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Global Gender Gap Report (World Economic Forum)

Global Gender Gap Report (World Economic Forum) Scores assessing the gender gap in 147 countries between 2006 and 2020. This dataset contains 1893 observations across 5 variables: country_name: character string indicating the name of the country. country_code: character string indicating the country code (ISO3 code). year: integer indicating the year. ID: character string indicating the country pair (ISO3 code) and the year.

Major languages by country (Dow)

Major languages by country Data about the most widely spoken languages in 151 countries uploaded by Douglas Dow on his website). The dataset contains 924 observations across 25 variables for the years 1995, 2005, 2015: country_name: character string indicating the full name of the country. country_code: character string indicating the country (ISO3 code). year: integer indicating the year of the data (data is available for three different years: 1995, 2005 or 2015).

Political rights and Civil Liberties assessment (Freedom House)

Political Rights and Civil Liberties (Freedom House) Data on political rights for 196 countries between 1972 and 2016. The dataset is a tibble containing 8391 observations across 6 variables: country_name: character string indicating the country name. country_code: character string indicating the country code (ISO3). year: integer indicating the year. ID: character string indicating the country code (ISO3 code) and the year. FH_Political_Rights: numeric variable “measured on a one-to-seven scale, with one representing the highest degree of Freedom and seven the lowest.

The Good Country Index

The Good Country Index Data from The Good Country Index: “The idea of the Good Country Index is simple: to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. Using a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organisations, we’ve given each country a balance-sheet to show at a glance whether it’s a net creditor to mankind, a burden on the planet, or something in between.

World Happiness Report

World Happiness Report Data from the World Happiness Report on 164 countries from 2005 to 2019 (for the variable most_people_can_be_trusted: 1981-1984 and 1989-2014). The dataset contains 2577 observations across 22 variables: country_name: character string indicating the full name of the country. country_code: character string indicating the code of the country (ISO3 code). year: integer indicating the year. ID: character string indicating the country pair (ISO3 code) and the year.

World Happiness Report

World Happiness Report Data from the World Happiness Report on 164 countries from 2005 to 2019 (for the variable most_people_can_be_trusted: 1981-1984 and 1989-2014). The dataset contains 2577 observations across 22 variables: country_name: character string indicating the full name of the country. country_code: character string indicating the code of the country (ISO3 code). year: integer indicating the year. ID: character string indicating the country pair (ISO3 code) and the year.

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.

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.

Economic distance

Economic distance Economic distances between 259 home and 259 host countries (66 953 country pairs) calculated using the difference in GDP in USD for each year from 1960 to 2019 (World Bank data). This dataset is a tibble containing 2 663 653 observations across 8 variables: ID: a character string indicating the country pair (ISO3 code) and the year. ID_o: a character string indicating the home (origin) country and the year.