Global Natural Resource and Child Health Indicator Scores 2010-2020

250 countries are scored for natural resource protection and 194 countries for child health in proximity-to-target indices from 0 to 100. The dataset provides a consistent time series for the Natural Resource Protection Indicator (NRPI) from 2010 to 2020 and the Child Health Indicator (CHI) from 2010 to 2019. It was produced by ESDIS in support of the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation for funding eligibility criteria.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the NRPI score over the 2010-2020 period to assess global progress in biome protection.
• Model the relationship between CHI scores and its component metrics for access to basic water, sanitation, and child mortality.
• Compare country rankings using the 0-100 proximity-to-target scores for both NRPI and CHI indicators.
• Investigate correlations between the weighted average percentage of biomes under protected status (NRPI basis) and child health outcomes.

Strengths

• Covers 250 countries for the Natural Resource Protection Indicator, providing broad global coverage.
• Includes a consistent 11-year time series (2010-2020) for NRPI scores.
• Child Health Indicator is a composite index derived from three specific underlying metrics.

Limitations

• CHI scores are only available through 2019, lacking the final year of the NRPI series.
• Specific underlying data columns and raw values for the composite indices are not provided.
• Sample size and row count are unknown, limiting assessment of data granularity.

Provenance

Source

NASA Earthdata (ESDIS), produced for the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Collection Method

Indicators calculated based on proximity-to-target scores; NRPI uses a weighted average percentage of biomes under protected status.

Time Range

NRPI: 2010 to 2020; CHI: 2010 to -2019.

Freshness

Data release is from December 2020, with no indicated update frequency.

Geography

Global, covering 250 countries for NRPI and 194 countries for CHI.