Wealth of nations

Income level     GDP Growth     Estes economic subindex

Aspects of

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code
N
 Source
Income level per head Purchasing p/c. 'Real' gross domestic product per capita 1975-79 RGDP_1975.79
114
 UN-HDR Trend file 2007
1980-84 RGDP_1980.84
127
1995-89 RGDP_1985.89
141
1990-94 RGDP_1990.94
157
1995-99 RGDP_1995.99
158
2000-04 RGDP_2000.04
164
2005 RGDP_2005
166
GDP growth per head Annual growth rate (%) 1975-1990 EconomicGrowth_1975.1990
165
 UN-HDR 2000 table 13
1990-2000 EconomicGrowth_1990.2000
162
UN-HDR 2002 table 12
1990-2005 EconomicGrowth_1990.2005
162
 UN-HDR 2007 table 14

Indexes

Variable Measurement Era SPSS code
N
 Source
Estes' Economic subindex 1. Economic growth rate per capita (+), 2. GDP p/c (+), 3. Inflation, annual rate (-), 4. Growth in foodproduction, 1976-78 compared to 1969-71 (+)
(Part of Index of Social Progress)		 1979-80 EconomyIndex1_80
27
 Estes 1984 table 5-1

1. Missing values estimated: - Northern Ireland: between Great Britain and Ireland ($10.600), - Czecho-Slovakia: like neighbouring East Europian nations ($ 7.420).
2. Missing data estimated: -East and west Germany (HDR reports only RGP for united Germany).

Related variables: Related topics:
Nutrition
Poverty
Standard of living

Related themes:
Consumption
Modernity
Wealth

States of Nations is an inventory of country characteristics. It is part of the World Database of Happiness

Keywords added: Cross-national, Income, Possessions, Affluence, Poverty, Materialism, Luxury, Deprivation