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\ Global Youth Development Index and Report 2016
Table 1.2 YDI indicators by domain
Domain
Indicator
Description
Source
Education
Enrolment in
secondary education
Total (gross) enrolment in secondary
education, any age, as percentage of
population of official secondary education age
UNESCO
Literacy rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds who can both
read and write with understanding a short
simple statement on everyday life
UNESCO
Digital native rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds with five years
or more experience using the internet
International
Telecommunications
Union
Youth mortality rate
Mortality rate per 100,000 of 15–29-year-olds
Institute for Health
Metrics and Evaluation
Mental disorder rate
Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to mental disorder
per 100,000 of 15–29-year-olds
Global Burden of
Diseases, Injuries, and
Risk Factors Study (GBD)
Alcohol abuse rate
YLLs due to alcohol abuse per 100,000 of
15–29-year-olds
GBD
Drug abuse rate
YLLs due to drug abuse per 100,000 of
15–29-year-olds
GBD
HIV rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds infected with
HIV
World Bank
Score on Global Wellbeing Index
Gallup weighted score of well-being in
five domains – purpose, social, financial,
community and physical – among 15–29-yearolds
Gallup World Poll
NEET rate
Percentage of 15–29-year-olds who are Not in
Education, Employment or Training (NEET)
International Labour
Organization, World
Bank, Organisation for
Economic Co-operation
and Development
Youth unemployment
ratio
Ratio of youth (aged 15–24) unemployment
rate to adult unemployment rate
UN data
Adolescent fertility
rate
Births per 1,000 female 15–19-year-olds
World Bank
Existence of account
at a financial institution
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds with an
account at a formal financial institution
World Bank Findex
Existence of a national
youth policy
1 = existing youth policy, 0.5 = youth policy in
development or draft, 0 = no youth policy
Youth Policy Labs
Existence of voter
education conducted
nationally
1 = continuously, 0.5 = election time only,
0.25 = at other times, 0 = no information or
not applicable
ACE Electoral
Knowledge Network
Voiced opinion to
official
Percentage 15–29-year-olds answering ‘yes’
to questions on expressing political views
Gallup World Poll
Volunteered time
Percentage 15–29-year-olds answering ‘yes’
to questions on volunteering
Gallup World Poll
Helped a stranger
Percentage 15–29-year-olds answering ‘yes’
to questions on helping a stranger
Gallup World Poll
Health and
Well-being
Employment
and
Opportunity
Political
Participation
Civic
Participation
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