Variable: Information Capacity
QoG Code: (icd_infcapirt)
Description:
The aggregate index of information capacity. It is based on a hybrid two-parameter and graded Item Response Model (IRT) that is based on five component indicators - when the country first established a statistical agency, whether the country had in place a civil register and a population register, and the graded indexes of census ability and yearbook ability.
Type of variable: Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-24
Categories:
Quality of Government
Find this variable in:
Basic Time-series - 2024
OECD Time-series - 2024
Standard Time-series - 2024
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset
No. Countries
Basic time-series:
72
Standard time-series:
72
OECD time-series:
30
Dataset
Available for years:
Standard time-series:
1946-2012
Basic time-series:
1946-2012
OECD time-series:
1946-2012
This variable has information for these countries:
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Afghanistan
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Ethiopia (-1992)
Ethiopia (1993-)
Finland
France (-1962)
France (1963-)
Germany
Germany, West
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Japan
Korea, South
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Mexico
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Yemen, North
Yugoslavia