Variable	Measurement	Era	Code	N	Source
Income level per head	Purchasing p/c ‘Real’ gross domestic product per capita	1975-79	RGDP_1975.79	114	UN-HDR Trend file 2007
		1980-84	RGDP_1980.84	127
		1995-89	RGDP_1985.89	141
		1990-94	RGDP_1990.94	157
		1995-99	RGDP_1995.99	158
		2000-04	RGDP_2000.04	164
		2005	RGDP_2005	166
GDP growth per head	Annual growth rate (%)	1975-1990	EconomicGrowth_1975.1990	165	UN-HDR 2000 table 13
		1990-2000	EconomicGrowth_1990.2000	162	UN-HDR 2002 table 12
		1990-2005	EconomicGrowth_1990.2005	162	UN-HDR 2007 table 14
		1990s	EconomicGrowth_1990s
		2012	Economicgrowth_2012
		2013	EconomicGrowth_2013
Estes’ Economic subindex	1. Economic growth rate per capita (+), 2. GDP p/c (+), 3. Inflation, annual rate (-), 4. Growth in foodproduction, 1976-78 compared to 1969-71 (+) (Part of Index of Social Progress)	1979-80	EconomyIndex1_1980	27	Estes 1984 table 5-1
Diener’s index of ‘Economic and material quality of life’	1: GDP per capita 2: Self reports of a) Household income, b) Access to internet, c) Television at home, d) Electricity at home, e) Computer at home, f) Hungry last years, g) Not enough money to buy food in the last year, h) No adequate shelter in the past year Self report data from Gallup World Poll	2005-2013	EconomyIndex2_2010s	162	Diener & Tay 2015, table 1

Related topics: Consumer confidence, Nutrition, Poverty, Standard of living
Related themes: Consumption, Economy, Modernity, Wealth

The dataset States of Nations is about characteristics of countries in periods (macro variables). It is part of the World Database of Happiness. Developed for the identification of societal conditions for happiness, the source can also be used for other purposes.