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2019 International SERF Index Update

CORE Assessment Standard: 2019 Update

High-Income Assessment Standard: 2019 Update

2019 Update: Technical Manual

SERF Index Technical Note

2024 Update International SERF Index Now Available
The 2024 Update of the International SERF Index is now available and covers a 31 year period, 1990 to 2021. The data cover five rights—the rights to education, food, health, housing, and work—and two assessment standards—one most applicable to low- and middle-income countries and the other most applicable to high-income countries. Data are available on […]

Visualize the 2024 Update SERF Index Data Using Rightstracker.org
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI) continues to partner with the SERF Index Project and has adopted the SERF Index as its “income-adjusted” measure of country economic and social rights performance, which it calls its “Quality of Life” metric. HRMI’s data visualization tool, rightstracker.org has been updated to include data from the 2024 Update of the […]

2023 Update International SERF Index Now Available
The 2023 Update of the International SERF Index is now available. This year’s update covers three full decades—1990 to 2020—and includes country level data on five rights—the rights to education, food, health, housing, and work for two assessment standards—the high income assessment standard and the low-and-middle income assessment standard. Additionally, it includes sex disaggregated data […]

Visualize the 2023 Update SERF Index Data Using Rightstracker.org
The SERF Index Project continues to partner with the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). HRMI has adopted the SERF Index as its “income adjusted” quality of life metrics. HRMI’s data visualisation tool, rightstracker.org, now has been updated to include data from the 2023 SERF Index Update. This tool allows you to view graphs of country […]

2022 Update International SERF Index Now Available
The 2022 Update of the International SERF Index is now available. This year’s update includes sex disaggregated data on food security. As a result, this year’s update includes sex disaggregated data on the right to education, right to food, and two aspects of the right to health for both the low- and middle- income assessment […]