Variable: Closedness Index
QoG Code: (qs20_close_pca)
Description:
Closedness Index is constructed from Entry at the lowest level only, Entry via examination and Special Laws with the help of Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Entry at the lowest level only, Entry via examination and Special Laws variables are load on the same dimension, which predicted scores are used as Closedness Index.
Type of variable: Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-10-11
Last updated by source: 2021-03-15
Categories:
Political System
Quality of Government
Bureaucratic Structure
Find this variable in:
OECD Cross-section - 2025
Standard Cross-section - 2025
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset |
No. Countries |
Standard cross-section: |
105 |
OECD cross-section: |
31 |
This variable has information for these countries:
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- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia (1993-)
- Fiji
- Finland
- France (1963-)
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guyana
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, South
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Lithuania
- Malawi
- Malaysia (1966-)
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan (1971-)
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
This variable has information from the year 2020 to the
year 2020