Business Statistics: Written Report

profilerickyloh0204
IndividualBusStats.xlsx

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