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How to read this data visualization

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Voice and accountabilityReflects perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association, and a free media.

Political stability and absence of violencePolitical Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism.

Government effectivenessReflects perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies.

Regulatory qualityReflects perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development.

Rule of lawReflects perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society, and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, and the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence.

Control of corruptionReflects perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as "capture" of the state by elites and private interests.

World Governance IndicatorsThe center of this visualization consists of the World Governance Indicators (WGI). These aggregate indicators are based on over 30 underlying data sources.

This visualization focuses on small countries. 67 countries with fewer than 5,000,000 inhabitants are circular plotted. The countries are sorted according to the distance (from the capital) to the equator. The number of inhabitants is shown below the name of the country.

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Indicator scoreThe indicators range from (approximately) -2,5 to 2,5, with higher values corresponding to better governance.

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Women in ParliamentPercentage of seats held by women in national parliaments

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Human Development IndexThe position of a country on the Human Development Index is located in the squared box.

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GDP densityThe size of the circle indicates the GDP (PPP) per km2

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Health expenditureThe current (2015) health expenditure per capita, in dollars (PPP)

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SourcesWorldgovernmentsummit.org

Heritage foundationWorld bank

UNDPTimenaddate.com

Freedom house

Created byFrans Geurts

Infogram.nl

Does sizematter?

a data exploration on the smallest countries in the world

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voice andaccountability

political stability &absence of violence

governmenteffectiveness

regulatory quality

rule of law

control of corruption

This visualization shows how the smallest countries in the world -less than 5 million inhabitants- score on the six World Governance Indicators.

Besides, a number of other indicators are visualized. For instance the rank of the countries on the Human Development Index (HDI),

the GDP density, the number of women in the national parliaments, the expenditure on healthcare per capita and the Civil Liberties score.

This visualization was created for the World Data Visualization Prize

Civil liberties scoreA score ranging form 1 to 7, with 1 correspondening to a high grade of freedom.

little freedom high degree of freedom