Sustainable Development Indicators, 2009

The ‘In Your Pocket’ booklet on Sustainable Development Indicators for Wales 2009 provides measures of everyday concerns including health, housing, jobs, crime, education and our environment. The statistical release presents some background to the publication, and a summary table from the booklet.

The booklet is similar to the UK Sustainable Development Indicators (external link) publication of July 2009. The Welsh booklet presents comparison with the UK indicators, where available.

The summary table from the publication shows that:

• 18 of 41 indicator assessments show a clear improvement;
• 14 of 41 indicator assessments show little or no change;
• 5 of 41 indicator assessments show clear deterioration;
• 4 of 41 indicator assessments have insufficient or no comparable data.

The ‘In Your Pocket’ booklet will be updated annually to help monitor progress towards sustainable development in Wales.

To accompany the booklet, the data for each indicator including local authority breakdowns where applicable, is available through our StatsWales website.

Contact:
Tel: 029 2082 6399
E-mail: stats.environment@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next Update:
August 2010 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due Out Soon page)