Q.What are the social indicators of economic development ?

Social indicators measure development through people's well-being — education, health, life expectancy, nutrition, sanitation and living standards — rather than only through income.

Per-capita income alone can hide inequalities and does not reveal how people actually live. Social indicators therefore capture the human and qualitative side of development:

• Education: literacy rate, school enrolment and years of schooling.
• Health: life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate, availability of medical facilities.
• Nutrition: calorie intake and freedom from hunger.
• Basic amenities: access to safe drinking water, sanitation and adequate housing.
• Standard of living and equality: poverty ratio and the distribution of income. …