| Status: December 12, 2012 |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Political
Dimension / Political Variables P1-P7 |
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| Status:
November 30, 2012 |
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| Weighting: |
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| P1
25% (Political rights: Freedom House); |
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| P2
25% (Civil liberties: Freedom House); |
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| P3
25% (Global Gender Gap Report: World Economic Forum); |
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| P4
10% (Press freedom: Freedom House); |
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| P5
10% (Corruption Perceptions Index: Transparency International); |
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| P6
2.5% (Change of the head of government -- last 13 years, peaceful); |
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| P7
2.5% (Political party change of the head of government -- last 13 years,
peaceful). |
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| Source
for P1-P7: See specific references to the indicators (political variables). |
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| Political
rights (aggregated scores): Freedom House |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/AggregateScores_FIW2003-2012%20%5Bfinal%5D.xls |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P1) |
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| Civil
liberties (aggregated scores): Freedom House |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/AggregateScores_FIW2003-2012%20%5Bfinal%5D.xls |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P2) |
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| Global
Gender Gap Report |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Gender_Gap_Report |
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| averages for |
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http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2012.pdf |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P3) |
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| Press
Freedom: Freedom House |
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http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FOTP%20Scores%20and%20Status%201980-2012.xls |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (P4) |
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| Corruption
Perceptions Index (CPI): Transparency International (TI) |
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http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2012/ |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P5) |
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| Change(s)
of the head of government (last 13 years, peaceful) |
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Source: |
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| averages for |
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Successive volumes of
"Political Handbook of the World" |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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(edited by Arthur S. Banks et al.) |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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and the CIA World Factbook. |
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| high/100.0 |
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-b.html |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P6) |
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| Political
party change(s) of the head of government (last 13 years, peaceful) |
Source: |
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| averages for |
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Successive volumes of
"Political Handbook of the World" |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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(edited by Arthur S. Banks et al.) |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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and the CIA World Factbook. |
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| high/100.0 |
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https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-b.html |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (P7) |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Economy
Dimension / Economy Variables E1-E6 |
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| Status: November 25, 2012 |
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| Weighting:
E1 and E2 are weighted each with 25%, all other variables (E3-E6) each with
12.5%. |
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| Source
for E1-E6: World Development Indicators online (2012). |
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| GDP per
capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (E1) |
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| GDP per capita, PPP
(current international $) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (E2) |
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| Central government debt,
total (% of GDP) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (E3) |
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| Inflation, consumer prices
(annual %) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (E4) |
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| Unemployment, total (%
of total labor force) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (E5) |
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| Unemployment,
youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (E6) |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Environment
Dimension / Environment Variables EN1-EN5 |
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| Status:
November 25, 2012 |
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| Weighting:
EN1 is weighted with 30%, EN2 with 30%, EN3 with 30%, |
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| all
other variables (EN4-EN5) each with 5%. |
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| Source
for EN1-EN5: World Development Indicators online (2012). |
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| CO2 emissions (kg per
2005 PPP $ of GDP) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (EN1) |
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| CO2 emissions (metric tons
per capita) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (EN2) |
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| GDP
per unit of energy use (constant 2005 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (EN3) |
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| Electric power
consumption (kWh per capita) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (EN4) |
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| Electricity
production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (EN5) |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Gender
Socioeconomic-Educational Equality Dimension / |
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| Socioeconomic-Educational
Gender Equality Variables SEGE1-SEGE7 |
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| Status:
November 25, 2012 |
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| Weighting:
There are three clusters of variables. Within each clusters, all variables
are |
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| weighted
equally (not weighted). Each clusters is weighted with 33.33%. |
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| These three clusters are: |
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| "labor
force" (SEGE1-SEGE2), "education" (SEGE3-SEGE6) and "life
expectancy" (SEGE7). |
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| Source
for SEGE1-SEGE7: World Development Indicators online (2012). |
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| Labor force, female
(% of total labor force) |
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|
| averages for |
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|
| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE1) |
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| Unemployment, female
(% of female labor force) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (SEGE2) |
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| Primary education, pupils (%
female) |
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| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE3) |
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|
| School enrollment,
secondary, female (% gross) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE4) |
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|
| School enrollment,
secondary, female (% net) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE5) |
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|
| School enrollment,
tertiary, female (% gross) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE6) |
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|
| Life expectancy at birth,
female (years) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (SEGE7) |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Health
Dimension / Health Variables H1-H8 |
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| Status:
November 25, 2012 |
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|
| Weighting:
H1 is weighted with 65%, all other variables (H2-H8) each with 5%. |
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| Source
for H1-H8: World Development Indicators online (2012). |
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| Life expectancy at birth,
total (years) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (H1) |
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| Health
expenditure per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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|
| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (H2) |
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|
| Health expenditure, public (%
of GDP) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (H3) |
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|
| Health expenditure, private
(% of GDP) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (H4) |
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|
| Hospital beds (per 1,000
people) |
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|
| averages for |
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|
| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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|
| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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|
| (H5) |
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|
| Physicians (per 1,000 people) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (H6) |
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|
| Mortality rate,
infant (per 1,000 live births) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (H7) |
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|
| Mortality rate, under-5 (per
1,000) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (H8) |
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| GLOBAL
QUALITY RANKINGS 2007-2008 & 2010-2011: |
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| Knowledge
Dimension / Knowledge Variables K1-K9 |
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| Status:
November 25, 2012 |
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| Weighting:
There are three clusters of variables. Within each clusters, all variables
are |
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| weighted
equally (not weighted). Each clusters is weighted with 33.33%. |
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| These
three clusters are: |
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| "education"
(K1-K4), "technology" (K5-K7) and "research" (K8-K9). |
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| Source
for K1-K9: World Development Indicators online (2012). |
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|
| School enrollment,
secondary (% gross) |
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|
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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|
| high/100.0 |
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|
| low/1.0 |
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|
| (K1) |
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|
| School enrollment, secondary (%
net) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (K2) |
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|
| School enrollment, tertiary (%
gross) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (K3) |
|
|
| Pupil-teacher ratio, primary |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/1.0 |
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| low/100.0 |
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| (K4) |
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|
| Telephone lines (per 100
people) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
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| (K5) |
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|
| Internet users (per 100 people) |
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|
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
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|
|
| high/100.0 |
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|
|
| low/1.0 |
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|
| (K6) |
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|
| Mobile cellular
subscriptions (per 100 people) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (K7) |
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|
| Research and
development expenditure (% of GDP) |
|
| averages for |
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| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
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| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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| low/1.0 |
|
| (K8) |
|
|
| Scientific
and technical journal articles (per 1,000 people) |
|
| averages for |
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|
| 2007-2008 |
2010-2011 |
|
| (estim. 2006) |
(estim. 2009) |
|
| high/100.0 |
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|
| low/1.0 |
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|
| (K9) |
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