Evolution of GDP per Capita , 1500-2016

Evolution of Infant Mortality, 1820-1980

Evolution of Total Population, 1500-2000

Evolution of Life Expectancy at Birth (Total), 1816-2011

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

Evolution of Height, 1660-1980

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 65 Political Participation Total CO2 Emissions Total Num. of Sheep Biodiversity -
naturalness
1870-1919 74 Aluminium Production Polity2 Index Total Num. of Sheep Biodiversity -
naturalness
1920-1959 78 Tin Production Number of Workers
Involved in
Labour Disputes
Total Num. of Sheep Biodiversity -
naturalness
1960-2010 79 Share of Women
in Parliament
Number of
Days Lost in
Labour Disputes
Gender-equal Inheritance
Competitiveness of
Participations (PARCOMP)

Regulation of
Participation (PARREG)

Total Num. of Sheep
Competitiveness of
Executive Recruitment (XRCOMP)

Openness of Executive
Recruitment (XROPEN)

Regulation of Chief
Executive Recruitment (XRREG)
Total CO2 Emissions
Overall     84 GDP per Capita Pasture per Capita Total Num. of Sheep Biodiversity -
naturalness
         

Evolution of Income Inequality, 1820-2000

Evolution of Wealth Yearly Ginis, 1820-2014

Evolution of Social Spending, 1820-2016

Evolution of Working week in manufacturing, 1870-2008

Evolution of Wealth Total, 1870-2010

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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