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This dataset provides essential information on various socio-economic and political indicators worldwide. Below is a detailed overview of the dataset’s key elements:
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1.**Military Expenditure**: Includes all spending on armed forces, defense ministries, paramilitary forces, and military space activities, covering personnel, pensions, maintenance, procurement, R&D, and military aid from donor countries. Measured as a percentage of GDP and government expenditure, available since 1960. Source: [World Bank.](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS)

2.**UN Voting Patterns**: Tracks voting alignment with the US, China, and Russia, with data on annual votes, total percentages, and 3-year rolling averages, available since 1946. Source: [Harvard Dataverse](https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/LEJUQZ).

3.**Freedom Index**: Scores countries from 0 to 100 on economic, political, and legal freedoms, categorizing them from "Free" to "Unfree" based on score ranges, available since 1946. Source: [Atlantic Council](https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/do-countries-need-freedom-to-achieve-prosperity/).

4.**Local Democracy Indicator**: Measures citizens' engagement in local governance and election participation, scaled from 0 to 1, reflecting local accountability and transparency, available since 1975. Source: [World Bank](https://prosperitydata360.worldbank.org/en/indicator/IDEA+GSOD+local_dem_est).

5.**Democracy Score**: Evaluates the democratic environment on a 0-10 scale, categorizing regimes from "Authoritarian" to "Full Democracies", available since 2006. Source: [Economist Intelligence Unit](https://www.economistgroup.com/press-centre/economist-intelligence/eius-2023-democracy-index-conflict-and-polarisation-drive-a-new-low-for), data retrieved from [Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu?tab=table#reuse-this-work).

6.**Polity Score**: Ranges from -10 (autocratic) to +10 (democratic), assessing central authority continuity, available since 1776. Source: [Center for Systemic Peace](https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscrdata.html).

7.**Applied Import Tariff Rates**: Effective tariffs on non-agricultural and non-fuel products across countries, shown as weighted averages by product group, available since 1988. Source: [UNCTAD](https://unctadstat.unctad.org/datacentre/dataviewer/US.Tariff)

8.**AHS Tariff Rate**: Reflects weighted average tariffs imposed by countries on imports based on trade value, available since 1988. Source: [WITS](https://wits.worldbank.org/country-indicator.aspx?lang=en).

9.**Most Favored Nation Tariff Rate**: Highest WTO-mandated tariffs without preferential agreements, representing trade barriers between members, available since 1988. Source: [WITS](https://wits.worldbank.org/country-indicator.aspx?lang=en).

10.**Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions Index (MATR)**: Quantifies governmental trade barriers using a 0-22 scale, summarizing exchange and import/export restrictions, available since 1949. Source: [MATR](https://sites.google.com/view/m-atr/).

11.**New Harmful Interventions**: Tracks government measures impacting trade, investment, or migration, flagged as harmful by Global Trade Alert, available since 2008. Source: [Global Trade Alert](https://www.globaltradealert.org/).

12.**Cumulative Harmful Interventions:** Cumulative count of harmful trade interventions affecting foreign commerce since 2008. Source: [Global Trade Alert](https://www.globaltradealert.org/).

13.**Social Unrest Index**: Assesses risk factors like inequality and governance, with a mean score of 100 indicating potential social conflict, available since 1986. Source: [Measuring Social Unrest Using Media Reports](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304387822000803?via%3Dihub).

14.**Property Rights Index**: Evaluates legal, political, and intellectual property protections on a 0-10 scale, available since 2007. Source: [Property Rights Index](https://internationalpropertyrightsindex.org/).

15.**World Bank CPIA - Property Rights**: Rates countries on property rights and governance quality, scaled 1 to 6, impacting aid allocation, available since 2005. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IQ.CPA.PROP.XQ?name_desc=false).

16.**Life Expectancy at Birth**: Indicates average years expected for newborns under current mortality rates, available since1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN?name_desc=false).

17.**Infant Mortality**: Measures infant deaths per 1,000 live births, available since 1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN?name_desc=false).

18.**Happiness and Life Satisfaction Score**: Gallup survey asking individuals to rate life satisfaction from 0 (worst) to 10 (best), available since 2011. Source: [OWID](https://ourworldindata.org/happiness-and-life-satisfaction).

19.**Human Rights Index**: Measures freedom from government abuses, property rights, and civic freedoms on a 0-1 scale, available since 1789.. Source: [OWID](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/human-rights-index-vdem).

20.**Corruption Perception Index**: Scores public sector corruption perception from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), available since 2012. Source: [Transparency International](https://www.transparency.org/en/).

21.**Homicide Rate**: Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, excluding deaths in armed conflicts, available since 1990. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5?name_desc=false).

22.**Population**: Total mid-year estimates of residents, including all legal statuses, available since 1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL).

23.**Rural Population**: Percentage of population in rural areas as defined nationally, available since 1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.RUR.TOTL.ZS).

24.**Net Migration**: Net count of immigrants minus emigrants, including citizens and noncitizens, available since 1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM).

25.**Age Dependency Ratio**: Ratio of dependents (under 15 or over 64) per 100 working-age people, available since1960. Source: [World Bank](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.DPND).
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For further information, please refer to the following [documentation](https://globallacdatahub.com/index.html)
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Date

Country

Geopolitics Dataset

Geopolitics - Military Spending - World Bank - Military Expenditure

Geopolitics - Freedom Indicators - Cato Institute - Freedom Index

Geopolitics - Property Rights - Property Rights Index

Geopolitics - Social Progress - World Bank - Life Expectancy at Birth

Geopolitics - Social Progress - World Bank - Mortality Rate

Geopolitics - Property Rights - World Bank CPIA Ranking

 Geopolitics - Social Progress - Our World in Data (OWID) - Happiness & Life satisfaction

Geopolitics - Social Progress - Our World in Data (OWID) - Human Rights Index

Geopolitics - Social Unrest Indicators - Social Unrest

Geopolitics - Homicide Rate - World Bank - Homicides

Geopolitics - Social Progress - Transparency - Corruption Perception Index

Geopolitics - Demographics - World Bank

 Geopolitics - Democracy Indicators- World Bank- Local Democracy Indicator

 Geopolitics - Center for Systematic Peace- WITS - Tariffs - AHS Weighted Average

Geopolitics - Center for Systematic Peace- WITS - Tariffs - MFN Weighted Average

Geopolitics - Restrictions - Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions - MA Trade Restrictions  Index

Geopolitics - Restrictions - UNCTAD - Import Tariff Rates - Effectively applied rate - Deciles

Geopolitics - Restrictions - UNCTAD - Import Tariff Rates - Effectively applied rate

Geopolitics - Democracy Indicators- Center for Systematic Peace - Polity Score 

Geopolitics - Red Policy Interventions - Global Trade Alert - Harmful Interventions Per Year

Geopolitics - UN Voting - Harvard Dataverse - Voting Similarities

 Geopolitics - Democracy Indicators - Economist Intelligence Unit - Democracy Index

Georgetown University - Latin America in the Global Economy

Georgetown University

Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)

AHS Weighted Average

AHS Weighted Average, Decile

AHS Weighted Average, Ranking

Corruption Perception Index

Corruption Perception Index, Decile

Cumulative harmful interventions

Cumulative harmful interventions, decile

Democracy score

Democracy Score, Decile

Democracy Score, Ranking

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Chemical products, Weighted average

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Chemical products

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Machinery and transport equipment

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Manufactured goods

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Manufactured goods, ores and metals

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Ores and metals

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Deciles - Other manufactured goods

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Machinery and transport equipment, Weighted average

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Manufactured goods, ores and metals, Weighted average

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Manufactured goods, Weighted average

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Ores and metals, Weighted average

Effectively applied import tariff rates, Other manufactured goods, Weighted average