This table lays out on which rights each methodology focuses. Some methodologies are specifically developed for monitoring a specific right, but other can be adapted to monitor any right.
| All/Any | Education | Food | Health | Housing | Water | Work | |
| Anderson 2008 | X | X | |||||
| Balakrishnan and Elson 2008 | X | ||||||
| Felner/CESR 2008 | X | X | |||||
| Fukuda-Parr et al. 2008 | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| OHCHR 2008 "MDGs" | X | ||||||
| OHCHR 2008 "Indicators" | X | ||||||
| LaBerge/UNDP 2008 | X | ||||||
| Hunt and MacNoughton 2006 | X | ||||||
| FAO 2008. Vol. 1 | X | ||||||
| FAO 2008. Vol. 2 | X | ||||||
| Foresti et al. 2009 | X | ||||||
| Ruggie 2007 | X | ||||||
| People's Health Movement 2006 | X | ||||||
| IACHR 2008 | X | ||||||
| DeBeco 2009 | X | ||||||
| Riedel 2006 | X |