countries: CIA World Factbook
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countries

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CIA World Factbook

Description

Demographic and economic data on 197 countries in 2020.

Usage

countries

Format

A data frame with 197 rows and 79 variables:

Country.Name: (character)
Country.Code: 2 letter ISO Code.
Government.Type: (character) Basic form of government.
Date.of.Founding.Independence: (Date) yyy-mm-dd
Latitude.of.Capital: (character) e.g. "69 11 E"
Longitude.of.Capital: (character) e.g. "34 31 N"
Telephones.fixed.lines: Total number of fixed telephone lines in use.
Telephones.mobile.cellular: Total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers.
Internet.users: Total number of individuals within a country who can access the Internet at home.
Broadband.fixed.subscriptions: Total number of fixed-broadband subscriptions.
GDP.purchasing.power.parity: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States in the year noted. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries.
GDP.real.growth.rate: GDP growth on an annual basis adjusted for inflation and expressed as a percent.
GDP.per.capita.PPP: GDP on a purchasing power parity basis divided by population as of 1 July for the same year.
Gross.national.saving: Gross national saving is derived by deducting final consumption expenditure (household plus government) from Gross national disposable income.Expressed as percent of GDP. A negative number indicates that the economy as a whole is spending more income than it produces.
Industrial.production.growth.rate: Annual percentage increase in industrial production.
Labor.force: Total labor force.
Unemployment.rate: Percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
Distribution.of.family.income.Gini.index
Taxes.and.other.revenues: Total taxes and other revenues received by the national government as a percent of GDP.
Budget.surplus.or.deficit: Difference between national government revenues and expenditures, expressed as a percent of GDP.
Public.debt: Total of all government borrowings less repayments that are denominated in a country's home currency.
Inflation.rate.consumer.prices: Annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices.
Central.bank.discount.rate: Annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.
Commercial.bank.prime.lending.rate: Simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit-worthy customers.
Stock.of.narrow.money: Compares the total quantity of currency in circulation (notes and coins) plus demand deposits denominated in the national currency, held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. The national currency units have been converted to US dollars.
Stock.of.broad.money: All of Narrow money, plus the total quantity of time and savings deposits, credit union deposits, institutional money market funds, short-term repurchase agreements between the central bank and commercial deposit banks, and other large liquid assets held by nonbank financial institutions, state and local governments, nonfinancial public enterprises, and the private sector of the economy. National currency units have been converted to US dollars.
Stock.of.domestic.credit: Total quantity of credit, denominated in the domestic currency, provided by financial institutions to the central bank, state and local governments, public non-financial corporations, and the private sector. The national currency units have been converted to US dollars.
Market.value.of.publicly.traded.shares: The latest price per share multiplied by the total number of outstanding shares, cumulated over all companies listed on the particular exchange.
Current.account.balance: Compares a country's net trade in goods and services, plus net earnings, and net transfer payments to and from the rest of the world during the period specified.
Exports: Total US dollar amount of merchandise exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis.
Imports: Total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis.
Reserves.of.foreign.exchange.and.gold: Dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to the central monetary authority for use in meeting a country's balance of payments.
Debt.external: Total public and private debt owed to nonresidents repayable in internationally accepted currencies, goods, or services.
Stock.of.direct.foreign.investment.at.home: Cumulative US dollar value of all investments in the home country made directly by residents - primarily companies - of other countries.
Stock.of.direct.foreign.investment.abroad: Cumulative US dollar value of all investments in foreign countries made directly by residents - primarily companies - of the home country.
Electricity.production: Annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours.
Electricity.consumption: Total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours.
Electricity.exports: Total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
Electricity.imports: Total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
Electricity.installed.generating.capacity
Electricity.from.fossil.fuels: Capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity
Electricity.from.nuclear.fuels: Capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity
Electricity.from.hydroelectric.plants: Capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity
Electricity.from.other.renewable.sources: Capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
Crude.oil.production: Crude oil produced, in barrels per day.
Crude.oil.exports: Total amount of crude oil exported, in barrels per day.
Crude.oil.imports: Total amount of crude oil imported, in barrels per day.
Crude.oil.proved.reserves: Barrels of petroleum which can be estimated to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
Refined.petroleum.products.production: Total output of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day.
Refined.petroleum.products.consumption: Total consumption of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day.
Refined.petroleum.products.exports: Total exports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day.
Refined.petroleum.products.imports: Total imports of refined petroleum products, in barrels per day.
Natural.gas.production: Total natural gas produced in cubic meters.
Natural.gas.consumption: Total natural gas consumed in cubic meters.
Natural.gas.exports: Total natural gas exported in cubic meters.
Natural.gas.imports: Total natural gas imported in cubic meters.
Natural.gas.proved.reserves: The quantities of natural gas in cubic meters, which can be estimated to be commercially recoverable from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under current economic conditions.
Carbon.dioxide.emissions.from.consumption.of.energy: Total amount of carbon dioxide, measured in metric tons, released by burning fossil fuels in the process of producing and consuming energy.
Area: Sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines.
Military.expenditures: Spending on defense programs for the most recent year available as a percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
Population
Median.age
Population.growth.rate: Average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country.
Birth.rate: Average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons.
Death.rate: Average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population.
Net.migration.rate: Difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons
Maternal.mortality.rate: Annual number of female deaths per 100,000 live births from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management.
Infant.mortality.rate: Number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
Life.expectancy.at.birth: Average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country.
Total.fertility.rate: Average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age.
Obesity.adult.prevalence.rate: Percent of a country's population considered to be obese (BMI >=30).
Children.under.the.age.of.5.years.underweight: Percent of children under five considered to be underweight. This statistic is an indicator of the nutritional status of a community.
Education.expenditures
Unemployment.youth.ages.15.24: The public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP.
Airports: Total number of airports or airfields recognizable from the air.
Railways: Total route length of the railway network.
Roadways: Total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.
Merchant.marine: Total number of privately or publicly owned commercial ships; military ships are not included.
Capital: (character)Name of the seat of government.