Questions tagged [indicators]
Use for indicators or indices.
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Why are poverty definitions not based off a person's access to necessities rather than a fixed number?
According to this report on poverty in the EU:
The measure of financial poverty used here is the main indicator of
poverty of the European union. this so-called “at-risk-of-poverty” rate is
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Which democratic countries / states don't recognise Israel de facto or de jure (the Economist democracy Index)?
Re the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish nation, what are the countries that deny Israel either de facto or de jure and are democracies, defined by being at least 6.00+ on the economist democracy ...
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Why is Singapore placed so low in the democracy index?
Singapore has one of the lowest scores in the democracy index among OECD developed countries. It has always been.
Why is that?
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Why is the Gini coefficient of Egypt at the levels of Nordic countries?
The Gini coefficient of Egypt is about .3. This is about .02 or so away from the coefficient of countries like Finland, Sweden, etc. And for comparison, the USA is above Egypt by .04 points or so.
So ...
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What are the commonalities among the top performers on Corruption Perception Index?
According to 2021 Corruption Perception Index produced by Transparency International, these are the top performers:
Denmark
Finland
New Zealand
Norway
Singapore
Sweden
Switzerland
Netherlands
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How can one check whether tax money is being effectively used by the government for improving a nation?
Often people are critical of what they consider to be excessive taxation. Are there any measures to actually check if they are excessive? What are indicators to check as to whether government is ...
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What are reliable indicators of a third world or non developed nation?
Singapore went from third world to first world in ~30 years. So I posit that the reverse is possible too. I want to objectively know if US, as place to live, is on the decline.
To that effect, what ...
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Generosity in the World Happiness Score [closed]
One factor in the World Happiness Score is generosity. I have trouble understanding, what this actually means and how it enters into the score.
These are my specific questions:
Does "generosity&...
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Is there a ranking of countries' freedom of speech for non-journalists?
I know Reporters Without Borders compiles a Press Freedom Index, but this is not the same thing as freedom of speech for non-journalists. Is there another ranking that specifically addresses the ...
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Was there any US political campaign that included Gini index improvement?
This CIA online article tells us a little about the Gini index:
Distribution of family income - Gini index measures the degree of
inequality in the distribution of family income in a country. The ...
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Do empirical indices exist to evaluate and contrast Foreign Policy programs of heads of state?
Empirical indices exist to measure happiness (and misery), economic freedom, wealth inequality, and a host of other outcomes of public policy. Are there any in existence that seek to measure the ...
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Why is the religious fractionalization index of Turkey so low given that 20 percent of the population are Alevi?
In the data from Wikipedia, Turkey has a religious fractionalization index value of 0.0049 which makes it the fifth least fractionalized country.
But from this data it can be seen that 20 percent of ...
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Happiness Index
I found that Bhutan created the Gross National Happiness (GNH) Index in order to evaluate the happiness of their citizens and compare that with other countries. I presume the intention of that was to ...
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Where can I get world-wide statistics about discretionary income and similar indicators?
I'm looking for recent data on discretionary incomes and their distributions in different countries and don't know where to find it. I've only found some older article by the New York Times, but am ...
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How do international rankings influence national policy? [closed]
Please note: This question probably has one answer per country, nonetheless I believe it interesting as a comparative question.
Jakobi and Lamping argue in Journal of political science (in German) ...
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Is there a link between political system and any of the various quality of life indicators, including environmental impacts?
This question asks about the correlation between political system and economic growth. A similar but distinctly different question: is there any correlation between political system and one of the ...
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Why is economic growth considered so essential, even in rich countries?
Whenever economic growth as a percentage of GDP drops close to zero, economists speak of a recession or even a crisis. In political debate, the focus is quite often on economic growth; in most ...
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