Variable: Language Fractionalization in the year 2000

QoG Code: (al_language2000)


Dataset: Fractionalization

Description:

Linguistic Fractionalization in the year 2000. The variable reflects the probability that two randomly selected people from a given country will not belong to the same linguistic group. The higher the score, the more fractionalized is the society.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-05-14
Last updated by source: 2002-10-10


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 180
Standard time-series: 180
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 2000 to the year 2025