The first ever Global Youth Development Index (YDI) and Report, produced by the Commonwealth Secretariat, provides an evidence-based overview of the state of development of young people between the ages of 15 and 29 in 183 countries, including 49 of the 52 Commonwealth countries.
The YDI is a composite index that measures and monitors the multi-dimensional nature of youth development at the national level. The ultimate purpose of the YDI is to help governments, policy makers, decision-makers and other stakeholders develop more evidence-based youth development policies and programmes, and to help track progress over time using comparable data and indicators.