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The Global Innovation Index (GII) by The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), ranks the innovation performance of around 130 economies while highlighting innovation strengths and weaknesses. The Index is published annually and is a rich source of information about relative competitiveness of countries.

The European Innovation Scoreboard provides a comparative assessment of the Research and Innovation performance of EU Member States, other European countries, and selected global competitors. it is alternative and complimentary perspective to GII.

The Human Development Report introduced the Human Development Index (HDI) as a measure of achievement in the basic dimensions of human development across countries. One of the version of the index is Planetary Pressures-adjusted HDI, calculated slightly differently SDI Index but based on the same data.

The Planetary Health Check is the most comprehensive, science-based global initiative dedicated to measuring and maintaining the Earth system. It is based on Planetary Boundaries Framework developed by Stockholm Resilience Institute

Sustainable Development Goals set the 2030 global agenda for sustainable planet and prosperity for people. SGD Index is an annual publication that share progress across 17 Goals, which are measured on several criteria and aggregated to a single Index for each, country, region and entire world.

The Sustainable Development Index (SDI) measures the ecological efficiency of human development, recognizing that development must be achieved within planetary boundaries. It was created to update the Human Development Index (HDI) for the ecological realities of the Anthropocene. It is not updated every year and in the meantime HDI developed Planetary-Pressures-adjusted index as well.

The World Inequality Database (WID) aims to provide open and convenient access to the most extensive available database on the historical evolution of the world distribution of income and wealth, both within countries and between countries.

The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) by World Bank Group are designed to help researchers and analysts assess broad patterns in perceptions of governance across countries and over time. The WGI feature six aggregate governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories.

The World Happiness Report presents data on global wellbeing and how to improve it. It covers data from over 140 countries with high-quality analysis by researchers from a wide range of academic disciplines.