The 2017 SERF Index

The 2017 SERF Index Update is now an outdated version of the SERF Index.  The data files are provided here for the convenience of researchers who may be currently using these older versions of the data. The 2017 SERF Index Update provides SERF Index scores for 11 separate years; 2005 through 2015, and can be downloaded at the SERF Index data tab. This year’s update is a comprehensive update that included the updating and re-estimation of all Achievement Possibility Frontiers using the new 2011 PPP GDP per capita data series.  The Core SERF Index and Supplementary SERF Index for High Income OECD Countries are calculated for all countries with available data.  The Core SERF Index covers approximately 90 countries (the exact number depending on the year) and up to 185 countries for the component Right Indices (the exact number depending on the right and the year),and is comparable across the countries and across the 11 years.  The Supplementary SERF Index for High Income OECD countries has as many as 35 countries (the exact number depending on the year) and up to 181 countries for the component Right Indices (the exact number depending on the right and year), and is comparable across countries and across the 11 years.  The series for each year uses the most recently available data for each country as of the specified year (eg. 2012) when computing the index.  However, because the surveys providing many of the indicators are not conducted annually, the data used for each year’s series are not always unique.  For example, in the case of the Right to Education Index for Turkey,  the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 series use data on the primary school completion rate in 2012.  Because both the Core SERF Index and Supplementary SERF Index are calculated for all countries (core and high-income OECD countries) with available data, researchers can evaluate countries with the available data on either standard.  The expanded data sets including the individual indicator performance scores as well as the Right Indices are incorporated into the downloadable excel files.

2015 Core Countries SERF Index 2017 Update (pdf)

• Core Countries 2015 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2014 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2013 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2012 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2011 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2010 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2009 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2008 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2007 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2006 SERF Index (MS Excel) .
• Core Countries 2005 SERF Index (MS Excel) .

2015 High Income OECD Country SERF Index 2017 Update (pdf)

• High Income OECD Countries 2005 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2006 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2007 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2008 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2009 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2010 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2011 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2012 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2013 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2014 SERF Index (MS Excel)
• High Income OECD Countries 2015 SERF Index (MS Excel)

SERF Index Methodology:  2017 Technical Note