Performance Indicator Datasets

"Performance data" refers to datasets that can be used to assess the influence of IEAs. They consist of country-year data on the behavior or environmental quality targeted by the IEA. Datasets can be accessed through the "External" links; local copies are available for when links become outdated or datasets are removed from the web.

  • To identify specific Agreements related to a given dataset, click on the appropriate LINEAGE link.
  • Original Data FILE links are copies of the original source data kept on the IEA server to maintain copies when URLs change or data is deleted.
  • Original Data LINKS go directly to the original source for the data provided here.
  • For environmental performance indicator datasets not yet linked to specific agreements, click here.
  • For NON-environmental indicator datasets (economic, demographic, etc.) that may be useful in an analysis, click here.
  • Reformatted data in a standard Excel format designed by the IEA Project to increase compatibility across datasets will be made available soon.
Lineage Dataset Namesort descending Variables Included Year Coverage Countries Original Data File Original Data Link
Other: Political Status Other - Freedom Rankings Freedom in the World Country Ratings 1972-2005 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: Population Other - GDP and Population - Global - GGDC Real Gross Domestic Product; Population; Employment; Annual Working Hours; GDP per Capita; GDP per Person Engaged; GDP per Hour 1950-2006 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: GDP and Population Other - GDP and Population - Global - Maddison World Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP 1-2003 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: GDP and Population Other - GDP, Exports, Imports - Global - UNSTAT GDP, Exports, Imports, and related information in current US dollars 1970-2006 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: Improved Water Other - Improved Water - Global - UNSTAT Proportion of population with sustainable access to an improved water source, urban and rural - Indicator #30 1990, 2004 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: Millennium Development Goals Other - Millennium Development Goals - Global - UNSTAT Wide array of social indicators related to Millennium Development goals of: poverty and hunger; education; gender equality; child mortality; maternal health; disease; environmental sustainability; and global development partnerships 1990-2005 Global Local Copy External Website
Other: Population Other - Various Statistics - Global - UNSTAT Wide array of indicators related to population, employment, poverty, education, health, environmental protection, economics, trade. (Available as CD ROM from many libraries) 1980-2004 Global External Website