Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Failed state	Index of 1) mounting demographic pressures, 2) massive movement of refugees, 3) legacy of vengeance seeking, group grievance or group paranoia, 4) chronic and sustained human flight, 5) uneven economic development along group lines, 6) sharp and /or severe economic decline, 7) criminilization or deligitimization of the state, 8) progressive deterioration of public services, 9) wide spread violation of human rights, 10) security apparatus as ‘state within state’, 11) rise of factionalized elites, 12) intervention of other states or external actors	2005	FailedState_2005	103	Fund for Peace
		2006	FailedState_2006	130

Related topics: Corruption, Governance, Peace, Political stability
Related themes: Institutional quality, Politics

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.