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Table 13: Indicator Metadata

TitleRationaleLatest dataSourcesCovered time series (Min. – Max.)Full descriptionURLTech Notes
GDP per unit of energy use (PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent)Provides an indication of the efficiency of energy use, and whether there is an opportunity to improve energy availability by reducing energy intensity.2011/
2012		World Bank and International Energy Agency1980 – 2011/
2012		Energy use per PPP GDP is the kilogram of oil equivalent of energy use per constant PPP GDP. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport. PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to 2005 constant international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as a US dollar has in the United StatesClick to viewNo specific target for energy intensity. The Kyoto Protocol sets targets for total greenhouse gas emissions for annex I (developed) countries. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy recommends 20% reductions by 2020 in energy intensity across many different Eurozone countries, but not universally. Low threshold – lowest performance. HIgh threshold – excludes 2.5 percentile
Fuel Imports (% GDP, adjusted for LCU)Provides an indication of the extent to which the energy sector has a negative impact on growth. Import bill is calculated based on the import of fuels (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials) as classified under the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3, Eurostat.2012World Trade Organisation and World Bank1980 – 2012Fuel Imports, US$ at current prices. Fuel imports include mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials as classified under the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3, Eurostat. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year, equal to total consumer, investment and government spending, plus the value of exports, minus the value of imports, calculated using today’s dollar value. Click to view 1

Click to view 2		No data available for target setting. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value excludes 2.5% percentile.
Super Gasoline – Level of Price Distortion through subsidy or tax (Index 0 -1)Fuel subsidies are a burden on country economies and encourage wasteful fuel use. Aligning fossil fuel pricing with world market price would clearly foster greater economic and energy efficiency, reducing the burden on country finances. Fossil fuel taxation is powerful a revenue tool for, most notably, the transport sector. But too high taxation burdens the consumer and drives inflation as costs rise for transporting goods around a country, and revenue generated from taxation may be elastic over the long-term as consumers adjust their consumption in light of higher prices. We therefore propose that a high tax rate (within the 4th quartile) is the optimal pricing mechanism for driving economic growth, on a global basis and excluding consideration of other externalities associated to fossil fuel consumption.2012GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the German development agency2004 – 2012Price per litre of super gasoline in US cents. All prices relate to November 2012 data. Prices reflect Brent crude price of US$ 110 per barrel (reference day 16 to 18 November 2012). All pricing data related to GIZ database. Score derived from the level of a country’s deviation from a threshold price, set as the threshold point between high taxation and very high taxation per fossil fuel, per year. These boundaries are defined by GIZ in their International Fuel Prices report. A very high subsidy equates with a retail price of gasoline and diesel below price of crude oil on world market. A subsidy is indicated by a price of gasoline and diesel above the price of crude oil on the world market and below the price level of the United States. Cost-covering retail prices incl. industry margin, VAT and incl. approx. US$ 0.10. This fuel price without other specific fuel taxes may be considered as the international minimum benchmark for a non-subsidized fuel. Taxation is indicated by a price of gasoline and diesel above price level of the United States and below price level of Spain/Luxembourg (in November 2012fuel prices were the lowest in EU15). Prices in EU countries are subject to VAT, specific fuel taxes as well as other country-specific duties and taxes. Very high taxation is indicated by a retail price of gasoline and diesel above the price level of Spain/Luxembourg. At these levels, countries are effectively using taxes to generate revenues and to encourage energy efficiency in the transport sector.Click to view The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012: 0. The target value is 1.
Diesel – Level of Price Distortion through subsidy or tax (Index 0 -1)As above2012GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), the German development agency2004 – 2012Price per litre of diesel in US cents. All prices relate to Nov. 2012 data. Prices reflect Brent crude price of US$ 110 per barrel. All pricing data related to GIZ database. Score derived from level of a country’s deviation from a threshold price, set as the median point in the very high taxation boundary per fossil fuel, per year. For more information regarding thresholds and median point calculations, see above.Click to viewThe low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012: 0. The target value is 1.
Electricity Prices for Industry (U.S. Dollars per Kilowatthour)Energy consumption is strongly correlated to GDP, and lower energy prices are key drivers of economic growth, with electrical generation and other energy efficiencies good proxies for the Solow residual, describing technological progress. We therefore utilise this data as an indicator of low energy prices having a positive impact on growth. Subsidy data is unavailable across this data point, meaning that electricity prices must be assumed to be the product of a liberal energy market pricing mechanism at an aggregate level though, in reality, a larger portion of some countries’ bills may be determined by political or regulatory decisions warranting subsidy, and a smaller share depending on the actual supply and demand conditions2009Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, May 2010, Table 9.9. Other Countries — International Energy Agency, Energy Prices & Taxes – Quarterly Statistics, Fourth Quarter 2009, Part II, Section D, Table 22, and Part III, Section B, Table 19, 2008.2001 – 2009Energy end-use prices including taxes, converted using exchange rates. Price includes State and local taxes, energy or demand charges, customer service charges, environmental surcharges, franchise fees, fuel adjustments, and other miscellaneous charges applied to end-use customers during normal billing operations. Prices do not include deferred charges, credits, or other adjustments, such as fuel or revenue from purchased power, from previous reporting periods. NA = Not available. Nota: The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) maintains annual and quarterly time series of this price data that begin with the year 1978 and that also include the most recent quarterly prices. Information on purchasing this data online from the IEA is available at: http://data.iea.org/ieastore/default.asp.Click to viewNo specific targets available. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2010. The target value is based on the highest performance value for 2010, with the spread adjusted for Italy’s high and outlying result.
Fuel Exports (% GDP)Provides an indication of the extent to which the energy sector has a positive impact on growth. Export bill is calculated based on the export of fuels (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials) as classified under the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3, Eurostat.2012World Trade Organisation and World Bank1980 – 2012Fuel exports, US$ at current prices. Fuel exports include (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials) as classified under the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3, Eurostat. GDP is the total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given year, equal to total consumer, investment and government spending, plus the value of exports, minus the value of imports, calculated using today’s dollar valueClick to view 1

Click to view 2 		No data available for target setting. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value is fixed at the highest value for the 2012 dataset,, excluding a 2.5 percentile to remove outliers. The inclusion of this indicator was frequently debated by the team, given the well understood effects of indirect-deindustrialization, the symptoms of which include the decline in productivity of national manufacturing sectors due to the currency strengthening effect of natural resource endowment and exploitation, and the following shift of labour resources away from the non-tradable goods sectors. However, given the EAPI’s strict focus on country energy architecture and, within this basket, the contribution of energy to GDP, it was felt that on an overall global basis, revenues from fossil fuel endowments contributed to country GDP, especially when successful boom minimization structures (e.g. investment into sovereign wealth funds, stabilizing the powerful revenue stream) were used to reduce the risk of Dutch disease and drive competitiveness through investment in education and infrastructure programmes.
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use, incl. Biomass)Alternative and nuclear energy production reduces reliance on fossil fuels, which produce greenhouse gases and pollute the atmosphere. Inclusion of this indicator supposes that nuclear energy is also environmentally preferable to fossil fuel usage given the higher volume of negative environmental externalities associated with fossil fuel mining, power production and emissions.2010/ 11International Energy Agency1980 – 2012Alternative energy includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, biomass and solar power, among others.Click to viewThe low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2010. The target value is based on expert opinion, stipulating that an energy system 100% reliant on alternative and nuclear energy represents the ideal.
Nitrous oxide emissions in energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent) / Total PopulationNitrous oxide is both an ozone-depleting compound and greenhouse gas, and is now the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities. It is one of a group of highly reactive nitrogen oxides (NOx). NO2 forms quickly from emissions from cars, trucks and buses, power plants, and off-road equipment. In addition to contributing to the formation of ground-level ozone, and fine particle pollution, NO2 is linked with a number of adverse effects on the respiratory system.2010International Energy Agency, World Bank1990 – 2010Energy processes produce nitrous oxide emissions through the combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.Click to viewNo universal targets applicable. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2010. The target value is 0% of total emissions.
CO2 emissions from electricity production, total / kWhCarbon dioxide emissions from electricity and energy production contribute to climate change and ensuing environmental degradation.2010International Energy Agency2000 – 2010CO2 emissions from electricity and heat production is the sum of three IEA categories of CO2 emissions: (1) Main Activity Producer Electricity and Heat which contains the sum of emissions from main activity producer electricity generation, combined heat and power generation and heat plants. Main activity producers (formerly known as public utilities) are defined as those undertakings whose primary activity is to supply the public. They may be publicly or privately owned. This corresponds to IPCC Source/Sink Category 1 A 1 a. For the CO2 emissions from fuel combustion (summary) file, emissions from own on-site use of fuel in power plants (EPOWERPLT) are also included. (2) Unallocated Autoproducers which contains the emissions from the generation of electricity and/or heat by autoproducers. Autoproducers are defined as undertakings that generate electricity and/or heat, wholly or partly for their own use as an activity which supports their primary activity. They may be privately or publicly owned. In the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, these emissions would normally be distributed between industry, transport and other sectors. (3) Other Energy Industries contains emissions from fuel combusted in petroleum refineries, for the manufacture of solid fuels, coal mining, oil and gas extraction and other energy-producing industries. This corresponds to the IPCC Source/Sink Categories 1 A 1 b and 1 A 1 c. According to the 1996 IPCC Guidelines, emissions from coke inputs to blast furnaces can either be counted here or in the Industrial Processes source/sink category. Within detailed sectoral calculations, certain non-energy processes can be distinguished. In the reduction of iron in a blast furnace through the combustion of coke, the primary purpose of the coke oxidation is to produce pig iron and the emissions can be considered as an industrial process.Click to viewThe target value of 0 represents the ideal state of CO2 emissions from electricity . The low performance distribution excludes 2.5 percentile.
Methane Emissions from Energy sector (thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent)/ Total Population)The energy sector contributes to 40% of global methane emissions.2010International Energy Agency, World Bank1990-2010Methane emissions from energy processes are emissions from the production, handling, transmission, and combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels.Click to viewNo universal targets applicable. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2010. The target value is 0% of total emissions.
PM10, country level (micrograms per cubic meter)Suspended particulates contribute to acute lower respiratory infections and other diseases such as cancer. Finer particulates lodge deep in lung tissue, causing greater damage than coarser particulates. Annual average concentrations of greater than 10 micro-­‐grams per cubic meter are known to be injurious to human health.2010World Bank (Kiran Dev Pandey, David Wheeler, Bart Ostro, Uwe Deichmann, Kirk Hamilton, and Katherine Bolt.
Ambient Particulate Matter Concentrations in Residential and Pollution Hotspot Areas of World Cities: New Estimates Based on the Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS),
World Bank, Development Research Group and Environment Department (2006))		1990 – 2010Particulate matter concentrations refer to fine suspended particulates less than 10 microns in diameter (PM10) that are capable of penetrating deep into the respiratory tract and causing significant health damage. Data for countries and aggregates for regions and income groups are urban-population weighted PM10 levels in residential areas of cities with more than 100,000 residents. The estimates represent the average annual exposure level of the average urban resident to outdoor particulate matter. The state of a country’s technology and pollution controls is an important determinant of particulate matter concentrations.Click to viewThe target value of 0 represents the ideal state of PM10 country-level particulate emissions. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the 20 μg/m3 annual mean stipulated by the World Health Organization’s recommendations – scores over this threshold score 0.
Average Fuel Economy for passenger cars (l/100km)The transport sector is one of the most important areas requiring attention in improving environmental sustainability. Over 50% of oil use around the world is for transport, and nearly all the recent and future expected growth in that use comes from increased transport activity (IEA). Fuel efficiency directly affects emissions causing pollution by affecting the amount of fuel used, Measuring the average litres of gasoline equivalent used per hundred km driven indicates the efficiency of a country’s transport system. Passenger cars in this instance stand as proxy for the transport sector.2011International Energy Agency1990 – 2011Measure of the average litres of gasoline equivalent used per hundred kilometres driven, indicating the efficiency of a country’s transport system. Passenger cars in this instance need to stand as proxy for the entire transport sector, given the paucity of global data across this indicator for both light-duty and heavy-duty vehicle fleets.Click to viewIn its 2007 review of the EU CO2 and cars strategy, the European Commission announced that the EU objective of 120 g CO2/km (5.2 l/100 km or 45.6 mpg) by 2012 must be met. A resolution was formally adopted to enforce mandatory fuel efficiency standards of 120 g/km (5.2 l/100 km or 45.6 mpg), with carmakers achieving 130 g/km (5.6 l/100 km or 42 mpg) through technical improvements and the remaining 10 g/km coming from complementary measures (e.g. efficient tires and air conditioners, tire pressure monitoring systems, gear shift indicators, improvements in light-duty vehicles, and increased use of biofuels). Thus, the target value of 5.2 l/100 km represents the EU target. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance values from the 2010 data range.
Electrification rate (%)Over the last few years, there has been international focus on the issue of access to energy. High global energy and food prices have shown the impact on both the global economy and the world’s poor. In addition to the UN General Assembly adopting ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ as an annual theme, the UN Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change has called for the adoption of a goal of universal access to modern energy services by 2030.2010World Bank Global Electrification Database 20122000-2010Data for access to electricity are collected among different sources: mostly data from nationally representative household surveys (including national censuses) were used. Survey sources include Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Living Standards Measurement Surveys (LSMS), Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the World Health Survey (WHS), other nationally developed and implemented surveys, and various government agencies (for example, ministries of energy and utilities). Given the low frequency and the regional distribution of some surveys, a number of countries have gaps in available data. To develop the historical evolution and starting point of electrification rates, a simple modeling approach was adopted to fill in the missing data points – around 1990, around 2000, and around 2010. Therefore, a country can have a continuum of zero to three data points. There are 42 countries with zero data point and the weighted regional average was used as an estimate for electrification in each of the data periods. 170 countries have between one and three data points and missing data are estimated by using a model with region, country, and time variables. The model keeps the original observation if data is available for any of the time periods. This modeling approach allowed the estimation of electrification rates for 212 countries over these three time periods (Indicated as Estimate). Notation Assumption refers to the assumption of universal access in countries classified as developed by the United Nations.Click to viewUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change stipulated a target to achieve universal access to modern energy services by 2030. The EAPI has therefore set a target of 100% for this indicator. The target value represents the ideal state of country-level electrification rates. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance values from the 2010 data range.
Quality of Electricity Supply (1-7)Survey repsonse to: How would you assess the quality of the electricity supply in your country (lack of interruptions and lack of voltage fluctuations)? [1 = insufficient and suffers frequent interruptions; 7 = sufficient and reliable] | 2009–10 weighted average2012World Economic Forum, Global Competitiveness Index2005-2012Survey repsonse to: How would you assess the quality of the electricity supply in your country (lack of interruptions and lack of voltage fluctuations)? [1 = insufficient and suffers frequent interruptions; 7 = sufficient and reliable] | 2009–10 weighted averageClick to viewNo specific targets available due to qualitative nature of data range. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value is based on the highest performance value for 2012.
Percentage of population using solid fuels for cookingThe number of people who use traditional biomass, such as wood and manure, is projected to rise from 2.7 billion today, to 2.8 billion in 2030. According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and IEA it is estimated that household air pollution from the use of these traditional sources of biomass in stoves with inadequate ventilation would lead to over 1.5 million premature deaths per year in 2030. Combatting this problem will mean universal access to clean cooking facilities for 2.8 billion people,with additional cumulative investment of some USD 56 billion required in the next 20 years, or USD 2.6 billion every year (IEA).2010Source Millennium Development Goals Database Source: United Nations Statistics Division The Millennium Development Goals Database presents official data for more than 60 indicators to measure progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. The data and analyses are the product of the work of the Inter-agency and Expert Group (IAEG), coordinated by the United Nations Statistics Division. Last update in UNdata: 29 Aug 20111990 – 2010Solid fuel information is either extrapolated (single year data point), averaged (two or more years that are spaced four or fewer years apart) or a linear regression is performed when solid fuel use information is available for two or more years that are spaced at least five years apart. All countries with a gross national income (GNI) per capita above US$ 10,500 and for which no survey data is available are assumed to have made a complete transition to using non-solid fuels as the primary source of domestic energy for cooking and heating.Click to viewThis indicator correlates highly with GDP levels. For literature relating to targets, the EAPI focussed its analysis on developing country policy targets in order to reflect the status quo. The Forum of Energy Ministers of Africa has committed to providing access to modern cooking energy to 50% of the rural poor. In 2005, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) committed to providing modern cooking energy to 100% of the rural population (corresponding to more than 300 million people). The UN pledge is
sustainable energy for all
. The EAPI has therefore set a target of less than 5% for this indicator. The target value represents the ideal state of country level electrification rates (a score of under 5 percent being the highest score historically). The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance values from the 2010 data range.
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)The security of a country’s primary energy supplies may be threatened if it is reliant on a high proportion of imports (especially if these are concentrated among relatively few trade partners). A high import ratio within a country’s total percentage of energy used indicates an exposure to supply shocks and price spikes in commodities, and risks stemming from political decisions that might restrict trade with energy suppliers.2010/
11		World Bank (International Energy Agency and United Nations, Energy Statistics Yearbook.)1980 – 2010/
11		Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.Click to viewNo specific targets available. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value is based on the highest performance value for 2012.
Diversity of TPES (Herfindahl index)Energy resilience rather than indepence is more aligned with energy security. ‘The foundation of a secure energy system is to need less energy in the first place, then to get it from sources that are inherently invulnerable because they’re diverse [and] dispersed… Any highly centralised energy system — pipelines, nuclear plants, refineries — invite devastating attack. But invulnerable alternatives don’t, and can’t, fail on a large scale.’ [Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins.
Terrorism and Brittle Technology
in Technology and the Future by Albert H. Teich, Ninth edition, Thomson, 2003, p. 169.]		2011International Energy Agency1980 – 2011Total primary energy supply represents domestic supply only and is broken down into energy type. It represents inland demand only and, except for world energy supply, excludes international marine and aviation bunkers.Click to viewThe Herfindahl index is used here as a measure of the size of fuel-type consumption in relation to a country’s total energy industry. The score represents the sum of the squares of the total primary energy supply types of the different country’s being analysed within the energy industry, where the energy shares are expressed as fractions. The result can range from 0 to 1.0, moving from a large number of individual energy sources to a single-source supply. In this case, increases in the score indicate a decrease in diversity and vice versa. The formula is as follows: H = N ∑ si 2 where si is the fuel mix share of the fuel i in the overall mix and N is the number of fuels. Then, to normalize: H = (H-1/N)/(1-1/N). The normalized result can range from 0 to 1.0. No target data available. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value is based on the highest performance value for 2012. NB: The diversity score was worked out using a wide array of countries, not all of which could be included in the final version of the EAPI due to data paucity. This means the target and threshold scores do not equate to 0 and 1 respectively, but 0.09 and 0.88, in line with the performance of the various countries included in the Index relative to all countries analysed (217 in total).
Diversification of Import Counterparts (Herfindahl Index)Having a variety of import counterparts means market risk diversification including exposure to supply shocks, tariffs and price spikes in commodities, and risk stemming from political decisions that might restrict trade with energy suppliers. A diverse import portfolio can mitigate these potential risks.2012United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)1995-2012Data presents merchandise trade by trading partner and product based on SITC, Rev.3 commodity classification (the most detailed level is two digit), expressed in thousands of dollars. Herfindahl Indexation scores countries based on number of trade partners and distribution of trade ($ value) across trade partners. Herfindahl Index methodology as above. Indicator applied only to net importing countries as defined by the data in the indicator for Energy imports, net (% of energy use).Click to viewNo specific targets available. The low performance distribution threshold is based on the lowest performance value for 2012. The target value is based on the highest performance value for 2012.
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