Business Statistics: Written Report
Notes
| Data sources: | |
| The dataset consists of a sample of 106 countries. | |
| The historical weather data are taken from the Terrestrial Air Temperature and Precipitation: 1900–2006 Gridded Monthly Time Series, Version 1.01 (Matsuura and Willmott 2007). | |
| Data on the level and annual growth of per capita GDP are drawn from the World Development Indicators (WDI). | |
| variables: | |
| per_cap_GDP2000 | per capita GDP in year 2000 (US$), expressed in natural logarithm |
| growth1990_2000 | annual growth of per capita GDP over 1990-2000, expressed in percentage (%) |
| tem1950_1960 | mean temperature over 1950-1960 (measured in degrees Celsius per year) |
| pre1950_1960 | mean precipation over 1950-1960 (measuerd in units of 100 mm per year) |
| tem1990_2000 | mean temperature over 1990-2000 (measured in degrees Celsius per year) |
| pre1990_2000 | mean precipation over 1990-2000 (measuerd in units of 100 mm per year) |
Data
| country | per_cap_GDP2000 | growth1990_2000 | tem1950_1960 | pre1950_1960 | tem1990_2000 | pre1990_2000 |
| Nigeria | 6.3419994676 | 0.0176467082 | 26.52577 | 13.88756 | 26.85172 | 13.39307 |
| Panama | 8.3090181738 | 3.3435849733 | 24.68316 | 28.04099 | 25.11478 | 27.48667 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10.4130549661 | 0.3515533388 | 26.84328 | 1.631635 | 26.91433 | 1.263214 |
| Spain | 9.5964912019 | 2.487687259 | 13.48391 | 6.651904 | 14.41149 | 6.297207 |
| Austria | 10.1090558924 | 2.3003880646 | 7.549002 | 9.950752 | 7.952092 | 9.221741 |
| Canada | 10.0937049225 | 0.5820569584 | 4.841475 | 9.364386 | 5.296148 | 9.385453 |
| Vanuatu | 7.2934069001 | 1.4837907917 | 24.15511 | 27.481 | 24.62386 | 25.28607 |
| Australia | 9.9841107613 | 2.1358856052 | 15.86288 | 9.355159 | 15.80989 | 7.964385 |
| Sierra Leone | 4.9323038986 | -2.4693497519 | 25.70401 | 28.29842 | 26.19973 | 25.13283 |
| Brunei | 9.7988243637 | -0.4284508426 | 27.20606 | 30.216 | 27.06742 | 26.36298 |
| Ghana | 5.5547833452 | 1.4561271109 | 26.31561 | 14.2106 | 26.67841 | 12.75037 |
| Fiji | 7.6384721876 | 1.6737835962 | 23.89741 | 31.08469 | 24.03207 | 25.13651 |
| Egypt | 7.2796472245 | 2.5123229234 | 21.03608 | 0.3591493 | 21.2031 | 0.6710021 |
| Turkey | 8.3750483848 | 2.6021631688 | 12.03383 | 5.847577 | 12.12031 | 6.115713 |
| Belgium | 10.0450537241 | 2.0290014507 | 9.626793 | 7.704759 | 10.52248 | 7.875272 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 6.4789794347 | -1.2300110695 | 26.24332 | 15.25539 | 26.26308 | 12.65963 |
| Iran | 7.420584576 | 2.4230243023 | 13.79623 | 3.894315 | 14.32119 | 3.533688 |
| India | 6.0942787588 | 3.5851176874 | 25.23642 | 12.74809 | 25.26296 | 11.98164 |
| Suriname | 7.6070245068 | -1.0870643188 | 26.61093 | 22.14153 | 26.69649 | 21.5842 |
| Senegal | 6.4046565028 | 0.0554985924 | 26.9184 | 9.227755 | 27.44442 | 6.163564 |
| Togo | 5.7111102088 | -0.3761037804 | 26.07221 | 12.79692 | 26.32782 | 11.59565 |
| Rwanda | 5.5636695325 | 1.2520003127 | 19.12939 | 10.76035 | 20.2585 | 10.81682 |
| Peru | 7.5784461977 | 1.2792180943 | 13.26135 | 8.056942 | 14.05118 | 8.142179 |
| Mauritius | 8.2761594342 | 4.2813746853 | 24.04545 | 16.54273 | 23.99242 | 14.99573 |
| Philippines | 6.9780357812 | 0.5307691277 | 25.38977 | 24.72692 | 25.64058 | 23.83464 |
| Mali | 5.5979445773 | 0.9679166964 | 27.92813 | 8.587226 | 28.47546 | 6.926775 |
| Germany | 10.0705232579 | 1.8415112185 | 8.429167 | 7.853553 | 9.261319 | 7.223675 |
| Chile | 8.5320624192 | 4.4853457347 | 11.73466 | 6.047864 | 11.39667 | 5.756211 |
| Oman | 9.0596653704 | 1.8772285255 | 25.61425 | 1.243683 | 25.76736 | 1.718448 |
| Honduras | 6.9851441255 | 0.3061342944 | 23.70358 | 15.80122 | 24.79869 | 12.35854 |
| Argentina | 8.9500271322 | 2.2722109334 | 16.78562 | 8.500537 | 17.18774 | 9.177779 |
| Uganda | 5.5678443699 | 3.2614334018 | 22.20274 | 11.86919 | 22.31762 | 11.9865 |
| France | 10.0152091165 | 1.7260984941 | 10.32313 | 7.900137 | 11.22639 | 7.400362 |
| Lesotho | 6.0787616899 | 2.4851637389 | 12.33063 | 7.941034 | 12.00661 | 6.443765 |
| Laos | 5.784400396 | 3.8282080185 | 23.5511 | 18.59604 | 23.60845 | 17.78357 |
| Haiti | 6.6989262519 | -1.5971740525 | 23.80118 | 15.15912 | 24.65671 | 10.86323 |
| Paraguay | 7.4167423647 | 0.2172540677 | 22.6103 | 13.86094 | 22.1425 | 16.53286 |
| Costa Rica | 8.2355912671 | 2.253617492 | 21.69974 | 37.24714 | 22.8697 | 39.86776 |
| Mauritania | 6.517032455 | -0.8710803182 | 28.07941 | 3.883507 | 28.8736 | 2.743884 |
| United States | 10.5005342324 | 2.0557044465 | 13.06245 | 9.107277 | 13.30472 | 8.762918 |
| Botswana | 8.1668719281 | 2.4650084245 | 20.15629 | 5.036779 | 21.53338 | 4.100937 |
| Brazil | 8.2294453168 | 0.469748127 | 21.38649 | 13.77444 | 22.30956 | 13.2029 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8.7695327114 | 4.9605456863 | 26.27126 | 20.02921 | 26.05961 | 19.53647 |
| Korea | 9.4138519566 | 6.4675443344 | 11.18752 | 11.73753 | 11.56427 | 13.40523 |
| Ireland | 10.1750922468 | 6.3767858624 | 9.004849 | 10.22423 | 9.577958 | 10.37711 |
| Colombia | 7.8322050705 | 1.0122208622 | 21.26738 | 20.56923 | 21.22947 | 19.03087 |
| Indonesia | 6.6595377374 | 2.747891283 | 25.50005 | 24.98619 | 25.76939 | 18.55051 |
| Belize | 8.1209849864 | 3.7521380393 | 25.42072 | 23.68984 | 25.85874 | 23.32534 |
| Algeria | 7.4759185462 | -0.1647406445 | 16.80155 | 5.642025 | 17.13557 | 4.614381 |
| Cuba | 7.9183005701 | -1.7864523289 | 25.31185 | 13.27607 | 25.33854 | 10.69392 |
| Uruguay | 8.8356500248 | 2.5076453996 | 16.99368 | 11.09725 | 17.37455 | 11.01161 |
| Cabo Verde | 7.1383300749 | 7.9580154544 | 23.36591 | 7.898182 | 23.60606 | 8.581819 |
| Norway | 10.5487949582 | 2.9587949834 | 3.29523 | 9.886539 | 4.282211 | 9.770261 |
| Ecuador | 7.276057886 | 0.0119396863 | 19.90497 | 13.73285 | 20.40689 | 16.58907 |
| Denmark | 10.3334354197 | 2.2016122315 | 7.6489 | 6.644507 | 8.391273 | 3.57791 |
| Dominican Republic | 7.9617557134 | 3.1529386605 | 24.47031 | 17.84686 | 25.66094 | 14.14335 |
| Nicaragua | 6.9152287118 | 1.1022403197 | 24.78792 | 16.98472 | 26.53195 | 14.15275 |
| Sri Lanka | 6.7681443193 | 4.4389635927 | 26.605 | 23.26587 | 26.87928 | 22.05306 |
| China | 6.8662794079 | 8.6558432827 | 13.42423 | 9.934293 | 13.91455 | 10.40647 |
| Japan | 10.5592454047 | 1.3563082934 | 12.96264 | 17.9546 | 13.55762 | 16.39544 |
| Gambia, The | 6.387134578 | -0.0342298877 | 25.8047 | 13.73073 | 26.40894 | 9.141487 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5.7305675933 | -0.4370582633 | 26.46866 | 18.698 | 26.88505 | 14.93492 |
| Hungary | 8.4390763204 | 1.899129864 | 10.43776 | 6.082292 | 10.61292 | 5.907116 |
| Guatemala | 7.4171592677 | 1.4602278307 | 19.84146 | 22.9342 | 21.82512 | 18.68205 |
| United Kingdom | 10.2452980158 | 2.0505502576 | 9.041043 | 8.130628 | 9.619326 | 7.720697 |
| Nepal | 5.4358607067 | 2.5087946232 | 20.44924 | 15.23243 | 20.37417 | 14.7353 |
| Jordan | 7.4095133823 | 0.486085514 | 18.24715 | 2.726088 | 17.66171 | 2.621536 |
| Samoa | 7.3408788319 | 1.1713360051 | 26.06212 | 30.906 | 25.95227 | 15.19527 |
| Venezuela | 8.4850908206 | 0.4220322906 | 24.99508 | 11.94165 | 25.74873 | 11.70615 |
| Bolivia | 6.9053348119 | 1.75394906 | 18.62292 | 10.56473 | 18.49841 | 9.714385 |
| Iceland | 10.3740555131 | 1.6481871684 | 2.96588 | 8.354614 | 2.467539 | 8.012055 |
| Greece | 9.3962350139 | 1.5966203342 | 14.95799 | 7.117124 | 14.64826 | 5.710767 |
| New Zealand | 9.5208427726 | 1.4040645465 | 11.98894 | 12.29694 | 11.90126 | 10.24473 |
| Cameroon | 6.4769598173 | -2.1535877802 | 24.23516 | 20.22872 | 24.34234 | 17.56387 |
| Italy | 9.9078575893 | 1.6710022159 | 11.81764 | 10.35821 | 12.33237 | 11.61727 |
| Burkina Faso | 5.5401552022 | 1.9865886906 | 27.41963 | 9.59704 | 27.9637 | 8.097651 |
| Guinea | 5.895731095 | 1.2454593289 | 25.03104 | 22.86032 | 25.37372 | 19.88388 |
| Sweden | 10.2963709307 | 1.6204671872 | 5.282156 | 6.289688 | 6.023034 | 5.778014 |
| Morocco | 7.1966439115 | 1.5149751376 | 17.04815 | 4.353302 | 17.19479 | 4.088074 |
| Madagascar | 5.6822426745 | -1.1870890283 | 20.67844 | 15.35144 | 21.05817 | 14.66957 |
| Netherlands | 10.1715819483 | 2.7431672057 | 9.666837 | 7.447047 | 10.35187 | 7.761985 |
| Gabon | 8.3249950203 | -0.5338679641 | 24.77283 | 22.07469 | 24.69613 | 20.5727 |
| Kenya | 5.9851513074 | -0.9400874356 | 20.31933 | 11.0526 | 20.06081 | 12.29716 |
| Comoros | 6.4705188 | -0.4051547355 | 24.80303 | 22.98245 | 26.02197 | 20.58245 |
| Switzerland | 10.5418702378 | 0.728696009 | 4.975078 | 13.79524 | 5.804756 | 11.75557 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6.0044208826 | -8.4744980013 | 24.07286 | 14.23098 | 24.33597 | 15.48968 |
| Jamaica | 8.1270190368 | 1.1266826654 | 23.81385 | 19.84624 | 24.99295 | 17.55477 |
| Kuwait | 9.8222980241 | -2.8679179472 | 25.5101 | 0.939177 | 25.97743 | 1.293124 |
| Benin | 6.2371525067 | 1.7023699364 | 27.02115 | 11.75305 | 27.12502 | 10.76115 |
| Mexico | 8.8759599759 | 1.9281955822 | 18.61772 | 9.262138 | 18.99939 | 8.251323 |
| Niger | 5.2849352539 | -2.0386536949 | 27.78783 | 5.96913 | 28.34429 | 4.570006 |
| Malawi | 5.0523255106 | 1.9681760582 | 21.42636 | 11.63722 | 23.08399 | 10.28716 |
| Romania | 7.414517241 | -0.771896213 | 8.93429 | 5.974701 | 9.209678 | 3.596791 |
| Central African Republic | 5.5262768124 | -1.60894537 | 24.71314 | 14.97238 | 24.49559 | 14.09322 |
| Tanzania | 6.0184772165 | 0.4620866336 | 22.36172 | 9.373319 | 22.63398 | 10.18079 |
| Chad | 5.1105589763 | -1.4334259345 | 27.7491 | 8.173254 | 28.09092 | 6.980453 |
| Bhutan | 6.5767311375 | 4.340952013 | 11.55096 | 34.60533 | 11.37613 | 23.39394 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 7.0712586014 | 2.4949263359 | 17.28383 | 3.931275 | 17.54745 | 3.316102 |
| Luxembourg | 10.7941731632 | 3.6267495008 | 9.165152 | 7.408273 | 9.602273 | 7.092182 |
| Tunisia | 7.7015740672 | 3.2862409954 | 18.06059 | 4.862517 | 18.98573 | 4.316459 |
| Mozambique | 5.766317693 | 2.7904360475 | 23.66864 | 10.34521 | 24.48417 | 9.191278 |
| Poland | 8.4121557497 | 3.7698967067 | 7.640728 | 5.830766 | 8.318139 | 6.146651 |
| El Salvador | 7.6016711686 | 2.3342919388 | 22.56823 | 18.02399 | 24.23132 | 14.27574 |
| Burundi | 4.9160606296 | -3.0222059686 | 19.28739 | 10.87615 | 20.75322 | 10.58038 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9.1238376087 | 1.2246335198 | 24.68902 | 1.22218 | 25.52149 | 0.8200489 |
| Cambodia | 5.7123363311 | -0.9320813992 | 27.06396 | 16.69377 | 27.78295 | 12.87399 |