POPULATION AND SOCIETY

Demography and population

1

P

Population growth rate

2

R

Total fertility rate

Standard of life, employment, social inequities, poverty, unemployment

3

S

Women per hundred men in the labour force

5

R

Employment rate

Culture, education, training, awareness improvement

6

P

School enrolment gross ratio

7

S

Difference between male and female school enrolment ratios

8

S

Production of cultural goods

Health, public health

11

S

Life expectancy at birth

12

S

Infant mortality rate

13

R

Access to safe drinking water

Consumption and production patterns

14

P

Annual energy consumption per inhabitant

15

P

Number of passenger cars per 100 inhabitants

16

S

Main telephone lines per 100 inhabitants

17

S

Distribution of food consumption per income decile

LANDS AND AREAS

Habitat and urban systems

18

P

Urban population growth rate

19

P

Loss of agricultural land due to the urbanisation

20

S

Urbanisation rate

21

S

Floor area per person

Rural and dry areas, mountains and hinterland

22

P

Population change in mountain areas

23

R

Existence of program(s) concerning the less favoured rural zones

Forests

24

P

Exploitation index of forest resources

25

S

Forest area

26

R

Forest protection rate

Littoral and "littoralisation"

27

P

Artificialized coastline / total coastline

28

P

Number of tourists per km of coastline

29

P

Number of moorings in yachting harbours

30

S

Population growth in Mediterranean coastal regions

31

S

Population density in coastal regions

32

S

Coastline erosion

33

R

Protected coastal area

Sea

34

P

Oil tanker traffic

35

S

Global quality of coastal waters

36

S

Density of the solid waste disposed in the sea

37

S

Coastal waters quality in some main �hot spots�

38

S

Quality of biophysical milieu

39

R

Protection of specific ecosystems

40

R

Existence of monitoring programs concerning pollutant inputs

41

R

Wastewater treatment rate before sea release for coastal agglomerations over 100 000 inhabitants

42

R

Harbour equipment ratio in unballasting facilities

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND SUSTAINABILITY

Global economy

43

P

Distribution of GDP (Agriculture, Industry, Services)

45

S

External debt / GDP

46

S

Saving / investment

Agriculture

50

P

Use of agricultural pesticides

51

P

Use of fertilisers per hectare of agricultural land

52

P

Share of irrigated agricultural land

53

P

Agriculture water demand per irrigated area

54

S

"Arable land" per capita

55

S

Rate of food dependence

56

S

Annual average of wheat yield

57

R

Water use efficiency for irrigation

Fisheries, aquaculture

58

P

Value of halieutic catches at constant prices

60

S

Fishing production per broad species groups

61

S

Production of aquaculture

Mines, industry

63

P

Industrial Releases into water

64

S

Intensity of material use

Services and commerce

66

S

Turnover distribution of commerce according to the number of employees

67

S

Share of merchant services to the enterprises

68

R

Existence of legislations on the hypermarket setting up restriction

Energy

69

P

Energy intensity

70

P

Energy balance

71

R

Share of consumption of renewable energy resources

Transports

72

P

Average annual distance covered per passenger car

73

S

Structure of transport by mode

74

S

Density of the road network

75

R

Share of collective transport

Tourism

76

P

Number of nights per 100 inhabitants

77

P

Number of secondary homes over total number of residences

78

P

Number of bed-places per 100 inhabitants

79

P

Public expenditure on tourism development

80

P

Number of international tourists per 100 inhabitants

82

S

Currency balance due to tourism activities

83

R

Public expenditure on tourism sites conservation

ENVIRONMENT

Freshwater et waste water

84

P

Exploitation index of renewable resources

85

P

Non-sustainable water production index

86

S

Share of distributed water not conform to quality standards

87

S

Water global quality index

88

R

Share of collected and treated wastewater by the public sewerage system

89

R

Existence of economic tools to recover the water cost in various sector

90

R

Drinking water use efficiency

91

R

Share of Industrial wastewater treated on site

Soils, vegetation and desertification

93

S

Land use change

94

S

"Arable land" change

Biological diversity, ecosystems

95

P

Wetland area

96

P

Number of turtles catched per year

97

P

Share of fishing fleet using barge

98

S

Threatened species

99

R

Total expenditure on protected areas management

Solid, industrial and hazardous waste

100

P

Generation of municipal solid waste

101

P

Generation of hazardous wastes

102

P

Imports and exports of hazardous wastes

103

P

Generation of industrial solid waste

104

S

Area of land contaminated by hazardous wastes

105

S

Distribution of municipal wastes

106

R

Minimisation of waste production

107

R

Cost recovery index of municipal wastes

108

R

Destination of household wastes

109

R

Collection rate of household wastes

Air quality

110

P

Emissions of greenhouse gasses

111

P

Emissions of sulphur oxides

112

P

Emissions of nitrogen oxides

113

P

Consumption of ozone depleting substances

114

S

Frequency of excess over air standard (ozone)

115

R

Expenditure on air pollution abatement

116

R

Share of clean fuels consumption in total motor fuels consumption

117

R

Share of agglomerations over 100 000 inhabitants equipped with a air pollution monitoring network

Natural and technological risks

118

P

Number of sites with high risk

119

S

Economic impact of natural disasters

120

S

Burnt area per year

121

R

Existence of intervention plans

THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ACTORS AND POLICIES

Actors of the sustainable development

122

R

Number of direct employments linked to the environment

123

R

Number of associations involved in environment and/or sustainable development

124

R

Number of enterprises engaged in �environment management" processes

Policies and strategies of the sustainable development

125

R

Public expenditure on environmental protection as a percent of GDP

126

R

Existence of environment national plans and/or sustainable development strategies

127

R

Number of Agendas 21 adopted by local authorities

EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

International trade, Free trade zone and environment

128

P

Openness rate of GDP

Other Mediterranean exchanges

129

P

Net migration rate

Mediterranean cooperation in the fields of environment and sustainable development

130

R

Public development assistance coming from abroad