Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)

Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)

Data about the Worldwide Governance Indicators in 214 countries from 1996 to 2019 (no data available for 1997, 1999 and 2001). The dataset is a tibble containing 4494 observations across 9 variables:

  • ID: a character string indicating the code of the country (ISO3) and the year.

  • country_code: a character string indicating the country (ISO3) code.

  • year: an integer indicating the year.

  • control_of_corruption: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator control of corruption.

  • government_effectiveness: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator government effectiveness.

  • political_stability: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator Political stability and absence of violence terrorism.

  • rule_of_law: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator Rule of law.

  • regulatory_quality: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator Regulatory quality.

  • voice_and_accountability: Numeric. Score the World Bank granted the country for this year on the indicator Voice and accountability.

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