| Variable | Measurement | Era | Code | N | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globalization | Index of: 1) Political engagement (number of memberships in international organizations, foreign embassies, and U.N. Security Council missions) 2) Technology (number of internet users, internet hosts, and secure servers) 3) Personal contact (international travel and tourism, telephone traffic and cross-border transfers) 4) Economic integration (trade, foreign direct investment and portfolio capital flows, and income payments and receipts) | 2001 | GlobalizationIndex1_2001 | 50 | Kearney 2003 |
| 2006 | GlobalizationIndex1_2006 | 60 | Kearney 2006 | ||
| Globalization | KOF index consisting of: 1) Economic globalization 2) Social globalization 3) Political globalization | 1975 | GlobalIntegration_1975 | 114 | Dreher 2006 |
| 2000 | GlobalIntegration_2000 | 121 | |||
| 1975-2000 | GlobalIntegration_Change1975.2000 | 109 | |||
| 2010 | GlobalizationIndex2_2010 | 180 | Dreher 2010 | ||
| Economic globalization | Index of: 1) Actual flows: a) trade b) foreign direct investment flows, c) foreign indirect investment flows, d) portfolio investment, e) income payments to foreign nationals (all in % GDP) 2) Restrictions: a) hidden import barriers, b) mean tarif rate, c) taxes on international trade, d) capital account restrictions | 2010 | GlobalizationEconomic_2010 | 180 | Dreher 2010 |
| Social globalization | Index of: 1) Personal contacts: a) telephone trafic, b) transfers (in % GDP), c) international tourism, d) foreign population (% population), e) international letter (per capita) 2) Information flows; a) Internet users (per 10000, b) televisions (per 1000), c) trade in newspapers (% GDP) 3) Cultural proximity: number of McDonalds restaurants (per capita), b) number of Ikea shops (per capita), c) trade in books (in % GDP) | 2010 | GlobalizationSocial_2010 | 180 | Dreher2010 |
| Political globalization | Index of: 1) Embassies in country 2) Membership of international organizations 3) Participation in UN Security council missions 4) International treaties | 2010 | GlobalizationPolitical_2010 | 180 | Dreher 2010 |
Related topics: Income, Migration, Travel (international), World system position
Related themes: Modernity
The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness. Though developed for the identification of societal conditions for happiness, this source can also be used for other purposes.