Statistical Terms Glossary

It is the infant (one month old) deaths, the neonatal death rate refers to the number of these deaths per 1,000 live births in a given year.

The number of neonatal deaths a during the first 28 days of per 1000 live births in a given year.

The term “net” is a common means of referring to values after deducting consumption of fixed capital (generally used as in “net capital stock” or “net domestic product”); all the major balancing items in the accounts from value added through to saving may

Net (wealth) capital stock refers to the current market valuation of an industry’s or an economy’s productive stock

Net above-ground productivity (NAP) is the accumulation of biomass in above-ground parts of plants (trunks, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits) over a specified period

See Accumulation

This indicator measures the physical growth rate of an economy. New materials are added to the economy’s stock each year (gross additions) in buildings and other infrastructure, and materials incorporated into new durable goods such as cars, industrial machinery and household appliances, while old materials are removed from stock as buildings are demolished and durable goods disposed of (in economy wide material flow accounting).

Net adjusted disposable income is obtained from the net disposable income of an institutional unit or sector by adding the value of the social transfers in kind receivable by that unit or sector and subtracting the value of the social transfers in kind payable by that unit or sector.

The average annual volume over the reference period of gross increment less natural losses.

The number of children attending primary or secondary school who are of primary school age, expressed as a percentage of the total number of children of primary school age. Because of the inclusion of primary-school-aged children attending secondary school, this indicator can also be referred to as a primary adjusted net attendance ratio. Calculation follows International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED).

The ratio between the present worth of net benefits and the present worth of an investment; alternatively, the sum of present worth's after the incremental net benefit stream has become positive, divided by the sum of present worth's in the earlier years of the project.

See Net lending

Net capital stock is the sum of the written-down values of all the fixed assets still in use is described as the net capital stock; it can also be described as the difference between gross capital stock and consumption of fixed capital

Gross disbursements plus outstanding debts due to mature, less repayments and sales of loans, less net income adjusted for non-cash items, less the increase in usable capital.

This ratio compares the interest earned during the year to the amount of interest earned plus the net nonaccrual amount for the year. See also gross collection ratio.

Only expenditure undertaken for environmental protection purposes which leads to a net increase in cost (that is where spending exceeds any savings or income arising before the net cost was actually incurred) is included. When expenditure is recorded, this criterion only applies to operating expenditure.

The physical area of land cropped, as opposed to the sum of the individual cropped areas, including successive plantings.

Net domestic product (NDP) is obtained by deducting the consumption of fixed capital from gross domestic product.

Enrolment of the official age group for a given level of education expressed as a percentage of the corresponding population.

Total number of students in the theoretical age group for a given level of education enrolled in that level, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.

Net equity of households in life insurance reserves and in pension funds consists of reserves held against life insurance and annuity policies by insurance enterprises, whether mutual or incorporated, and by pension funds.