Interim benchmarking report 2007

In 2006, BC ranked fi fth for the annual growth of real GDP per capita and ranked third for the level of real GDP per capita. [...] In 2005, BC ranked ninth in social condition based on an average of its performance rankings for the percent of families and unattached individuals with income below the after-tax low income cut-off (LICO), the low birth weight rate, the personal and property crime rate, the percent of the population on income assistance, and the percent of total unemployment designated as long-term. [...] The benchmarking work of the BC Progress Board is the most comprehensive review available of the state of BC’s economy, innovation, education, environment, health and society perform- ance. [...] One of the indicators (as designated with the ↑ in the table on page fi ve) shows improvement and one (as designated with the ↓ in the table on page fi ve) shows deterioration while the other fourteen show no change in rank. [...] Core Target 6: Social Condition – In 2005, BC ranked ninth in social condition based on an average of its performance rankings for the percent of families and unattached individu- als with income below the after-tax low income cut-off (LICO), the low birth weight rate, the personal and property crime rate, the percent of the population on income assistance, and the percent of total unemployment de