Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Government expenditures in % GDP	Final consumption expenditures	1980	GovExpenseFinal1A_80	29	IMF-A 1983, 1987, 1988
		1980	GovExpenseFinal2_80	22	OECD 1986, table 6.1
	Disbursements	1980	GocExpenseDisburse_80	22	OECD 1986 table 6.4
	Total outlays	1980	GovExpenseOutlays_80	20	OECD 1986 table 6.5
	Final consumption expenditures minus defense	1980	GovExpenseFinal1B_480	27	IMF-A 1985, 1987, 1988
Public education expenditure	% GDP	1988	EducationExpense2_1988	42	Kurian 1992 table 202
		1990	EducationExpense2_1990	166	UN-HDR 2007 table 11
		2002-05	EducationExpense2_2002.2005	166	UN-HDR 2007 table 11
	% of government expenditures	1990	EducationExpense1_1990	165	UN-HDR 2007 table 11
		2002-05	EducationExpense1_2002.05	166	UN-HDR 2007 table 11
		2005-2012	EducationExpense1_2005.2012
		2005-2012	EducationExpense3
Public health expenditure	% of GDP	1990	HealthExpense1_1990	165	UN-HDR 2002 table 17??
		2000	HealthExpense1_2000	165	UN-HDR 2003 table6
		2004	HealthExpense1_2004	166	UN-HDR 2007 table 6
	Per capita (PPP US$)	1998	HealthExpense3_98	78	UN-HDR 2002 table 16
Social security expenditure	ILO definition, benefits1	1980	WelfareExpense1_802	40	ILO-A 1996 table 3
		1990	WelfareExpense1_89	39	ILO-A 1996 table 3
		1993	WelfareExpense1_93	57	ILO-A 1997
		1995	WelfareExpense1_95	46	ILO-A 2000
	IMF definition	1980	WelfareExpense2_80	27	IMF-A 1983, 1987, 1988
	OECD definition	1980	WelfareExpense3_80	22	OECD 1986 table 6.3
	OECD definition, modified	1960	WelfareExpense4_60	19	Gordon 1988 table 2.1
		1980	Welfareexpense4_80	18	Gordon 1988 table 2.1
Military expenditure	% GNP	1970-80	MilitaryExpense1a_75	47	Estes 1984 table 5-1
		1984	MilitaryExpense1a_84	41	Kurian 1992 table 43
		1990	MilitaryExpense1b_1990	76	UN-HDR 2007 table 19
		2000	MilitatyExpense1b_2000	132	UN-HDR 2002 table 17
		2004	MilitaryExpense1b_2005	147	UN-HDR 2007 table 19
	In billions US$	2003-2005	MilitaryExpense2_2004	95	GlobalSecurity.org

Related topics: Education, Health expenditures, Governance, Militarization of society, Welfare state
Related themes: Government, 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.