Data name:
wgi
Data Category:
socio-economy
Data Path:
socio-economy/gdw/ref
Data Source:
Data Last Access:
Wednesday, 13 September, 2017
Data JRC Contact Info:
cesar.carmona-moreno@ec.europa.eu
Data Availability:
FREE
Data Spatial Resolution Description:
Country
Data temporal frequency:
yearly
Data Spatial Extent:
Data Region of Interest:
World
Data Short Description:
WorldwideGovernance Indicators(WGI)
Data Extended Description:
The Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) project reports aggregate and individual governance indicators for over 200 countries and territories over the period 1996–2015, for six dimensions of governance:
Voice and Accountability
Political Stability and Absence of Violence
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Control of Corruption
These aggregate indicators combine the views of a large number of enterprise, citizen and expert survey respondents in industrial and developing countries. They are based on over 30 individual data sources produced by a variety of survey institutes, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and private sector firms.
Governance Indicators
(WGI)