The indicator measures to which extent the states periodically prepare and disseminate at reasonable intervals up-to-date information on the state of the environment, including information on its quality and on pressures on the environment.

This indicator is an arithmetic average of expert answers to questions on a scale from 0 (worst) to 3 (best): (5.1) To what extent does the law mandate the government to publish reports on the state of the environment (i.e. a State of the Environment report)?; (5.2) To what extent does the law require the publication of a State of the Environment report to be periodic at reasonable intervals?; (5.3) Does the law require the report to be comprehensive in the information that it provides?; (5.4) To what extent does the law require the report to contain up-to date information?; (P5.1) In the last 10 years has a national government agency regularly published State of the Environment Reports? (Regular is at fixed intervals of five years or less)