The three, so-called, overarching objectives that this indicator portfolio is to monitor in the context of the social inclusion and social protection process are social cohesion, interaction with the objectives of Lisbon and Sustainable Development Strategies as well as good governance.

Core indicators

•  At risk of poverty or social exclusion rate
•  At-risk-of-poverty rate
•  At-risk-of-poverty threshold
•  People living in jobless households
•  Severe material deprivation rate
•  Relative median at-risk-of-poverty gap
•  Inequality of income distribution - S80/S20 income quintile share ratio
•  Healthy life years
•  Early leavers from education and training
•  Relative median income ratio of elderly people
•  Aggregate replacement ratio
•  Self-reported unmet need for medical care
•  At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008)
•  Employment rate of older workers
•  In work at-risk-of-poverty rate
•  Activity rate

Context indicators

•  GDP growth (at constant prices)
•  Employment rate, by sex
•  Unemployment rate, by sex and key age groups
•  Long-term unemployment rate, by sex and key age groups
•  Life expectancy at birth and at age 65
•  Old age dependency ratio, current and projected
•  Distribution of population by household types
•  Public debt, current and projected up to 2050, % of GDP
•  Social protection expenditure, current, by function gross and net
•  Unemployment trap
•  Low-wage trap
•  At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (other than pensions) by age
•  Total health expenditure per capita