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Data · 23 country-year datasets

GOV Datasets

Quality of Government (QoG) Standard Dataset, University of Gothenburg, January 2026 release. Learn more at gu.se/en/quality-government.

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Every dataset has the same structure: country, iso3, year, two outcomes (Y1 numeric, Y2 binary), and predictors X1–X20, where X20 = ht_region is a categorical world-region variable. Use these in Topic 1 (exploration) and Topic 2 (regression & CART). Click Data for the CSV and Description for the variable guide.

GOV1

GDP per capita & armed conflicts

GOV1.csv · GOV1_description.docx

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GOV2

Military spending

GOV2.csv · GOV2_description.docx

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GOV3

Corruption

GOV3.csv · GOV3_description.docx

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GOV4

Democracy

GOV4.csv · GOV4_description.docx

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GOV5

GDP growth

GOV5.csv · GOV5_description.docx

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GOV6

Inflation

GOV6.csv · GOV6_description.docx

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GOV7

Unemployment

GOV7.csv · GOV7_description.docx

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GOV8

Foreign Direct Investment

GOV8.csv · GOV8_description.docx

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GOV9

Trade openness

GOV9.csv · GOV9_description.docx

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GOV10

Exports

GOV10.csv · GOV10_description.docx

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GOV11

Remittances

GOV11.csv · GOV11_description.docx

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GOV12

Tax revenue

GOV12.csv · GOV12_description.docx

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GOV13

Central government debt

GOV13.csv · GOV13_description.docx

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GOV14

Education spending

GOV14.csv · GOV14_description.docx

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GOV15

Life expectancy

GOV15.csv · GOV15_description.docx

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GOV16

Infant mortality

GOV16.csv · GOV16_description.docx

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GOV17

Human Development Index

GOV17.csv · GOV17_description.docx

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GOV18

Income heterogeneity

GOV18.csv · GOV18_description.docx

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GOV19

Top 10% income share

GOV19.csv · GOV19_description.docx

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GOV20

Emissions per capita

GOV20.csv · GOV20_description.docx

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GOV21

Energy use per capita

GOV21.csv · GOV21_description.docx

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GOV22

Government effectiveness

GOV22.csv · GOV22_description.docx

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GOV23

Rule of law

GOV23.csv · GOV23_description.docx

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