Components of well-being indices

The Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) was introduced in 1989.
Below are ways other groups have adopted its fundamental principles and applied it to specific situations.
The Genuine Progess Indicator built on the ISEW.
The Pembina Institute roughly doubled the factors and applied them to Alberta, Canada.
The UK Friends of the Earth applied the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare to the United Kingdom.
An Australian ISEW
The Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment researched and published an ISEW.

Human Development Index - A measure of well-being developed by the United Nations.

A list of sites related to value measurement systems

Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW)
Daly, Cobb & Cobb
Some of the entries below are derived from the ISEW introduced by economist Herman Daly and theologian John B. Cobb Jr. in their 1989 book "For The Common Good: Redirecting the Economy toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future." Their index, compiled with Clifford Cobb, is explained in an appendix starting on page 401. An overview table with a time series of values from 1950 to 1986 is found on page 418. (The Genuine Progress Index listed below is an updated close variation that Clifford Cobb helped produce in 2004). The appendix explains each of the components and contains tables deconstructing these components into their constituent parts and listing values in times series for each of these constituents.

Redefining Progress Genuine Progress Indicator
http://www.redefiningprogress.org/newpubs/2004/gpi_march2004update.pdf
Personal Consumption
Income Distribution
Weighted Personal Consumption
Value of Housework and Parenting
Value of Volunteer Work
Services of Consumer Durables<.br>
Services of Highways and Streets
Cost of Crime
Cost of Family Breakdown
Loss of Leisure Time
Cost of Under-employment
Cost of Consumer Durables
Cost of Commuting
Cost of Household Pollution Abatement
Cost of Automobile Accidents
Cost of Water Pollution
Cost of Air Pollution
Cost of Noise Pollution
Loss of Wetland
Loss of Farmland
Depletion of Nonrenewable Resources
Other Long-term Environmental Damage
Cost of Ozone Depletion
Loss of Old-growth Forest
Net Capital Investment
Net Foreign Lending of Borrowing
Pembina Institute extension of GPI
http://www.fiscallygreen.ca/gpi/indicators.php
Economic Indicators
1. Economic Diversity
2. Economic Growth
3. Trade
4. Disposable Income
5. Weekly Wage Rate
6. Personal Expenditures
7. Transportation Expenditures
8. Taxes
9. Savings
10. Household Debt
11. Public Infrastructure
12. Household Infrastructure
Social Indicators
13. Poverty
14. Income Distribution
15. Unemployment
16. Under-employment
17. Paid Work
18. Household Work
19. Parenting and Eldercare
20. Free time
21. Volunteerism
22. Commuting
23. Life Expectancy
24. Premature Mortality
25. Infant Mortality
26. Obesity
27. Suicide
28. Drug Use
29. Auto Crashes
30. Divorce
31. Crime
32. Problem Gambling
33. Voter Participation
34. Educational Attainment
Environmental Indicators
35. Oilsands Reserve Life
36. Oil and Gas Reserve Life
37. Energy Use
38. Agriculture Sustainability
39. Timber Sustainability
40. Forest Fragmentation
41. Fish and Wildlife
42. Parks and Wilderness
43. Wetlands
44. Peatlands
45. Water Quality
46. Air Quality
47. Greenhouse Gas
48. Carbon Budget
49. Hazardous Waste
50. Landfill Waste
51. Ecological Footprint
Friends of the Earth UK ISEW
http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/sustainable_development/progress/column.html
Consumer Expenditure
Income Inequality
Adjusted Consumer Expenditure
(+): Services from Domestic Labour
(+): Services from Consumer Durables
(+): Services from Streets and Highways
(+): Public Expenditure on Health and Education
(-): Consumer Durables: difference between expenditure and value of services
(-): Defensive Private Expenditures on Health and Education
(-): Costs of Commuting
(-): Costs of Personal Pollution Control
(-): Costs of Automobile Accidents
(-): Costs of Water Pollution
(-): Costs of Air Pollution
(-): Costs of Noise Pollution
(-): Loss of Natural Habitats
(-): Loss of Farmlands
(-): Depletion of Non-Renewable Resources
(-): Costs of Climate Change
(-): Costs of Ozone Depletion
(+): Net Capital Growth
(+): Net Change in International Position
Australian ISEW
www.tai.org.au/Publications_Files/DP_Files/DP14SUM.pdf
Personal consumption 13
Income distribution 13
Weighted personal consumption 17
Public consumption expenditure (non-defensive) 17
Value of household and community work 18
Costs of unemployment 20
Costs of underemployment 22
Costs of overwork 22
Private defensive expenditure on health and education 23
Services of public capital 23
Costs of commuting 24
Costs of noise pollution 25
Costs of transport accidents 26
Costs of industrial accidents 26
Costs of irrigation water use 27
Costs of urban water pollution 29
Costs of air pollution 29
Costs of land degradation 31
Costs of loss of native forests 32
Costs of depletion of non-renewable energy resources 34
Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) ISEW
http://www.icsu-scope.org/downloadpubs/scope58/contents.html
Consumer expenditure
Adjusted personal consumption 
Services: household labour 
Public expenditure on health & education (consumption) 
Difference between consumer expenditure on & services from goods 
Defensive private expenditures on health & education 
Costs of commuting 
Costs of personal pollution control 
Costs of car accidents 
Costs of water pollution 
Costs of air pollution 
Costs of noise pollution 
Costs of loss of habitat 
Costs of loss of farmlands 
Depletion of non-renewable resources 
Long-term environmental damage 
Ozone depletion costs 
Net capital growth 
Changes in net international position 
Human Development Index
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/indicators.cfm
Life expectancy at birth (years) (HDI) [Map]
Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and above) (HDI) [Map]
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary schools (%) [Map]
GDP per capita (PPP US$) (HDI) [Map]
Life expectancy index
Education index
GDP index
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort)
People lacking functional literacy skills (% ages 16-65)
Long-term unemployment (as % of labour force)
Population living below 50% of median income (%)
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$)
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$)
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank
Total population (millions)
Annual population growth rate (%)
Urban population (% of total) [Map]
Population under age 15 (% of total) [Map]
Population age 65 and above (% of total) [Map]
Total fertility rate (births per woman) [Map]
Public health expenditure (% of GDP) [Map]
Private health expenditure (% of GDP) [Map]
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$) [Map]
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%) [Map]
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%) [Map]
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5) 1 [Map]
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%) [Map]
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) [Map]
Physicians (per 100,000 people) [Map]
Population with sustainable access to improved sanitation (%) [Map]
Population with sustainable access to an improved water source (%) [Map]
Population undernourished (% total) [Map]
Children underweight for age (% under age 5) [Map]
Children under height for age (% under age 5) [Map]
Infants with low birthweight (%) [Map]
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%). Bottom quintile
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%). Top quintile
One-year-olds fully immunized (%). Bottom quintile
One-year-olds fully immunized (%). Top quintile
Children under height for age (% under age 5). Bottom quintile
Children under height for age (% under age 5). Top quintile
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Bottom quintile
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Top quintile
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Bottom quintile
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Top quintile
HIV prevalence (% ages 15-49)
Condom use at last high-risk sex (% ages 15-24), women [Map]
Condom use at last high-risk sex (% ages 15-24), men [Map]
Malaria cases (per 100,000 people) [Map]
Children under age 5 with insecticide-treated bed nets (%)
Children under age 5 with fever treated with anti-malarial drugs (%) [Map]
Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people) [Map]
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%)
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%)
Prevalence of smoking (% of adults), women
Prevalence of smoking (% of adults), men
Life expectancy at birth (years) [Map]
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) [Map]
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) [Map]
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort) [Map]
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort) [Map]
Maternal mortality ratio reported (per 100,000 live births) [Map]
Maternal mortality ratio adjusted (per 100,000 live births) [Map]
Public expenditure on education (as % of GDP) [Map]
Public expenditure on education (as % of total government expenditure) [Map]
Public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels) [Map]
Public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels) [Map]
Public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels) [Map]
Adult literacy rate (% ages 15 and above) [Map]
Youth literacy rate (% ages 15-24) [Map]
Net primary enrolment ratio (%) [Map]
Net secondary enrolment ratio (%) [Map]
Children reaching grade 5 (%) [Map]
Tertiary students in science, math and engineering (% of all tertiary students)
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) [Map]
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people) [Map]
Internet users (per 1,000 people) [Map]
Patents granted to residents (per million people) [Map]
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person) [Map]
Research and development (R&D) expenditures (as % of GDP) [Map]
Researchers in R&D (per million people) [Map]
GDP (US$ billions) [Map]
GDP (PPP US$ billions) [Map]
GDP per capita (US$) [Map]
GDP per capita (PPP US$) [Map]
GDP per capita annual growth rate (%)
GDP per capita, highest value (PPP US$)
GDP per capita, year of highest value
Average annual change in consumer price index (%)
Share of income or consumption (%) - Poorest 10% [Map]
Share of income or consumption (%) - Poorest 20% [Map]
Share of income or consumption (%) - Richest 20% [Map]
Share of income or consumption (%) - Richest 10% [Map]
Inequality measures - Ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10% [Map]
Inequality measures - Ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20% [Map]
Inequality measures - Gini index [Map]
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) [Map]
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) [Map]
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports) [Map]
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports) [Map]
High-technology exports (% of merchandise exports) [Map]
Terms of trade (1980=100)
Net official development assistance (ODA) disbursed, Total (US$ millions)
Net official development assistance (ODA) disbursed, As % of GNI
ODA per capita of donor country (2002 US$)
ODA to least developed countries (% of total)
ODA to basic social services (% of total)
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total)
Bilateral pledges to the HIPC trust fund (US$ millions)
Gross bilateral debt forgiveness (US$ millions)
Goods imports from developing countries (Total US$ millions)
Goods imports from developing countries (Share of total imports)
Goods imports from least developed countries (US$ millions)
Goods imports from least developed countries (Share of total imports)
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) Total (US$ millions)
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) Per capita (US$)
Official development assistance (ODA) received (net disbursements) (as % of GDP)
Net foreign direct investment inflows (% of GDP)
Other private flows (% of GDP)
Total debt service (As % of GDP)
Total debt service (As % exports of goods, services and net income from abroad)
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP) [Map]
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP) [Map]
Military expenditure (% of GDP) [Map]
Total debt service (% of GDP) [Map]
Unemployed people (thousands)
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force)
Unemployment rate Average annual (% of labour force)
Unemployment rate Female (% of male rate)
Youth unemployment rate Total (% of labour force ages 15-24)
Youth unemployment rate Female (% of male rate)
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment): Women
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment): Men
Traditional fuel consumption (% of total energy requirements) [Map]
Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours) [Map]
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent) [Map]
Carbon dioxide emissions - Per capita (metric tons) [Map]
Carbon dioxide emissions - Share of world total (%) [Map]
Ratification of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
Ratification of environmental treaties - Framework Convention on Climate Change
Ratification of environmental treaties - Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change
Ratification of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity
Internally displaced people (thousands)
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands)
Refugees by country of origin (thousands)
Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) [Map]
Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Imports (US$ millions) [Map]
Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (US$ millions)
Conventional arms transfers (1990 prices) - Exports (share %)
Total armed forces Thousands [Map]
Total armed forces Index (1985=100)
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank
Gender-related development index (GDI) value [Map]
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) [Map]
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) [Map]
Adult literacy rate, female (% ages 15 and above) [Map]
Adult literacy rate, male (% ages 15 and above) [Map]
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary level schools, female (%) [Map]
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary level schools, male (%) [Map]
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$) [Map]
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$) [Map]
HDI rank minus GDI rank
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value [Map]
Seats in parliament held by women (% of total) [Map]
Female legislators, senior officials and managers (% of total) [Map]
Female professional and technical workers (% of total) [Map]
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income
Adult literacy rate (female rate % ages 15 and above) [Map]
Adult literacy rate (female rate as % of male rate) [Map]
Youth literacy rate (female rate % ages 15-24) [Map]
Youth literacy rate (female rate as % of male rate) [Map]
Female primary net enrolment ratio (%) [Map]
Primary net enrolment ratio (female as % of male) [Map]
Female secondary net enrolment ratio (%) [Map]
Secondary net enrolment ratio (female rate as % of male rate) [Map]
Female tertiary gross enrolment ratio (%) [Map]
Tertiary gross enrolment ratio (female rate as % of male rate) [Map]
Female economic activity rate (% ages 15 and above) [Map]
Female economic activity rate (index, 1990=100, ages 15 and above)
Female economic activity rate (% of male rate, ages 15 and above) [Map]
Female employment in agriculture (as % of female labour force) [Map]
Male employment in agriculture (%) [Map]
Female employment in industry (as % of female labour force) [Map]
Male employment in industry (%) [Map]
Female employment in services (as % of female labour force) [Map]
Male employment in services (%) [Map]
Women contributing family workers (% of total) [Map]
Men contributing family workers (% of total) [Map]
Year women received right to vote
Year women received right to stand for election
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total) [Map]
Seats in lower house or single house held by women (as % of total) [Map]
Seats in lower house or single house held by women (as % of total) [Map]
Seats in upper house or senate held by women (as % of total) [Map]