Proximity-to-target scores for natural resource protection and child health across 234 and 199 countries, respectively. The dataset provides a consistent time series from 2014-2018 for the NRPI and 2010-2018 for the CHI. It was produced by ESDIS in support of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation for 2018 funding eligibility decisions.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the Natural Resource Protection Indicator (NRPI) score over the 2014-2018 period to assess changes in biome protection.
- Correlate Child Health Indicator (CHI) scores with its component metrics like access to basic water, sanitation, and child mortality rates.
- Compare NRPI and CHI scores across countries to identify nations performing well or poorly on combined sustainability and health metrics.
- Model funding eligibility by using the 0-100 proximity-to-target scores as selection criteria for development assistance.
Strengths
- Covers 234 countries for the Natural Resource Protection Indicator.
- Provides a multi-year time series for both indicators (NRPI: 2014-2018, CHI: 2010-2018).
- Indicators are standardized on a 0-100 proximity-to-target scale for direct comparison.
Limitations
- Specific underlying data columns and raw values for component calculations are not provided.
- The 2018 release uses data last updated in 2017, potentially introducing a one-year lag.
Provenance
- Source
- ESDIS, produced in support of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
- Collection Method
- NRPI calculated from weighted average percentage of biomes under protected status; CHI derived from average of three proximity-to-target scores for water, sanitation, and child mortality.
- Time Range
- NRPI: 2014-2018; CHI: 2010-2018.
- Freshness
- 2018 release based on data as of 2017-12-31.
- Geography
- Global coverage (234 countries for NRPI, 199 for CHI).