Country Socioeconomic Status Scores, 149 Countries from 1880-2010

Country-Socioeconomic-Status-Scores-Part-II contains percentile rankings for the socioeconomic status of 149 countries over 130 years from 1880 to 2010. The dataset was compiled by Shawn Dorius from sources including the Maddison Project and Barro-Lee educational attainment data. SES scores are an average of each country's income and education ranking.

Use Cases

• Analyzing global status hierarchy shifts over 130 years based on decade-level SES scores.
• Merging country-level socioeconomic data with other indicators using provided ISO codes.
• Modeling the relationship between GDP per capita and years of education across countries and time.
• Visualizing regional socioeconomic disparities using the UN and five-category regional schemas.

Strengths

• Covers a long time series of 130 years from 1880 to 2010.
• Includes data for 149 countries, allowing broad cross-national comparison.
• Provides multiple linking keys (ISO numeric and alpha codes) for merging with other datasets.
• Scores are derived from two established metrics: GDP per capita and educational attainment.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent from the input; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Compiled by Shawn Dorius from sources including the Maddison Project, World Development Indicators, and Barro-Lee educational attainment data.

Collection Method

Estimates derived from averaging country income and education rankings.

Time Range

1880 to 2010

Geography

149 countries worldwide