Gapminder Dataset Codebook

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Variable Name	Variable	Variable type	Unit	Description
life_exp	Life expectancy	Numeric	Year	The number of years a newborn infant would live if the current mortality rates at different ages were to stay the same throughout its life.
cell_phones_100	Cell Phones per 100 People	Numeric	Number people per 100 people	Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
basic_sani	At least basic sanitation in urban areas	Numeric	Percent	The percentage of people in urban areas using at least basic sanitation services, that is, improved sanitation facilities that are not shared with other households. This indicator encompasses both people using basic sanitation services as well as those using safely managed sanitation services. Improved sanitation facilities include flush/pour flush to piped sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines; ventilated improved pit latrines, composting toilets or pit latrines with slabs.
basic_sani_above_80	80% of people with basic sanitation in urban areas	Categorical (binary)	Category: No Yes	Indicator that at least 80% of people in urban areas are using at least basic sanitation services. See above description.
co2_emissions	Cumulative CO2 Emissions, total	Numeric	Metric Mega Tons	Cumulative Carbondioxide (Consumption based) Emissions from GM Long Series in Tonnes of CO2
freedom_status	Freedom Status	Categorical	Category: NF (not free) PF (partly free) F (free)	This is a descriptive text of the real-world rights and freedoms enjoyed by individuals. It is determined by the freedom rating which is the average of poltical rights and civil liberties ratings. If the average of poltical rights and civil liberties ratings is between 1 and 2.5, a country is regarded as free, between 3 and 5, partly free and between 5.5. and 7, not free.
happiness_score	Happiness Score	Numeric	Percent	This is the national average response to the question of life evaluations asking the following “Please imagine a ladder, with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder would you say you personally feel you stand at this time?” This measure is also referred to as Cantril life ladder. Gapminder has converted this indicator’s scale from 0 to 100 to easly communicate it in terms of percentage.
income_level_4	Income Level (4 levels)	Categorical	Category: Low income Lower middle income Upper middle income High income	Countries’ four income groups classified by the World Bank based on GNI per capita in US$ (Atlas methodology)
vax_rate	Vaccination Rate	Numeric	Percent	The share of one-year-olds who have received at least one of the following vaccinations: BCG, DTP3, HepB3, HIB3, Measles 1st,Measles 2nd, PCV3, Pol3 or RotaC. This shows the number for the vaccine with the highest coverage.