Military Spending

UN Votes

Freedom & Democracy

Social Unrest

Geopolitical Risk

Property Rights & Transparency 

Social Progress

Demographics

Restrictions 

Georgetown University

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Georgetown University - Latin America in the Global Economy

Country-Level: Geopolitics

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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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