Information Capacity (year 1800)

QoG code: icd_infcapirt1800

The aggregate index score of information capacity for the year of 1800. 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
2024-09-17
Last updated by source
2019-05-27
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard time-series 48
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1946-2015

Country coverage

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  • Afghanistan
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Cuba
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Korea, South
  • Libya
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Peru
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1946 to 2015.