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Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998

1998, as Lenka Dražanová’s 2020 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998 covers 155 countries. Liberia is highest, at 0.889; North Korea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.439. Against 1997, 115 values changed (68 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization · Data for 1998

HighestLiberia

0.889

LowestNorth Korea

0.006

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, 1998, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 155 countries · select a heading to sort

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998: every country, as published by Lenka Dražanová, European University Institute (Migration Policy Centre).
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa0.889
UgandaUGAEastern Africa0.884
TogoTGOWestern Africa0.876
KenyaKENEastern Africa0.858
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa0.857
ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.854
MaliMLIWestern Africa0.853
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.853
NepalNPLSouthern Asia0.835
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia0.822
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.807
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.800
GabonGABMiddle Africa0.794
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa0.791
MalawiMWIEastern Africa0.791
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa0.790
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia0.790
BeninBENWestern Africa0.779
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa0.776
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.769
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa0.764
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa0.762
GambiaGMBWestern Africa0.761
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia0.757
SudanSDNNorthern Africa0.747

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Liberia0.889
  2. Uganda0.884
  3. Togo0.876
  4. Kenya0.858
  5. South Africa0.857

Lowest

  1. North Korea0.006
  2. South Korea0.013
  3. Japan0.015
  4. Egypt0.020
  5. Bangladesh0.031

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.439. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 115values changed, of 155 in both
  • 68 · 47rose · fell
  • 40unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 1998.

  • 143 distinct values among 155

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.495. 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 155 countries has every column.

05The 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) (1998). Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/ethnic-fractionalization/1998

0669 held

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07Questions

Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest ethnic diversity in Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998?

Liberia, at 0.889, of the 155 countries in the file.

What year does Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998 cover?

155.

Where can I download Historical Index of Ethnic Fractionalization, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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