Immunization rate, measles, child Percentage of children Manufactured products Commodities classified in SITC ages 12–23 months who received a vaccination for revision 2 sections 5–8 excluding division 68. measles before 12 months of age or at any time before Manufacturing The output of industries corresponding the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized to International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) against measles after receiving one dose of the vaccine. divisions 15–37. (WHO and UNICEF)
Individuals using the Internet Refers to the percentage of individuals who have used the Internet (from any location) in the past 12 months. The Internet can be used via a computer, mobile phone, personal digital assistant, games machine, digital TV, etc. (ITU)
Merchandise trade The sum of merchandise exports and imports measured in current U.S. dollars. Also referred to as trade in goods. (WTO) Middle-income economies Those with a gross national income (GNI) per capita of $1,026 or more but less than $12,476 in 2011. (World Bank)
Industry The output of the industrial sector corresponding Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions Subscriptions to International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) to a public mobile telephone service using cellular divisions 2–5 (ISIC revision 2) or tabulation categories technology, which provides access to the public switched C–F (ISIC revision 3). (ILO) telephone network. Post-paid and pre-paid subscriptions Interest payments Payments of interest on debt— are included. (ITU) including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and Mortality rate, infant The number of infants dying before other debt instruments—to both domestic and reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given foreign residents. (World Bank) year. (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation) International migrant, stock The number of people Mortality rate, under-5 The probability that a newborn born in a country other than that in which they live; baby will die before reaching age 5, if subject to the this includes refugees. (UN Population Division) age-specific mortality rates of the specified year. Irrigated land Areas purposely provided with water, The probability is expressed as a rate per 1,000. including land irrigated by controlled flooding. (FAO) (UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation) Labor force participation rate The proportion of the population ages 15 and older that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. (ILO) Land area A country’s total area, excluding area under inland water bodies and national claims to the continental shelf and to exclusive economic zones. In most cases, definitions of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes. (FAO) Land under cereal production Refers to harvested areas, although some countries report only sown or cultivated areas. (FAO) Life expectancy at birth The number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. (World Bank) Lifetime risk of maternal death The probability that a 15-year-old female will die eventually from a maternal cause, if throughout her lifetime she experiences the maternal death risk and overall fertility and mortality rates of the specified year for a given population. (WHO,
Mortality ratio, maternal The number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, per 100,000 live births. The data shown are modeled estimates based on an exercise by the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Population Fund, and the World Bank. (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, and World Bank)
Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI) An initiative that further reduces the debt of heavily indebted poor countries and provides resources for meeting the Millennium Development Goals. Under the MDRI, the International Development Association, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank provide 100 percent debt relief on eligible debts due to them from countries that completed the HIPC Initiative process. (World Bank)
Nationally protected terrestrial and marine areas Totally or partially protected areas of at least 1,000 hectares that are designated as national parks, natural monuments, nature reserves or wildlife sanctuaries, UNICEF, UNFPA, and World Bank) protected landscapes or seascapes, or scientific reserves Low-income economies Those with a gross national income with limited public access. The terrestrial protected (GNI) per capita of $1,025 or less in 2011. (World Bank) areas exclude marine areas, unclassified areas, littoral Malnutrition, underweight children, prevalence of (intertidal) areas, and sites protected under local or The percentage of children under 5 whose weight for provincial law. Marine protected areas (territorial waters age is more than two standard deviations below the up to 12 nautical miles) are areas of intertidal or subtidal median for the international reference population ages terrain (and overlying water and associated flora and 0–59 months. The data are based on the international fauna and historical and cultural features) that have child growth standards for infants and young children, been reserved to protect part of or the entire enclosed Child Growth Standards, released in 2006 by the World environment. (UNEP/WCMC) Health Organization. (WHO) Statistics 139