├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── normalcy-index.csv /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2021 The Economist 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # *The Economist's* global normalcy index 2 | 3 | This repository contains the data behind *The Economist’s* [global normalcy index](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/tracking-the-return-to-normalcy-after-covid-19). 4 | 5 | The data covers 50 countries across eight variables, and a population-weighted "world" aggregate of those 50 countries. 6 | 7 | The data is contained in [normalcy-index.csv](https://github.com/TheEconomist/normalcy-index-data/blob/main/normalcy-index.csv) 8 | 9 | Update, October 4th 2022: this data is no longer being updated on a regular basis. 10 | 11 | ## Data description 12 | 13 | | Column name | Description | Weight | Source 14 | | ------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------|----------- 15 | | iso3c | Country's iso3c code | *NA* | *NA* 16 | | date | Date of data, yyyy-mm-dd | *NA* | *NA* 17 | | flights | Flights departing domestic airports | 0.1111 | UN ICAO 18 | | public_transport | Footfall in transport hubs of three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1111 | Google; Wind Data (for China) 19 | | traffic | Congestion levels in three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1111 | TomTom; Wind Data (for China) 20 | | cinema | Box office revenues, local currency (weekly data) | 0.1111 | Box Office Mojo 21 | | sports_attendance | Attendance at professional sports events | 0.1111 | Transfermarkt; afltables.com; hockey-reference.com; pro-football-reference.com; 22 | | time_outside | Time spent outside the home, country aggregate | 0.1111 | Google; Economist estimate for China 23 | | office_occupancy | Footfall in workplaces of three largest cities, population-weighted average | 0.1666 | Google; Economist estimate for China 24 | | retail_footfall | Footfall in "retail and recreation" sites, country aggregate | 0.1666 | Google; Economist estimate for China 25 | | overall | Weighted-average of 8 indicators above | 1 | *NA* 26 | 27 | 28 | ## Additional information 29 | 30 | This data has been collected, cleaned, analysed and visualised by [James Fransham](https://twitter.com/JamesFransham) and [Martín González](https://twitter.com/martgnz). 31 | 32 | Some additional background to the normalcy index can be found here: 33 | 34 | Graphic detail, July 3rd 2021: [Back to the future](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/07/03/our-normalcy-index-shows-life-is-halfway-back-to-pre-covid-norms) 35 | 36 | Off the Charts newsletter, July 6th 2021: [How we are tracking the world’s path to normalcy](https://view.e.economist.com/?qs=2f68a53ec8296b56e18fa0efab0258cca9b50407c741c24de4684ad6218b095ef1b9c14ba27fe71cfeb83ec98b0534b16463c156b294a626ef742b985670805ad01c46d96f5cbd41550735554db94f45) 37 | 38 | If you use the data, or have any suggestions, please email [jamesfransham@economist.com](mailto:jamesfransham@economist.com). 39 | 40 | 41 | ## Licence 42 | 43 | This software is published by [*The Economist*](https://www.economist.com) under the [MIT licence](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). The data generated by *The Economist* are available under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 44 | 45 | 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. 46 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------