Political systems performance data

de B. Guy Peters, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Study contains time-series data for France, Sweden, and the United Kingdom compiled on a quinquennial basis. The dataset includes information on birth and death rates, education, labor force and unemployment, government revenue and expenditures, voting behavior, agricultural growth, and urbanization. Data on the systems' performance include such indicators as the size of public debt, gross national product, number of patents issued, energy consumption, and income tax rates. Three political indexes are also available.