World: Data on countries from the Happy Planet Index project.

WorldR Documentation

Data on countries from the Happy Planet Index project.

Description

These data have been updated with some historical height data (from Our World in Data), drinking data (collected by the World Health Organization featured in fivethirtyeight), population and land characteristics, and vaccination data (from March 2023).

Usage

World

Format

A data frame with 130 observations on the following 14 variables:

Country

Name of country

Region

One of 5 UN defined regions: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, Oceania

Code

Three-letter country codes defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to represent countries in a way that avoids errors since a country’s name changes depending on the language being used.

LifeExpectancy

Average life expectancy (in years)

GirlsH1900

The average of 18-year-old girls heights in 1900 (in cm)

GirlsH1980

The average of 18-year-old girls heights in 1980 (in cm)

Happiness

Score on a 0-10 scale for average level of happiness (10 being happiest)

GDPperCapita

Gross Domestic Product (per capita)

FertRate

The average number of children that will be born to a woman over her lifetime

PeopleVacc

Total number of people vaccinated in the country

PeopleVacc_per100

Total number of people vaccinated in the country (in percent)

Population2010

Population (in millions) in 2010

Population2020

Population (in millions) in 2020

WineServ

Average wine consumption per capita for those age 15 and over per week (collected by WHO)


coursekata documentation built on Sept. 11, 2024, 8:42 p.m.