Zone géographique
1 = Afrique
2 = Amérique du Nord
3 = Amérique centrale
4 = Amérique du Sud
5 = Asie
6 = Moyen-Orient
7 = Europe de l'Ouest
8 = Europe de l'Est
9 = Océanie

Région économique
1 = OCDE
2 = Europe de l'Est
3 = Asie/Pacifique
4 = Afrique
5 = Moyen-Orient
6 = Amérique latine

Religion prédominante
1 = Anglicane
2 = Animiste
3 = Baptiste
4 = Bouddhiste
5 = Catholique
6 = Hindou
7 = juive
8 = Musulmane
9 = Orthodoxe
10 = Protestante
11 = Taoïste

Indice de liberté politique
1 = liberté politique maximale
7 = absence de liberté politique

Indice global de liberté
1 = Libre
2 = Partiellement libre
3 = non libre

Indice de l'efficacité gouvernementale
1 = très faible
11 = très forte

Indice du controle de la corruption
1 = absence de contrôle
11 = fort contrôle

Idéologie gouvernementale
0 = Non applicable
1 = Droite
2 = Gauche
3 = Centre

Contrôle de l'exécutif sur les chambres
0 = No
1 = yes

Indice de compétition électorale
1 = No legislature
2 = Unelected legislature
3 = Elected, one candidate
4 = One party, multiple candidates
5 = Multiple parties are legal, but only one party won seats
6 = Multiple parties won seats, largest party won over 75%
7 = Largest party got less than 75% of the seats

Gouvernements municipaux élus ?
0 = Local executive and local legislature not locally elected
1 = The executive is appointed, but the legislature elected
2 = Local executive and local legislature are locally elected

Gouvernements sub-nationaux élus?
0 = Local executive and local legislature not locally elected
1 = The executive is appointed, but the legislature is elected
2 = Local executive and local legislature are locally elected

Décentralisation fiscale et budgétaire et de réglementation
0 = No
1 = Yes for any of these

0 = Not Selected
1 = Selected