Quality of Government Basic dataset 2017 - Cross-Section
Country Code
Country Name
3-letter Country Code
Country Code COW
Country Code World Bank
Version of the Dataset
log settler mortality
Ethnic Fractionalization
Language Fractionalization
Religion Fractionalization
Animist religions: Total (% Adherents)
Buddhism: Total (% Adherents)
Christianity: Total (% Adherents)
Hindu: Total (% Adherents)
Islam: Total (% Adherents)
Jain: Total (% Adherents)
Judaism: Total (% Adherents)
Non-religious: Total (% Adherents)
Other religions: Total (% Adherents)
Shinto: Total (% Adherents)
Sikh: Total (% Adherents)
Syncretic religions: Total (% Adherents)
Taoism: Total (% Adherents)
Zoroastrian: Total (% Adherents)
The Bayesian Corruption Indicator
Average Schooling Years, Female (25+)
Average Schooling Years, Male (25+)
Average Schooling Years, Female and Male (25+)
Percentage with Primary Schooling, Female (25+)
Percentage with Primary Schooling, Male (25+)
Percentage with Primary Schooling, Female and Male (25+)
Percentage with Secondary Schooling, Female (25+)
Percentage with Secondary Schooling, Male (25+)
Percentage with Secondary Schooling, 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
Associational/Assembly Rights
Anti-Corruption Policy
Approval of Democracy
Conflict Intensity
Currency and Price Stability
Civil Rights
Civil Society Participation
Civil Society Traditions
Democracy Status
Economic Performance
Free and Fair Elections
Freedom of Expression
Interest Groups
Independent Judiciary
Market Economy Status
Monopoly on the use of Force
Party System
Rule of Law
Social Capital
Socio-Economic Barriers
Separation of Powers
Social Safety Nets
Sustainability
Welfare Regime
Corruption Commission Present in Constitution
Limits on Child Work in Constitution
Meritocratic Recruitment of Civil Servants Mentioned in Constitution
Freedom of Religion in Constitution
Human Rights Commission Present in Constitution
Right to Strike in Constitution
Freedom of Assembly and Association
Freedom of Domestic Movement
Freedom of Foreign Movement
Independence of the Judiciary
Freedom of Religion (New)
Freedom of Speech
Women's Economic Rights
Women's Political Rights
Workers Rights
Magnitude score of episode(s) of civil violence
Magnitude score of episode(s) of civil warfare
Magnitude score of episode(s) of ethnic violence
Magnitude score of episode(s) of ethnic warfare
Magnitude score of episode(s) of international violence
Magnitude score of episode(s) of international warfare
Is Chief Executive a Military Officer?
Checks and Balances
Closed List
D'Hondt System
Executive Electoral Competitiveness
Chief Executive Party Orientation
Government Fractionalization Index
Proportional Representation
Political System
Vote Threshold
Social Globalization
Carbon Footprint
Total Ecological Footprint
Civil libertie
Number of environmental agreements total
Environmental Health
Environmental Performance Index
Ecosystem Vitality
Percent of land area with forest (%)
Cultural Diversity
Poverty and Economic Decline
Human Flight and Brain Drain
Human Rights and Rule of Law
Refugees and IDPs
Associational and Organizational Rights
Civil Liberties
Electoral Process
Freedom of Expression and Belief
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)
Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights
Political Rights
Freedom Status
Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights (current)
Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights (chain-linked)
Paid Bribe: Customs
Paid Bribe: Education System
Paid Bribe: Legal System/Judiciary System
Paid Bribe: Land Services
Paid Bribe: Medical Services
Paid Bribe: Registry and permit services
Paid Bribe: Police
Paid Bribe: Tax Revenue
Paid Bribe: Utilities
Corruption Perception: Business
Corruption Perception: Education
Corruption Perception: Judiciary/Legal System
Corruption Perception: Medical Services
Corruption Perception: Media
Corruption Perception: Military
Corruption Perception: NGOs
Corruption Perception: Public Officials/Civil Servants
Corruption Perception: Political Parties
Corruption Perception: Parliament
Corruption Perception: Police
Corruption Perception: Religious Bodies
Political Terror Scale - Amnesty International
Political Terror Scale - Human Rights Watch
Political Terror Scale - US State Department
Real GDP (2005)
Population (1000's)
Real GDP per Capita (2005)
Effective Number of Electoral Parties
Electoral System Type-3 classes
Number of Seats
Presidential Electoral System Type
PR Type
Business Freedom
Freedom from Corruption
Economic Freedom Index
Financial Freedom
Fiscal Freedom
Investment Freedom
Labor Freedom
Property Rights
Regime Type
Appointment for Life to Constitutional Court
Constitutional Court
The Age of the Constitution (years)
Executive Power over Military Force
Electoral System
Removal of Members of Constitutional Court
ICRG Indicator of Quality of Government
Free or Subsidized Access to Media for Candidates
Free or Subsidized Access to Media for Political Parties
Deaths, Both sexes, Rate per 100,000
Deaths, Females, Rate per 100,000
Deaths, Males, Rate per 100,000
Government expenditure (Percent of GDP)
GDP Growth (%)
GDP (PPP) (share of world total) (%)
Inflation (Index)
Population (Persons, Millions)
Unemployment rate (Percent of total labor force)
Freedom of the Press (index)
Quality of Public Administration
Social Protection and Labor
Transparency, Accountability and Corruption in the Public Sector
Absolute legal institutional quality (simple averages)
Legal institutional quality (relative factor scores)
Legal World Institutional Quality Ranking (all countries)
Legal World Institutional Quality Ranking (full obs.)
Gini Coefficient
Legal Origin
GDP per Capita
GDP per Capita year 1500
GDP per Capita year 1600
GDP per Capita year 1700
GDP per Capita year 1820
GDP per Capita year 1900
Riots and Protests after Election
Violence and Civilian Deaths before Election
% Desert
% Tropical climate
The Ocean Health Index
Electoral Integrity Rating
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%
Normalized Values State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 0%
Normalized Values State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 10%
Normalized Values State Antiquity Index, with the discounting rates 50%
Marine Trophic Index
Quality of Democracy
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Overall
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Education
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Families
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Global Social Inequalities
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Health
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Integration Policy
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Pensions
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Social Inclusion
Policy Performance: Social Policies - Safe Living Conditions
Log Total Slave Export (Normalized by Land Area)
Log Total Slave Export (Normalized by Historic Population)
Corruption Perceptions Index
Extrasystemic armed conflict
Interstate armed conflict
Internal armed conflict
Internationalized internal armed conflict
Human Development Index
Population
Political corruption
Deliberative democracy index
Egalitarian democracy index
Women political empowerment index
Liberal democracy index
Participatory democracy index
Global Terrorism Index
Control of Corruption
Political Stability
Access to electricity (% of population)
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
Improved water source (% of population with access)
Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access)
Improved water source, urban (% of urban population with access)
Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force)
Armed forces personnel, total
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use)
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
New business density
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita)
Central government debt, total (% of GDP)
Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions (%)
Percentage of enrolment in secondary education in private institutions (%)
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)
Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)
Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)
Employers, total (% of employment)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
Employment in industry (% of total employment)
Part time employment, total (% of total employment)
Employment in services (% of total employment)
Energy imports, net (% of energy use)
Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita)
Ease of doing business index
Government expenditure on education as % of GDP (%)
Expenditure on primary as % of government expenditure on education (%)
Expenditure on secondary as % of government expenditure on education (%)
Expenditure on tertiary as % of government expenditure on education (%)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, private (% of GDP)
Health expenditure, public (% of GDP)
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
Government expenditure per primary student as % of GDP per capita (%)
Government expenditure per secondary student as % of GDP per capita (%)
Government expenditure per tertiary student as % of GDP per capita (%)
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Firms with female participation in ownership
Firms with female top manager
Firms expected to give gifts in meetings with tax officials
Depth of the food deficit
Forest area (% of land area)
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)
Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes (%)
Gross enrolment ratio, pre-primary, both sexes (%)
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes (%)
Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary, both sexes (%)
International migrant stock (% of population)
Informal payments to public officials (% of firms)
Labor force with primary education (% of total)
Labor force with secondary education (% of total)
Labor force with tertiary education (% of total)
Labor force, female (% of total labor force)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes (%)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female (%)
Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male (%)
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
Net migration
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
Oil rents (% of GDP)
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)
Population growth (annual %)
Rural population (% of total population)
Urban population (% of total)
Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%)
Rural poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)
Urban poverty gap at national poverty lines (%)
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
Refugee population by country or territory of asylum
Refugee population by country or territory of origin
Self-employed, total (% of total employed)
Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults)
Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults)
CPIA social protection rating
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force)
Unemployment with primary education (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment with secondary education (% of total unemployment)
Unemployment with tertiary education (% of total unemployment)
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment)
HIV prevalence, %
Malaria cases/100,000 pop.
Tuberculosis cases/100,000 pop.
No. days to start a business
Favoritism in decisions of government officials
Global Competitiveness Index
Internet access in schools
Infant mortality, deaths/1,000 live births
Judicial independence
Life expectancy, years
Organized crime
Population (millions)
Property rights
Public trust in politicians
Quality of the educational system
Quality of primary education
Quality of scientific research institutions
Total tax rate, %
National-level average scores for subjective well-being
Absence of Corruption
Civil Justice is Free of Corruption
Criminal System is Free of Corruption