Table 1.4 Criteria for qualifying National Footprint Accounts results
Score Criteria
3A
No component of BC or EF is unreliable or unlikely for any year
3B
No component of BC or EF is unreliable or unlikely for the latest data year
Some individual components of the EF or BC are unlikely in the latest data year
The total EF and BC time series results are not significantly affected by unlikely data
3C
No component of BC or EF is unreliable or unlikely for the years prior to the latest data
year
Some individual components of the EF or BC are unlikely in the latest year
Total EF and BC values are unlikely or unreliable in the most recent data year, but the
ability to ascribe creditor/debtor status is unaffected in latest year
3D
No component of BC or EF is unreliable or unlikely for the years prior to the latest data
year
Some components of the EF or BC are very unlikely in the latest year
EF and BC results in the latest year are significantly impacted by the unlikely or
unreliable values, making them unusable
2A
EF or BC component time series have results that are very unreliable or very unlikely,
except in the latest data year
The total EF and BC time series results are not significantly affected by unlikely data
No EF and BC results in the latest year are significantly affected by unlikely data
2B
EF or BC component time series have results that are very unreliable or very unlikely,
including the latest year
The total EF and BC time series results are not significantly affected by unlikely data
2C
Total EF or BC time series and component EF and BC time series results are unreliable or
unlikely, especially in the latest year
The total EF and BC time series results are not significantly affected by unlikely data
The unlikely or unreliable values have most likely not impacted the creditor/debtor status
in the latest year
2D
Total EF or BC time series and component EF and BC time series results are unreliable or
unlikely, especially in the latest year
The total EF and BC time series results are not significantly affected by unlikely data
EF and BC results in the latest year are significantly impacted by the unlikely or
unreliable values, making them unusable
1A
Several components of the EF or BC are very unreliable or unlikely, except the latest year
The EF and BC time series results are significantly affected by unlikely data, and are
unusable
No EF and BC results in the latest year are significantly affected by unlikely data
1B
Several components of the EF or BC are very unreliable or unlikely, except the latest year
The EF and BC time series results are significantly affected by unlikely data, and are
unusable
The total EF and BC results in the latest year are not significantly affected by unlikely
data
1C
Several components of the EF or BC are very unreliable or unlikely
The EF and BC time series results are significantly affected by unlikely data, and are
unusable
The unlikely or unreliable values have not impacted the creditor/debtor status
1D
There is too much unreliable or unlikely data to make any conclusions about the timeline
or latest year of this country
Source: www.footprintnetwork.org/data-quality-scores
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