Wacziarg code
Country name
Fst genetic distance to the English, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the South Chinese, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the Japanese, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the Near Eastern, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the Italian, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the East African, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the Indian, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the Central Amerindian, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the USA, weighted
Fst genetic distance to the UK, weighted
Fst genetic distance to China, weighted
Fst genetic distance to Japan, weighted
Fst genetic distance to Iraq, weighted
Fst genetic distance to Italy, weighted
Fst genetic distance to Ethiopia, weighted
Fst genetic distance to India, weighted
Fst genetic distance to Mexico, weighted
Fst genetic distance to the North Amerindian, plurality groups
Fst genetic distance to the English, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the South Chinese, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the Japanese, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the Near Eastern, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the Italian, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the East African, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the Indian, 1500 match
Fst genetic distance to the Central Amerindian, 1500 match
Geodesic distance to the USA (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to the UK (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to China (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to Japan (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to Iraq (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to Italy (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to Ethiopia (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to India (most populated cities, km)
Geodesic distance to Mexico (most populated cities, km)
Log population density in 1500 (from AJR 2002)
Population density in year 1, McEvedy and Jones (1978)
Population density in year 1000, McEvedy and Jones (1978)
Population density in year 1500, McEvedy and Jones (1978)
Urbanization rate 1500, Bairoch only, AJR 2002
Urbanization rate 1500, Eggiman only, AJR 2002
Urbanization rate 1500, Chandler only, AJR 2002
Urbanization rate 1500, Bairoch equivalent Feb 2001, AJR 2002
Urbanization rate 1500, Davis-Zipf Adjustment for Eggimann's series, AJR 2002
Real GDP per capita (constant prices chain series), 1995, PWT6.2
Real GDP per capita (constant prices chain series), 2000, PWT6.3
Real GDP per capita (constant prices chain series), 2005, PWT6.3
GDP per capita, 1995, PPP, constant 2000 $, WB WDI
Per capita income, year 1500, Maddison
Per capita income, year 1700, Maddison
Per capita income, year 1820, Maddison
Per capita income, year 1870, Maddison
Per capita income, year 1913, Maddison
Per capita income, year 1995, Maddison
Population, year 1, Maddison
Population, year 1000, Maddison
Population, year 1500, Maddison
Population, year 1700, Maddison
Population, year 1820, Maddison
Population, year 1870, Maddison
Population, year 1913, Maddison
Population, year 1995, Maddison
Population, 1995, PWT6.2
Investment share of CGDP, 1995, PWT6.2
Investment share of RGDPL, 1995, PWT6.2
Openness in current prices, 1995, PWT6.2
Openness in constant prices, 1995, PWT6.2
Fertility rate, total births per woman, 1995, WB WDI
Urban population, % of total, 1995, WB WDI
Years elapsed since the adoption of agriculture, Putterman and Weil
AGYEARS, adjusted for population's ancestry
State history, 5% discounting, normalized, Putterman and Weil
STATEHISTN05v3, adjusted for population's ancestry
Religious fractionalization, ADEKW 2003
Ethnic fractionalization data, ADEKW 2003
Linguistic fractionalization data, ADEKW 2003
Western and Southern Europe Dummy
Eastern and Central Europe Dummy
North America Dummy
Latin America Dummy (excl. Caribbean)
Latin America and Caribbean Dummy
Caribbean Dummy
Sub-Saharan Africa Dummy (Southern, Western, Central and Eastern Africa)
North Africa Dummy
Southeast Asia Dummy
East and Southeast Asia Dummy
South Asia Dummy
Southwestern and Central Asia Dummy
Middle East Dummy
Oceania Dummy
Total Area, in square km
Land Area, in square km
Water Area, in square km
Length of coastline, in km
Length of Land Boundaries, in km
Dummy=1 if the country is an island or on an island
Dummy=1 if the country is small (landarea<50)
Dummy=1 if the country is small (small=1) and island (island=1)
Dummy=1 if country is landlocked
Date of Independence (9999 if not independent)
Country from which independence was obtained, or current colonizer
Latitude of country centroid, Sachs, Gallup and Mellinger
Average latitude, Masters and McMillan
Latitude
Hemisphere - South or North
Longitude
Hemisphere - East or West
Risk of Expropriation, 1985-95 average, from AJR AER 2002
Settler Mortality from published AJR AER paper (64 obs. only)
Log Settler Mortality from AJRT WP 2002 (81 obs.)
Trade Openness, from Frankel Romer AER 1999
Gravity-based Instrument, from Frankel Romer AER 1999
% land area tropics+subtropics (Af+Am+Aw+Cw)
% land area tropics (Af+Am+Aw)
% land area temperate zones (Cf+Cs+Df+DW)
Avg. years of primary schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1995
Avg. years of secondary schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1995
Avg. years of higher schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1995
Avg. schooling years in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1995
Avg. years of secondary schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1960-1999
Avg. years of primary schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1960-1999 a
Avg. years of higher schooling in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1960-1999 av
Avg. schooling years in the total pop. aged 25 and above, 1960-1999 average
Country label, Olsson and Hibbs
GDP per capita 1997, Olsson and Hibbs
Climate suitability to agriculture, Olsson and Hibbs
Absolute distance from the equator in latitude degrees, Olsson and Hibbs
Rate of East-West orientation, Olsson and Hibbs
Size of landmass on which country is, millions of sq km, Olsson and Hibbs
First principal component of Climate, Latitude, Axis, and Size, Olsson and Hibbs
Number of annual or perennial wild grasses, Olsson and Hibbs
Number of domesticable big mammals, Olsson and Hibbs
First principal component of Plants and Animals, Olsson and Hibbs
1986-1995 avg. of five political-institutional ICRG ratings, Olsson and Hibbs
Hall-Jones index of social infrastructure, Olsson and Hibbs
1 if more than 50% of the population not indigenous, Putterman and Weil
Former European colony, from AJR 2002
Share of descendants of Europeans, per Putterman and Weil
Share of descendants of major European colonizers, per Putterman and Weil
Share of descendants of European colonizers, per Putterman and Weil
Average of the sectoral technology adoption indexes in 1000 BC
Average of the sectoral technology adoption indexes in year 1
Average of the sectoral technology adoption indexes in 1500 AD
Average of the sectoral technology adoption indexes in 2000 AD