Natural Resource Protection and Child Health Indicators for global countries, produced for the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation's funding eligibility criteria. The 2014 release provides a consistent time series of index scores for 221 and 188 countries respectively from 2006 to 2014. The dataset was created by ESDIS and released in 2013.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the Natural Resource Protection Indicator (NRPI) score, based on the percentage of biomes under protected status, across 221 countries from 2006 to 2014.
- Model correlations between the Child Health Indicator (CHI) composite score and its underlying components: access to improved sanitation, improved water, and child mortality rates for 188 countries.
- Rank countries using the proximity-to-target scores (0-100) for the NRPI and CHI to identify top performers and those furthest from targets.
- Assess the impact of protected biome area on a country's overall NRPI score, given its calculation as a weighted average.
- Compare time-series trajectories of NRPI and CHI scores for specific countries to evaluate progress over the 9-year period.
Strengths
- Covers 221 countries for the Natural Resource Protection Indicator.
- Provides a consistent 9-year time series from 2006 to 2014 for both indicators.
- Indicators use standardized proximity-to-target scores from 0 to 100, enabling direct comparison.
Limitations
- Data is stale, with the last update in 2013 and no releases beyond 2014.
- The Child Health Indicator covers only 188 countries, creating a geographic gap compared to the 221 countries in the NRPI.
- Underlying raw data for the composite indices (e.g., specific mortality rates, sanitation percentages) is not provided, limiting granular analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- ESDIS (NASA Earth Science Data and Information System), produced for the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation.
- Collection Method
- Calculated composite indices based on underlying global data on protected biomes, sanitation, water access, and child mortality.
- Time Range
- 2006 to 2014
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Global, covering 221 countries (NRPI) and 188 countries (CHI).