Robinson Country Intelligence Index (RCII) A dynamic, holistic tool that allows

users to undertake insightful,

clinical diagnoses of countries and

international topics.

Researchers and educators can utilize

the RCII to “start the conversation with

the numbers” and build skills and

intuition in the classroom.

Organizational leaders can quantify and

visualize risks in order to build risk

resilience and help their organizations

thrive.

The RCII also serves as a robust

alternative measure of country

development. Based on RCII calculated with no missing data threshold

Comprehensive data: 461

variables, across 114 sub-

dimensions, 199 countries,

and 14 years of data;

Four broad dimensions

“capture the whole”:

Governance, Economics,

Operations, and Society

(GEOS);

Customizable: Craft a

wide variety of unique

visualizations, create new

indices, modify weights …

build your own index, data

projection, amongst many

other functionalities!

Robinson Country Intelligence Index (RCII)

Based on RCII calculated with an 85% data threshold

The GEOS Drill DownDive seven levels into the data

Governance (25%)

Voice and Accountability (16.67%)

Political Stability and Absence of Violence (16.67%)

Government Effectiveness (16.67%)

Regulatory Quality (16.67%)

Rule of Law (16.67%)

Control of Corruption (16.67%)

Economics (25%)

Macro-Economic Indicators (55%)

Broad Economy (Aggregate GDP, GDP Growth, GDP per Capita,

Current Acct., Inflation Rate, Total Unemployment Rate, Youth

Unemployment)

Finance (Public Debt, Budget Balance, Interest Rate Spread,

National Savings)

Market Access (42.5%)

•Trade Profile (Trade Index, Barriers to Trade)

•Investment Profile (FDI Flows, FDI Stocks)

Currency Over/Under Valuation (2.5%)

Operations (25%)

Business Transactions (40%)

(Starting a Business, Construction Permits, Getting Electricity, Registering Property, Getting Credit, Protecting Investors, Paying Taxes, Trading Across Borders, Enforcing Contracts, Resolving Insolvency, Labor Regulation)

Logistics (20%)

(Shipping Infrastructure, Timeliness, Tracking Ability, Customs, etc.)

Operational Landscape (40%)

•Enabling Environment (Institutions, Infrastructure, ICT Adoption)

•Markets (Domestic Market, Labor Market, Financial System)

•Innovation Ecosystem (Business Dynamism, Innovation Capability, Commercialization)

Society (25%)

Health (16.67%)

•Major Health Indicators (Health Outcomes and Health System)

•Diseases (Infectious, Non-Infectious Diseases, Substance Abuse)

Education (16.67%)•Basic Education Indicators•Higher Education and Training

Demographic Dynamic (16.67%)

(Population, Birth/Death Rates, Population Growth, Population over 65, Dependency Ratio, Population Density, Urbanization, Refugees)

Gender Inequality and Integrity(16.67%)

• Female/Male Econ. Part. and Op.• Female/Male Ed. Attainment• Female/Male Health and Survival• Female/Male Pol. Empowerment• Female Econ and Physical Integrity

Middle Class Propensity (16.67)(GINI , Happiness, Globalization, Consumption, Poverty)

Environmental Sustainability (16.67%)

Air Quality, Land Quality, Water Quality

RCII Major Data Sources• CIA World Factbook• Doing Business (DB)• Executive Opinion Survey• Gender Gap Report• Global Competitiveness Report• Human Development Report• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

(IHME)• International Air Transport Association

(IATA)• International Energy Agency (IEA)• International Labour Organization• International Monetary Fund:

International Financial Statistics (IMF –IFS)

• International Trade Centre (ITC)• International Trade Union Confederation

(ITUC)• Legatum Prosperity Index

• Logistics Performance Index (LPI)• Organization for Economic Cooperation and

Development (OECD)• Peterson Institute• Reporters Without Borders• SCImago• Turku School of Economics• UNAIDS• UNDESA• UNESCO• UNICEF: State of the World’s Children• United Nations Conference on Trade and

Development (UNCTAD)• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)• United Nations International

Telecommunications Union (ITU)• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(UNODC)

• United Nations World Happiness Report (WHR)

• UNU-WIDER World Income Inequality Database

• Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital

• World Bank Group• World Development Indicators (WDI)• World Economic Forum• World Economic Outlook (IMF – WEO)• World Federation of Exchanges• World Health Organization (WHO)• World Trade Organization (WTO)• Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI)• Yale and Columbia Environmental

Performance Index (EPI)