Quality of Government Basic dataset 2016 - Cross-Section
Country Code Numeric
Country Name
3-letter Country Code
CCode
Country Code World Bank
Version of the Dataset
Original Log Settler Mortality
Ethnic Fractionalization
Language Fractionalization
Religion Fractionalization
Buddhism: Total (% Adherents)
Christianity: Total (% Adherents)
Hindu: Total (% Adherents)
Islam: Total (% Adherents)
Judaism: Total (% Adherents)
Average Schooling Years, Female (25+)
Average Schooling Years, Male (25+)
Average Schooling Years, Female and Male (25+)
Secondary Complete, Female (25+)
Secondary Complete, Male (25+)
Secondary Complete, Female and Male (25+)
Percentage with No Schooling, Female (25+)
Percentage with No Schooling, Male (25+)
Percentage with No Schooling, Female and Male (25+)
Dichotomous democracy measure
Poverty Prevention
Social Cohesion and Non-discrimination
Associational/Assembly Rights
Anti-Corruption Policy
Approval of Democracy
Conflict Intensity
Civil Rights
Civil Society Participation
Civil Society Traditions
Freedom of Expression
Interest Groups
Independent Judiciary
Monopoly on the use of Force
Prosecution of Office Abuse
Party System
Rule of Law
Socio-Economic Barriers
Separation of Powers
Social Safety Nets
Sustainability
Corruption Commission Present in Constitution
Limits on Child Work in Constitution
Meritocratic Recruitment of Civil Servants Mentioned in Constitution
Freedom of Religion in Constitution
Freedom of Assembly and Association
Freedom of Domestic Movement
Freedom of Foreign Movement
Independence of the Judiciary
Extrajudicial Killing
Political Imprisonment
Freedom of Speech
Torture
Government support (seat share of all parties in government)
Type of Government
Satisfaction with Democracy
Accountability Transparency
Information Transparency
Transparency Index
Checks and Balances
Closed List
D'Hondt System
Vote Fraud
Government Fractionalization Index
Vote Share of Government Parties
Party of Chief Executive Length of Time in Office
Electoral Rule House
Proportional Representation
Total Seats in Legislature
Electoral Rule Senate
Political System
Economic Globalization
Political Globalization
Social Globalization
Total Ecological Footprint
Civil liberties
Functioning of government
Share of Pop. not Speaking the Official Language
Child Mortality
Environmental Health
Environmental Performance Index
Ecosystem Vitality
Trust in Legal System
Trust in Parliament
Trust in Political Parties
Trust in Other People
Trust in Police
Trust in Politicians
Emigration
Immigration
Percent of land area with forest (%)
Cultural Diversity
External Intervention
Human Flight and Brain Drain
Human Rights and Rule of Law
Refugees and IDPs
Security Apparatus
Uneven Economic Development
Associational and Organizational Rights
Civil Liberties
Electoral Process
Freedom of Expression and Belief
Functioning of Government
Laws and regulations that influence media content (2001-2014)
Political pressures and controls on media content (2001-2014)
Economic influences over media content (2001-2014)
Freedom of the Press, Score (1993-2014)
Freedom of the Press, Status (1988-2014)
Level of Democracy (Freedom House/Imputed Polity)
Political Rights
Status
Political Terror Scale - Amnesty International
Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law
Population (1000's)
Effective Number of Electoral Parties
Electoral System Type-3 classes
Trust in the National Legal System
Business Freedom
Freedom from Corruption
Economic Freedom Index
Financial Freedom
Investment Freedom
Colonial Origin
Regime Type
Regime Type (simlified)
ICRG Indicator of Quality of Government
Taxes excluding social contributions
Taxes on goods and services
GDP Growth (%)
GDP (PPP) (share of world total) (%)
Inflation
Unemployment rate
Share of Women (Lower House)
Share of Women (Upper House)
Business Regulatory Environment
Financial Sector
Gender Equality
Quality of Public Administration
Social Protection and Labor
Economic World Institutional Quality Ranking (all countries)
Legal World Institutional Quality Ranking (all countries)
Gini Coefficient
Legal Origin
GDP per Capita
GDP per Capita year 1500
GDP per Capita year 1700
GDP per Capita year 1900
Population (thousand)
Media Bias before Election
% Desert
% Tropical climate
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sulphur Oxides Emissions
Nitrogen Oxides Emissions
The Ocean Health Index
Regime Durability
Electoral Integrity Rating
Perception of Electoral Integrity Index
Human Capital Index
Population (in millions)
Closed Public Administration
Impartial Public Administration
Professional Public Administration
Gas production, million barrels oil equiv.
Oil production in metric tons
Press Freedom Index
State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 0%
State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 10%
State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 50%
Pension coverage
Pension Generosity Index
Sickness coverage
Sickness Generosity Index
Unemployment coverage
Unemployment Generosity Index
Policy Performance: Economic Policies - Overall
Policy Performance: Environmental Policies - Overall
Governance: Executive Capacity
Quality of Democracy
Quality of Democracy: Rule of Law - Corruption Prevention
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Overall
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Health
Level of the shadow economy
Log Total Slave Export (Normalized by Land Area)
Log Total Slave Export (Normalized by Historic Population)
Corruption Perceptions Index
Top 5% income share
Extrasystemic armed conflict
Interstate armed conflict
Internal armed conflict
Internationalized internal armed conflict
Human Development Index
Average size of classes in primary schools (number of pupils)
Duration of compulsory education (years)
Government expenditure on primary education as % of GDP (%)
Government expenditure on pre-primary education as % of GDP (%)
Government expenditure on secondary education as % of GDP (%)
Government expenditure on tertiary education as % of GDP (%)
GDP per capita (current US$)
GDP growth (annual %)
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49)
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)
Government expenditure on education as % of GDP (%)
Percentage of students in secondary education who are female (%)
Total population (in thousands)
Population growth (annual %)
Poverty headcount ratio at $2 a day (PPP) (% of population)
Rural population (% of total population)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
GDP: Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry, Fishing
GDP: Construction
Gross Domestic Product
GDP per Capita (Current Prices in US$)
GDP: Goods and Services - Export
GDP: Goods and Services - Import
GDP: Manufacturing
Population
Political corruption
Deliberative democracy index
Egalitarian democracy index
Executive corruption index
Legislature corrupt activities
Judicial corruption decision
Liberal democracy index
Electoral democracy index
Public sector corruption index
Right to Strike, Government Sector
Right to Strike, Market Sector
Union Density
Global Terrorism Index
Control of Corruption
Government Effectiveness
Political Stability
Regulatory Quality
Voice and Accountability
Access to electricity (% of population)
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Armed forces personnel, total
Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults)
Fixed broadband Internet subscribers (per 100 people)
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Employers, total (% of employment)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Employers, female (% of employment)
Employment in industry (% of total employment)
Employment in services (% of total employment)
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Forest area (% of land area)
Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials (% of firms)
Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
Intentional homicides (per 100,000 people)
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
Income share held by highest 10%
Income share held by lowest 10%
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)
Internet users (per 100 people)
Agricultural land (% of land area)
Land area (sq. km)
Strength of legal rights index (0=weak to 12=strong)
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
Labor force with primary education (% of total)
Labor force with secondary education (% of total)
Labor force with tertiary education (% of total)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Net migration
New business density (new registrations per 1,000 people ages 15-64)
Presence of peace keepers
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
Population, total
Population ages 0-14 (% of total)
Population ages 15-64 (% of total)
Population ages 65 and above (% of total)
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
Population, female (% of total)
Urban population (% of total)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Self-employed, total (% of total employed)
Tax revenue (% of GDP)
Telephone lines (per 100 people)
Trade (% of GDP)
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people)
Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (national estimate)
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (national estimate)
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)
Malaria cases/100,000 pop.
Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.
Diversion of public funds
Ethical behavior of firms
Quality of electricity supply
Favoritism in decisions of government officials
Global Competitiveness Index
General government debt, %
Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births
Irregular payments and bribes
Judicial independence
Mobile telephone subscriptions/100 pop.
Organized crime
Property rights
No. procedures to start a business
Quality of air transport infrastructure
Quality of the educational system
Quality of overall infrastructure
Quality of primary education
Quality of railroad infrastructure
Quality of roads
Quality of scientific research institutions
Fixed telephone lines/100 pop.
Wastefulness of government spending
National-level average scores for subjective well-being
Absence of Corruption
Confidence in Armed Forces
Confidence in Churches
Confidence in Civil Services
Confidence in Environmental Protection Movement
Confidence in Government
Confidence in Justice System
Confidence in Parliament
Confidence in Police
Confidence in Political Parties
Confidence in Press
Confidence in Television
Protecting Environment vs Economic Growth
Justifiable Action: Accepting a Bribe
Political Systems: Army
Political System: Democracy
Political System: Experts
Political System: Strong Leader