2016 Global Youth Development Index: Results and Analysis
Figure 2.10 Average YDI indicator scores for ten countries with the highest and lowest YDI scores, 2015
Global Well-Being Index
Drug abuse YLL
Mental disorder YLL
Volunteered time
Youth unemployment ratio
Helped a stranger
Voiced opinion to official
Voter education
NEET
Account at a financial institution
Existence of a youth policy
Alcohol abuse YLL
Digital natives
HIV rate
Adolescent fertility rate
Youth mortality
Literacy rate
Enrolment in secondary education
0%
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
YDI indicator scores
Less development
Ten lowest-ranked countries
0.8
0.9
1
More development
Ten highest-ranked countries
Source: Commonwealth Secretariat
for the digital native rate, holding an account at a
financial institution, adolescent fertility rate, HIV rate
and proportion enrolled in secondary school. These
trends indicate that access to education, health
services, financial inclusion and digital technology
should be the top priority areas for policy focus in
countries falling in a low YDI category.
Notwithstanding the progressive improvement
in most indicator scores across YDI categories,
there are a few indicators where the higher the
YDI category, the worse the indicator score. For
example, the youth-to-adult unemployment ratio
rises as one moves from the low to the very high
YDI category. Similarly, countries in the high and
medium YDI categories tend to have worse mental
disorder scores than those in the low YDI category,
though this, to some extent, can be attributed to
the relatively poor quality of data collection in many
low YDI countries. Moreover, countries falling in the
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