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

Evolution of Numeracy (Total), 1810-1960

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

Evolution of Cattle per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Cropland per Capita, 1500-2010

Evolution of Goats per Capita, 1500-2010

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 25 Total Num. of Pigs Total CO2 Emissions Lead Production Goats per Capita
1870-1919 27 Lead Production Total CO2 Emissions Lead Production Goats per Capita
1920-1959 32 Lead Production Total SO2 Emissions Height Goats per Capita
1960-2010 52 GDP per Capita Total CO2 Emissions Global Extreme
Poverty Cost of
Basic Needs
CO2 Emissions
per Capita
Overall     58 Total Num. of Goats Pasture per Capita Cattle per Capita
Pigs per Capita
Goats per Capita
         

Evolution of Biodiversity - naturalness, 1500-2010

Evolution of Aluminium Production, 1850-2012

Evolution of Bauxite Production, 1880-2012

Evolution of Lead Production, 1705-2012

Evolution of CO2 Emissions per Capita, 1890-2010

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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