Indicators

Raw value

The measurement in the indicator's own units — μg/m³ for PM2.5, beds per 1,000 residents for hospital capacity, percent for forest cover. Units sit under each indicator name and on the indicator detail page.

Score 0–100

A normalization of the raw value against fixed methodology goalposts. Not a percentile — a province scoring 60 means it sits at the "good" benchmark, not 60% of provinces. Higher is always better; indicators where lower-is-better in raw terms (e.g. PM2.5, conflict events) are inverted by the goalposts so the scored direction is consistent.

Bands

The five bands carry fixed colors used everywhere on the site (score chips, province cards, the homepage map, search results, the indicator distribution charts). A province scoring 78 will appear in sage green on every surface; a province scoring 22 will appear in terracotta on every surface.

• 0–19 poor (brick)
• 20–39 weak (terracotta)
• 40–59 mixed (amber)
• 60–79 good (sage)
• 80–100 strong (deep green)

Composite

The seven category scores combine via geometric mean — so a province scoring 0 in any single category is honestly floored at 0 overall, not averaged away. Within each category, indicators carry weights between 0.5 and 1.0 (headline = 1.0, cross-validation companion = 0.5).

For the full goalpost table, references, and reproducibility receipts, see the methodology page.