Variable: Human Capital Index

QoG Code: (egov_hci)


Dataset: UN E-Government Knowledgebase

Description:

The Human Capital Index (HCI) consists of four components:

(i)adult literacy rate;
(ii)the combined primary, secondary and tertiary gross enrolment ratio;
(iii)expected years of schooling; and
(iv)average years of schooling.

Data for HCI components was extracted from the UNESCO-UIS source.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-01-09
Last updated by source: 2024-09-17


Categories:

Political System Quality of Government Media


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 192
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 2002 to the year 2021