Statistical Terms Glossary

Transport of goods road motor vehicles or trailers, not accompanied by the driver, by another mode of transport (for example by sea or rail).

A unit is active when it has any economic activity or when it has no economic activity but is legally or administratively registered and part of another unit that has economic activity at any time during a respective reference period.

Simultaneous use of two modes of transport, where one passive means is carried on another active means which provides traction and consumes energy, e.g. rail/road transport, sea/road transport and sea/rail transport.

A person who is willing to work and is actively seeking work through reading newspaper advertisement, asking friends, registration at the labour exchange offices, or asking employers.

An activity is a process, i.e. the combination of actions that result in a certain set of products. Activities are defined as the use of inputs (e.g., capital, labour, energy and materials) to produce outputs. The outputs that result from undertaking activities can be transferred or sold to other units (in market or non-market transactions), placed in inventory or used by the producing units for own final use. In practice the majority of units carry on activities of a mixed character. One can distinguish between three types of economic activity: Principal activity: The principal activity is the activity which contributes most to the total value added of the unit under consideration. Secondary activity: A secondary activity is any other activity of the unit that produces goods or services. Ancillary activity: Any ancillary activities are those that exist solely to support the main productive activities of a unit by providing non-durable goods or services for the use of that entity.

The execution of a task or action by an individual. It represents the individual perspective of functioning.

The main purpose of an activity classification is to classify productive economic activities. The main aim is to provide a set of activity categories that can be utilised when dissecting statistics according to such activities.

Difficulties an individual may have in executing activities. An activity limitation may range from a slight to a severe deviation in terms of quality or quantity in executing the activity in a manner or to the extent that is expected of people without the health condition.

A group of ratios that measure movement in the activities of a corporation.

Actual final consumption of general government is measured by the value of the collective (as opposed to individual) consumption services provided to the community, or large sections of the community, by general government; it is derived from their final consumption expenditure by subtracting the value of social transfers in kind payable.

Actual final consumption of households is the value of the consumption goods and services acquired by households, whether by purchase in general, or by transfer from government units or NPISHs, and used by them for the satisfaction of their needs and wants; it is derived from their final consumption expenditure by adding the value of social transfers in kind receivable.

There is no actual final consumption of non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) because, in practice, most of their services are individual in nature and so, for simplicity, all services provided by NPISHs are treated by convention as individual in nature and so, for simplicity, all services provided by NPISHs are treated by convention as individual (as social transfers in kind).

Actual individual consumption is measured by the total value of household final consumption expenditure, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) final consumption expenditure and government expenditure on individual consumption goods and services.

The sum of internal renewable water resources and incoming flow originating outside the country, taking into consideration the quantity of flows reserved to upstream and downstream countries through formal or informal agreements or treaties and reduction of flow due to upstream withdrawal. This gives the maximum theoretical amount of water actually available for the country.

Actual social contributions consist of employers’ actual social contributions, employees’ actual social contributions, and social contributions by self-employed and non-employed persons

Actual (Ya) reflects the current state of soils and climate, average skills of the farmers, and their average use of technology.

Percent of area equipped for irrigation that is actually irrigated in any given year, expressed in percentage. Irrigated land that is cultivated more than once a year is counted only once.

Total number of hours actually worked during the reference period as well as overtime and time spent at the place of work on activities such as preparation of the workplace. Leaves, meal breaks and time spent on travel from home to work and vice versa are excluded from work hours.

The various estimates (including assumptions related to changes in longevity, wage, inflation, returns on assets, etc.) that the actuary makes in formulating the actuarial valuation.

In a situation when the actuarial value of a pension fund’s assets is less than the actuarial liability, the measure of this value.

Evaluation of future events, particularly those relating to asset appreciation, earning power and compensation.

The amount of benefit increase the pension fund member receives calculated based on actuarial assumptions in case of deferred retirement.

The amount calculated based on actuarial assumptions that represents the present value of the pension benefits accrued in a pension plan.

The amount of benefit decrease the pension plan member receives calculated based on actuarial assumptions in case of early retirement.

The report prepared by the actuary following the actuarial valuation that describes the financial position of the pension fund.