Separately, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday that its July index of composite leading indicators pointed to "clearer signs of a moderation in the pace of expansion to last month's assessment."

Sensitivity analysis can be used to assess the robustness of composite indicators, also known as indices, such as the Environmental Performance Index.

The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a composite indicator of gender equality, introduced by the OECD Development Centre.

The ranking started in 2004 and is based on a composite indicator that includes both the volume of the Web contents and the visibility and impact of web publications according to the number of external links they received.

The Global Innovation Index is an annual publication which features, among others, a composite indicator that ranks countries/economies in terms of their enabling environment to innovation and their innovation outputs.

The ELLI index is an annually updated composite indicator summarizing the state of lifelong learning for European countries.

Its monthly composite leading indicators (CLIs), designed to anticipated economic turning points, "point to a slowdown in economic activity in all major economies".

DfT has also developed a composite indicator, which combines the core indicators, to help authorities prioritise and target action.

Of late, we have seen the appearance of league tables for schools - soon we will see their counterpart for other council services - which will then be combined to produce composite indicators.

The Canadian Government said last week that its composite leading indicator, a gauge of the economy's upcoming performance, fell four-tenths of a percent in May.