1. Indicator 1.1.1: Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographic location (Urban/Rural)

2. Indicator 1.2.1: Proportion of population living below the national poverty line, by sex and age

3. Indicator 1.2.2: Proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions

4. Indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems, by sex, distinguishing children, unemployed persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, new-born, work-injury victims and the poor and the vulnerable.

5. Indicator 2.1.2: Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population, based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

   [DCS estimates Household Food Insecurity Access Scale Score (HFIAS) as a proxy Indicator]

6. Indicator 2.2.1: of stunting (height for age <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age

7. Indicator 2.2.2: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)

8. Indicator 3.1.1: Maternal mortality ratio

9. Indicator 3.1.2: Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel

10. Indicator 3.2.1: Under-five mortality rate

11. Indicator 3.2.2: Neonatal mortality rate

12. Indicator 3.4.1: Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease

13. Indicator 3.4.2: Suicide mortality rate

14. Indicator 3.6.1: Death rate due to road traffic injuries

15. Indicator 3.7.1: Proportion of women of reproductive age (aged 15-49 years) who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods

16. Indicator 3.7.2: Adolescent birth rate (aged 10-14 years; aged 15-19 years) per 1,000 women in that age group

17. Indicator3.8.2: Number of people covered by health insurance or a public health system per 1,000 population

18. Indicator 3.c.1: Health worker density and distribution [All medical officers, Specialist medical officers (curative), nurses, Midwives (Public Health+Hospital), Public Health Inspectors]

19. Indicator 4.2.2: Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age), by sex

20. Indicator 4.4.1: Proportion of youth and adults with information and communications technology (ICT) skills, by type of skill

21. Indicator 4.a.1: Proportion of schools with access to: (a) electricity; (b) the Internet for pedagogical purposes; (c) computers for pedagogical purposes; (d) adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities; (e) basic drinking water; (f) single-sex basic sanitation facilities; and (g) basic hand washing facilities (as per the WASH Indicator definitions)

22. Indicator 4.c.1: Proportion of teachers in: (a) pre-primary; (b) primary; (c) lower secondary; and (d) upper secondary education who have received at least the minimum organized teacher training (e.g. pedagogical training) pre-service or in-service required for teaching at the relevant level in a given country

23. Indicator 5.1.1: Whether or not legal frameworks are in place to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex

24. Indicator 5.2.1: Proportion of ever-partnered women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to physical, sexual or psychological violence by a current or former intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by form of violence and by age

25. Indicator 5.3.1: Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in aunion before age 15 and before age 18

26. Indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions

27. Indicator 6.1.1: Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services

28. Indicator 7.1.1. Proportion of population with access to electricity

29. Indicator 8.1.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita

30. Indicator 8.2.1: Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person

31. Indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate, by Sex, age, persons with disabilities.

32. Indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training

33. Indicator 8.7.1: Proportion and number of children aged 5 -17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age

34. Indicator 9.1.1: Proportion of the rural population who live within 2 km of an all-season road

35. Indicator 9.2.1: Manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP and per capita

36. Indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment

37. Indicator 9.3.1: Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added

38. Indicator 10.1.1: Growth rates of household expenditure or income per capita among the bottom 40 per cent of the population and the total population

39. Indicator 10.2.1: Proportion of people living below 50 per cent of median income, by age, sex and persons with disabilities

40. Indicator 10.4.1: Labour share of GDP, comprising wages and social protection transfers

41. Indicator 11.1.1: Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing

42. Indicator 16.1.1: Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age

43. Indicator 16.1.3: Proportion of population subjected to physical, psychological or sexual violence in the previous 12 months

44. Indicator 16.2.2: Number of victims of human trafficking per 100,000 population, by sex, age and form of exploitation

45. Indicator 16.3.2: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population

46. Indicator 16.4.2: Proportion of seized, found or surrendered arms whose illicit origin or context has been traced or established by a competent authority in line with international instruments

Indicators, disregarding disaggregation levels, or proxy indicators for which data are in the process of compilation by adding new modules into ongoing censuses and surveys or through new surveys and special studies of the DCS:

1. Indicator 1.4.1: Proportion of population living in households with access to basic services

2. Indicator 1.4.2: Proportion of total adult population with secure tenure rights to land, with legally recognized documentation and who perceive their rights to land as secure, by sex and by type of tenure

3. Indicator 2.1.1: Prevalence of undernourishment

4. Indicator 4.1.1: Proportion of children and young people: (a) in grades 2/3; (b) at the end of primary; and (c) at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in (i) reading and (ii) mathematics, by sex

5. Indicator 4.3.1: Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex

6. Indicator 4.5.1: Parity indices (female/male, rural/urban, bottom/top wealth quintile and others such as disability status, indigenous peoples and conflict-affected, as data become available) for all education indicators on this list that can be disaggregated

7. Indicator 4.6.1: Percentage of population in a given age group achieving at least a fixed level of proficiency in functional (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills, by sex

8. Indicator 5.2.2: Proportion of women and girls aged 15 years and older subjected to sexual violence by persons other than an intimate partner in the previous 12 months, by age and place of occurrence

9. Indicator 5.4.1: Proportion of time spent on unpaid domestic and care work, by sex, age and location

10. Indicator 5.6.1: Proportion of women aged 15-49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care

11. Indicator 5.a.1: (a) Proportion of total agricultural population with ownership or secure rights over agricultural land, by sex; and (b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

12. Indicator 5.a.1:(b) share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land, by type of tenure

13. Indicator 5.b.1: Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone, by sex

14. Indicator 6.2.1: Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services, including a hand-washing facility with soap and water

15. Indicator 8.3.1:Proportion of informal employment in non -agriculture employment, by sex

16. Indicator 8.4.1: Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

17. Indicator 8.4.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

18. Indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

19. Indicator8.9.1 : Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate

20. Indicator 8.9.2: Number of jobs in tourism industries as a proportion of total jobs and growth rate of jobs, by sex

21. Indicator 10.3.1: Proportion of the population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed within the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law

22. Indicator 12.2.1: Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP

23. Indicator12.2.2: Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP

24. Indicator 16.1.4: Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live

25. Indicator16.2.3:Proportion of young women and men aged 18-29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18

26. Indicator16.7.1: Proportions of positions (by sex, age, persons with disabilities and population groups) in public institutions (national and local legislatures, public service, and judiciary) compared to national distributions

27. Indicator 16.7.2: Proportion of population who believe decision-making is inclusive and responsive, by sex, age, disability and population group

28. Indicator 16.9.1: Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age

29. Indicator16.b.1: Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law 16.b.1 Proportion of population reporting having personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the previous 12 months on the basis of a ground of discrimination prohibited under international human rights law.

1. Indicator 1.5.2: Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global gross domestic product (GDP)

2. Indicator 1.5.3: Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030

3. Indicator 5.6.2: Number of countries with laws and regulations that guarantee women aged 15-49 years access to sexual and reproductive health care, information and education

4. Indicator 7.a.1: International financial flows to developing countries in support of clean energy research and development and renewable energy production, including in hybrid systems

5. Indicator10.6.1: Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

6. Indicator 10.7.2: Number of countries that have implemented well-managed migration policies

7. Indicator 11.c.1: Proportion of financial support to the least developed countries that is allocated to the construction and retrofitting of sustainable, resilient and resource-efficient buildings utilizing local materials

8. Indicator 12.1.1: Number of countries with sustainable consumption and production (SCP) national action plans or SCP mainstreamed as a priority or a target into national policies

9. Indicator 12.3.1: Global food loss index

10. Indicator 12.4.1: Number of parties to international multilateral environmental agreements on hazardous waste, and other chemicals that meet their commitments and obligations in transmitting information as required by each relevant agreement

11. Indicator 12.4.2: Hazardous waste generated per capita and proportion of hazardous waste treated, by type of treatment

12. Indicator 13.1.1: Number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies

13. Indicator 13.2.1: Number of countries that have communicated the establishment or operationalization of an integrated policy/strategy/plan which increases their ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas

14. Indicator 13.3.1: Number of countries that have integrated mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning into primary, secondary and tertiary curricula

15. Indicator 3.3.2: Number of countries that have communicated the strengthening of institutional, systemic and individual capacity-building to implement adaptation, mitigation and technology transfer, and development actions

16. Indicator 13.a.1: Mobilized amount of United States dollars per year starting in 2020 accountable towards the $100 billion commitment

17. Indicator13.b.1: Number of least developed countries and small island developing States that are receiving specialized support, and amount of support, including finance, technology and capacity-building, for mechanisms for raising capacities for effective climate change-

18. Indicator 14.b.1: Progress by countries in the degree of application of a legal/regulatory/policy/institutional framework which recognizes and protects access rights for small-scale fisheries

19. Indicator 4.c.1: Number of countries making progress in ratifying, accepting and implementing through legal, policy and institutional frameworks, ocean-related instruments that implement international law, as reflected in the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea, for the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and their resources

20. Indicator 15.6.1: Number of countries that have adopted legislative, administrative and policy frameworks to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits

21. Indicator 17.2.1: Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

22. Indicator 17.3.1: Foreign direct investments (FDI), official development assistance and South-South Cooperation as a proportion of total domestic budget

23. Indicator17.5.1: Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

24. Indicator 17.6.1: Number of science and/or technology cooperation agreements and programmes between countries, by type of cooperation

25. Indicator 17.7.1: Total amount of approved funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

26. Indicator17.9.1: Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

27. Indicator 17.10.1:Worldwide weighted tariff-average

28. Indicator 17.11.1: Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

29. Indicator 17.12.1: Average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

30. Indicator 17.14.1: Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

31. Indicator17.16.1: Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the sustainable development goals

32. Indicator 17.18.2: Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics

33. Indicator 17.18.3: Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

34. Indicator 17.19.1: Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries

35. Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

There are some indicators, which are not relevant for Sri Lanka falling under the category of 3 or 4 of the DCS classification Those need to be identified by consulting all relevant institutions in the National Statistical System. DCS has identified three such indicators (as of June 2017):

1. Indicator2.3.1:Volume of production per labour unit by classes of farming/pastoral/forestry enterprise size

2. Indicator 2.3.2: Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status

3. Indicator 5.3.2: Proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 years who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting, by age