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Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945

1945, as Lenka Dražanová’s 2020 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945 covers 63 countries. Liberia is highest, at 0.879; Portugal is lowest, at 0.001. The middle country reads 0.227.

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Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization · Data for 1945

HighestLiberia

0.879

LowestPortugal

0.001

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 63 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945: every country, as published by Lenka Dražanová, European University Institute (Migration Policy Centre).
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa0.879
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa0.847
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa0.806
NepalNPLSouthern Asia0.801
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.723
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.685
CanadaCANNorthern America0.659
ColombiaCOLSouth America0.657
PeruPERSouth America0.642
EcuadorECUSouth America0.637
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.625
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean0.615
GuatemalaGTMCentral America0.604
BrazilBRASouth America0.565
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0.553
ChileCHLSouth America0.533
MexicoMEXCentral America0.523
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.485
PanamaPANCentral America0.477
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia0.472
NicaraguaNICCentral America0.460
CubaCUBCaribbean0.448
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.440
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.395
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean0.392

02In 1945

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Liberia0.879
  2. South Africa0.847
  3. Ethiopia0.806
  4. Nepal0.801
  5. Iran0.723

Lowest

  1. Portugal0.001
  2. Egypt0.002
  3. Denmark0.005
  4. Netherlands0.007
  5. Australia0.010

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.227. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2020 release

    Every year in this series comes from Lenka Dražanová’s 2020 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1945.

  • 59 distinct values among 63

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.090. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 63 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC0 1.0. No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

Lenka Dražanová, European University Institute (Migration Policy Centre) (1945). Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945 [data set], describing 1945. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ethnic-fractionalization/1945

0569 held

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06Questions

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ethnic diversity in Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945?

Liberia, at 0.879, of the 63 countries in the file.

What year does Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945 describe?

1945.

How many countries does Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945 cover?

63.

Where can I download Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1945 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 2013.

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