SCOTLAND’S National Performance Framework (NPF) covers children and young people, communities, culture, education, the environment, fair work, business health, human rights, international relations, poverty and the economy.
Each of the 11 national outcomes has a set of indicators that underpin them to help understand if progress is being made.
There are 81 indicators in total and in the latest review 15 were marked as improving, 32 were being maintained and 11 were getting worse. Seven indicators were still to be confirmed and 16 indicators were still in development.
Improving indicators include biodiversity, clean seas, the sustainability of fish stocks, the amount of household waste generated and the percentage of energy consumption which is renewable.
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The percentage of adults making one or more visits to the outdoors per week has also grown from 46% in 2013 to 52% in 2017 as has the number of adults who have attended or visited a cultural event or place in the last 12 months.
Access to superfast broadband has improved and the latest figures show it reaches 92% of the country.
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Those growing worse include income equality, skills utilisation, the number of people working in arts and culture, the proportion of adults aged 16-64 with low or no qualifications at SCQF level 4 or below and healthy life expectancy.
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