutants, air/emissions | Emissions of selected air pollutants | P2 |
| Pollutants, persistent organic | Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants | M1 |
| Pollution abatement expenditure | Expenditure on pollution abatement | T5 |
| Ponds | Landscape features - hedges, stone walls and ponds | S5 |
| Population growth, UK | Population growth | K3 |
| Population, global | Global population | U3 |
| Poverty and social exclusion | Indicators of success in tackling poverty and social exclusion | H4 |
| Poverty, fuel | Fuel poverty | J6 |
| Poverty, global | Global poverty | U1 |
| Prices of fuel | Prices of key resources - fuel | T3 |
| Primary aggregates | Primary aggregates per unit of construction value | D9 |
| Production, organic | Area converted to organic production | D14 |
| Public appointments of women | Women in public appointments and senior positions | T2 |
| Public awareness and understanding | Public understanding and awareness | T7 |
| Public sector net borrowing and debt | Public sector net borrowing and net debt | B2 |
| Qualifications, 16 year-olds without | 16 year-olds with no qualifications | C1 |
| Qualifications, at age 19 | Qualifications at age 19 | H5 |
| Quality of surroundings | Quality of surroundings | K6 |
| Radioactive waste stocks | Radioactive waste stocks | M3 |
| Recycled/secondary aggregates | Amount of secondary/recycled aggregates used compared with virgin aggregates | S14 |
| Recycling | Materials recycling | A6 |
| Recycling and household waste | Household waste and recycling | A5 |
| Regional GDP | Regional variations in GDP | E1 |
| Regulation enforcement | Enforcement of regulations | T6 |
| Renewable sources, electricity | Electricity from renewable sources | N4 |
| Residues, pesticides in food | Pesticide residues in food | D12 |
| Resource use | UK resource use | A1 |
| Respiratory illness | Respiratory illness | F2 |
| Restoration and aftercare | Land covered by restoration and aftercare conditions | S15 |
| Retail floorspace | New retail floorspace in town centres and out of town | K2 |
| River quality | Rivers of good or fair quality | H12 |
| Road traffic | Road traffic | H11 |
| Rough sleepers | Temporary accommodation/rough sleepers | J5 |
| Rural services | Access to services in rural areas | J2 |
| School exclusions | Truancies and exclusions from school/teenage pregnancies | E3 |
| School trips | How children get to school | G2 |
| School truancy | Truancies and exclusions from school/teenage pregnancies | E3 |
| Sea level rise | Sea level rise | N2 |
| Secondary/recycled aggregates used | Amount of secondary/recycled aggregates used compared with virgin aggregates | S14 |
| Semi-natural/ancient woodland | Area of ancient semi-natural woodland in GB | S11 |
| Senior positions, women | Women in public appointments and senior positions | T2 |
| Sites affected by water abstraction | Sites affected by water abstraction | Q6 |
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest | Extent and management of Sites of Special Scientific Interest | S6 |
| Social exclusion | Indicators of success in tackling poverty and social exclusion | H4 |
| Social investment | Social investment as a per cent of GDP | B5 |
| Soils, loss | Net loss of soils to development | S1 |
| Soils, organic matter concentrations | Concentrations of organic matter in agricultural topsoils | S2 |
| Species at risk | Native species at risk | S9 |
| Sport | Participation in sport and cultural activities | J4 |
| Start-ups, business | New business start-ups net of closures | E4 |
| Stone walls | Landscape features - hedges, stone walls and ponds | S5 |
| Suicide, death rates | Death rates from cancer, circulatory disease, accidents and suicides | F1 |
| Sulphur dioxide emissions | Sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emissions | P3 |
| Surroundings | Quality of surroundings | K6 |
| Sustainable development action | Individual action for sustainable development | T9 |
| Teenage pregnancies | Truancies and exclusions from school/teenage pregnancies | E3 |
| Temperature, rise | Rise in global temperature | N1 |
| Temporary accommodation | Temporary accommodation/rough sleepers | J5 |
| Thermal efficiency | Thermal efficiency of housing stock | D8 |
| Tourism | Sustainable tourism | D16 |
| Trade balance | UK imports, exports, trade balance | B4 |
| Traffic congestion | Traffic congestion | G4 |
| Traffic, road | Road traffic | H11 |
| Transport costs | Real changes in the cost of transport | T4 |
| Transport, freight | Freight transport by mode | D20 |
| Transport, HGV mileage intensity | Heavy goods vehicle mileage intensity | D21 |
| Travel, distance relative to income | Distance travelled relative to income | G5 |
| Travel, journey lengths | Average journey length by purpose | G3 |
| Travel, leisure trips | Leisure trips by mode of transport | D17 |
| Travel, overseas | Overseas travel | D18 |
| Travel, passenger | Passenger travel by mode | G1 |
| Travel, school trips | How children get to school | G2 |
| Travel, traffic congestion | Traffic congestion | G4 |
| Truancies and exclusions | Truancies and exclusions from school/teenage pregnancies | E3 |
| Understanding and awareness | Public understanding and awareness | T7 |
| Unemployment, ethnic minority | Ethnic minority employment and unemployment | E5 |
| Unemployment, long-term | Proportion of people of working age out of work for more than two years | C6 |
| Unemployment, workless households | Proportion of working age people in workless households | C5 |
| Unfit homes | Homes judged unfit to live in | H7 |
| Vacant properties | Vacant land and properties and derelict land | K1 |
| Voluntary activity | Voluntary activity | L2 |
| Waste | Waste and hazardous emissions by sector/Energy and water consumption by sector | D3 |
| Waste arisings | Waste arisings and management | H15 |
| Waste by sector | Waste by sector | A4 |
| Waste, construction and demolition | Construction and demolition waste going to landfill | D10 |
| Waste, hazardous | Hazardous waste | A7 |
| Waste, household | Household waste and recycling | A5 |
| Waste, radioactive stocks | Radioactive waste stocks | M3 |
| Waste, recycling | Household waste and recycling | A5 |
| Water abstraction, sites affected | Sites affected by water abstraction | Q6 |
| Water abstractions by purpose | Abstractions by purpose | Q5 |
| Water affordability | Water affordability | Q3 |
| Water consumption | Energy and water consumption by sector /Waste and hazardous emissions by sector | D3 |
| Water consumption | Household water use and peak demand | D7 |
| Water demand and availability | Water demand and availability | Q2 |
| Water leakage | Water leakage | Q4 |
| Water, Bathing Water Directive compliance | Compliance with Bathing Water Directive | R2 |
| Water, estuarine, quality | Estuarine water quality, marine inputs | R1 |
| Water, nutrients in | Nutrients in water | Q1 |
| Water, river, quality | Rivers of good or fair quality | H12 |
| Wild birds | Populations of wild birds | H13 |
| Women, public appointments | Women in public appointments and senior positions | T2 |
| Woodland area | Area of woodland in the UK | S10 |
| Woodland, ancient semi-natural | Area of ancient semi-natural woodland in GB | S11 |
| Woodland, management | Sustainable management of woodland | S12 |
| Work, people in | Proportion of people of working age who are in work | H3 |
| Workless households | Proportion of working age people in workless households | C5 |