This repository contains the data behind The Economist’s global normalcy index.
The data covers 50 countries across eight variables, and a population-weighted "world" aggregate of those 50 countries.
The data is contained in normalcy-index.csv
Update, October 4th 2022: this data is no longer being updated on a regular basis.
| Column name | Description | Weight | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| iso3c | Country's iso3c code | NA | NA |
| date | Date of data, yyyy-mm-dd | NA | NA |
| flights | Flights departing domestic airports | 0.1111 | UN ICAO |
| public_transport | Footfall in transport hubs of three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1111 | Google; Wind Data (for China) |
| traffic | Congestion levels in three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1111 | TomTom; Wind Data (for China) |
| cinema | Box office revenues, local currency (weekly data) | 0.1111 | Box Office Mojo |
| sports_attendance | Attendance at professional sports events | 0.1111 | Transfermarkt; afltables.com; hockey-reference.com; pro-football-reference.com; |
| time_outside | Time spent outside the home, country aggregate | 0.1111 | Google; Economist estimate for China |
| office_occupancy | Footfall in workplaces of three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1666 | Google; Economist estimate for China |
| retail_footfall | Footfall in "retail and recreation" sites, country aggregate | 0.1666 | Google; Economist estimate for China |
| overall | Weighted-average of 8 indicators above | 1 | NA |
This data has been collected, cleaned, analysed and visualised by James Fransham and Martín González.
Some additional background to the normalcy index can be found here:
Graphic detail, July 3rd 2021: Back to the future
Off the Charts newsletter, July 6th 2021: How we are tracking the world’s path to normalcy
If you use the data, or have any suggestions, please email [email protected].
This software is published by The Economist under the MIT licence. The data generated by The Economist are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
The data and files that we have generated from official sources are freely available for public use, as long as The Economist is cited as a source.