Transformation Indicators Overview
Background
Transform World is committed to the transformational mission of God that results in the healing and blessing of the nations so that all may experience the presence, power, and peace of God. This is a draft / first pass at identifying available global data that might be used as transformation indicators.
Assumptions
- To be considered as a Transformation Indicator, a data set must be available for at least 100 countries. This allows global comparison and reduces localized indicators.
- Data must be already being gathered, maintained and available from a trusted source other than Transform World as Transform World does not have the resources to do primary research.
Methodology
- This model seeks to integrate Spiritual, Behavioral and Humanitarian Indicators into a composite Transformational Indicator that can be used to measure the overall transformation of a nation relative to other nations.
- Each indicator has three components:
- Value: actual data element.
- Score: standardized Value between 0 (worst) and 1 (best).
- Ranking: from 1 (best) to X (worst) depending how many ever countries have data. Ranking values will be skipped for similar values. For example, if three countries all score .95 and that is the highest value for that indicator, all countries receive a ranking of 1 and the next highest value receives a ranking of 4.
- Spiritual, Humanitarian and Behavioral overall score and ranking indicators will be generated by combining the individual indicators for a given area. These three indicators will be combined into a single overall Transformational Indicator for each country using the suggested weightings.
Spiritual Indicators
(Overall Weight: 30%)
| Weight | Indicator | Source |
| 30% | % Evangelical | Operation World |
| 15% | % Evangelical Growth Rate | Operation World |
| 15% | % Christian Adherents | Operation World |
| 20% | % Population living in Unreached / Least-Reached people group | Joshua Project |
| 10% | % with Bible in heart language | SIL / Joshua Project |
| 10% | % with Jesus Film in heart language | Jesus Film Project |
Behavioral Indicators
(Overall Weight: 35%)
| Weight | Indicator | Source |
| 33.3% | Corruption Index | Transparency Intl |
| 33.3% | Economic Freedom Index | Heritage Foundation |
| 33.3% | Religious Persecution Index | Open Doors, CSI, ICC |
Humanitarian Indicators
(Overall Weight: 35%)
| Human Development Index (HDI) | |
| Weight | Indicator |
| 33.3% | Life Expectancy Index |
| 33.3% | Education Index |
| 33.3% | GDP Index |
Humanitarian Sources: