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Table 2.5 Average scores by YDI category for the YDI indicators, 2015
YDI indicator
Indicator description
Average score by YDI category
Low
Medium
High
Very high
Existence of account
at a financial
institution
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds with an account
at a formal financial institution
12
35
39
73
Adolescent fertility
rate
Births per 1,000 female 15–19-year-olds
98
53
37
18
Alcohol abuse rate
YLL due to alcohol abuse per 100,000 of
15–29-year-olds
69
89
34
23
Digital native rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds with five years
or more experience of using the internet
7
21
38
75
Drug abuse rate
YLL due to drug abuse per 100,000 of
15–29-year-olds
187
181
108
177
Enrolment in
secondary education
Total (gross) enrolment in secondary education,
any age, as percentage of population of official
secondary education age
44
73
92
106
Existence of a youth
policy
All ages, 1 = existing youth policy, 0.5 = youth
policy in development or draft, 0 = no youth
policy
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.8
Score on Global
Well-being Index
Gallup weighted score of well-being of five
domains – purpose, social, financial, community
and physical – among 15–29-year-olds
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
Helped a stranger
Percentage 15–29 year olds answering ‘yes’ to
questions on helping a stranger
48
50
48
58
HIV rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds infected with
HIV
1.6
0.7
0.2
0.2
Literacy rate
Percentage of 15–24-year-olds who can both
read and write with understanding a short
simple statement on everyday life
73
92
98
99
Mental disorder rate
YLL due to mental disorder per 100,000 of
15–29-year-olds
653
725
690
640
NEET rate
Percentage of 15–29 year olds who are NEET
22
22
22
14
Voiced opinion to
official
Percentage 15–29-year-olds answering ‘yes’ to
questions on expressing political views
18
14
17
20
Volunteered time
Percentage 15–29-year-olds answering ‘yes’ to
questions on volunteering
16
20
22
26
Existence of
voter education
conducted nationally
All ages, 1 = continuously, 0.5 = election time
only, 0.25 = other, 0 = no information or not
applicable
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
Youth mortality rate
Mortality rate per 100,000 of 15–29-year-olds
300
170
103
61
Youth
unemployment ratio
Ratio of youth (aged 15–24) unemployment
rate to adult unemployment rate, both sexes
2.6
3.1
3.4
3.3
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