Evolution of Global Extreme Poverty Cost of Basic Needs , 1820-2018

Evolution of Height, 1850-2000

Evolution of Numeracy (Total), 1820-1940

Evolution of Global Extreme Poverty Dollar a Day, 1820-2018

Evolution of Gender Equality of Numeracy, 1820-1930

Evolution of Total Urban Population, 1500-2000

Raking and performance of all available indicators for the entire period covered by the data (download all indicators)

Period Best performing Worst performing Best ranking Worst ranking
1820-1869 30 Gender Equality
of Numeracy
Total CO2 Emissions Total CO2 Emissions Cattle per Capita
1870-1919 31 Total Num. of Goats CO2 Emissions
per Capita
Total CO2 Emissions Total Pasture
1920-1959 31 Copper Production Total CO2 Emissions Book Titles per Capita Total Pasture
1960-2010 57 Copper Production Global Extreme
Poverty Cost of
Basic Needs
Educational Inequality
Gini Coefficient
Cropland per Capita
Overall     62 Total Cattle Cropland per Capita Sheep per Capita Goats per Capita
         

Evolution of Cattle per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Cropland per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Goats per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Biodiversity - naturalness, 1500-2010

Evolution of Copper Production, 1728-2012

Caribbean

Anguilla[No Data]

Antigua and Barbuda1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Aruba[No Data]

Bahamas1500 (5)-2013 (23)

Barbados1500 (5)-2016 (28)

Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba[No Data]

British Virgin Islands[No Data]

Cayman Islands[No Data]

Cuba1500 (8)-2016 (35)

Curaçao[No Data]

Dominica1500 (5)-2016 (21)

Dominican Republic1500 (6)-2018 (38)

Grenada1500 (5)-2013 (21)

Guadeloupe[No Data]

Haiti1500 (6)-2018 (36)

Jamaica1500 (6)-2018 (35)

Martinique[No Data]

Montserrat[No Data]

In 2010, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) awarded a subsidy to the Clio Infra project, of which Jan Luiten van Zanden was the main applicant and which is hosted by the International Institute of Social History (IISH). Clio Infra has set up a number of interconnected databases containing worldwide data on social, economic, and institutional indicators for the past five centuries, with special attention to the past 200 years. These indicators allow research into long-term development of worldwide economic growth and inequality.

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