World Handbook III (Aggregate Data)

Indicators of 155 countries of the world from the areas of politics,
the economy, government finances, population and society.

The World Handbook III presents basically a continuation for 1970 and
1975 of the World Handbook II in which the dates 1950, 1955, 1960 and
1965 were recorded.

For some selected variables the time series had already been continued
to 1978.

Topics: government income and expenditures by the central government
in percent of gross national product (GNP); tax revenue in percent of
government income; absolute level of defense expenditures and their
proportion in the GNP; public expenditures for education and health in
percent of GNP; number of men under arms; proportion of soldiers in the
working population; number of employed; total population and number of
adults; proportion of votes and proportion of seats in parliament of
the 5 largest parties; election turnout; civil rights, political
rights, political and economic discrimination (indices);
ethnolinguistic ethnic group proportions; separatist movements; surface
area; area used for agriculture; population density; absolute gross
national product; gross national product per capita and growth rate of
the gross national product; number of scientific authors; energy
consumption per capita; energy reserves and energy production; import,
export and business in percent of the GNP; export concentration on
certain countries or goods; income distribution or income
concentration; food supply per capita; doctor density; life expectancy
for men and women; infant mortality; birth rate and mortality rate;
rate of supply with running water; education level of population;
illiteracy; distribution of newspapers, radio equipment, television
sets, movies and telephones; letter traffic per capita with foreign
countries and domestically; percent of population in large cities;
percent of the workforce in agriculture, industry and service
companies; proportion of the individual sectors in GNP; private
consumption and government consumption in percent of GNP; domestic
investments; proportion of workers organized in trade unions; strike
frequency and number of workers involved in strikes; loss of work days
through strikes.

全球155个国家在政治、经济、政府财政、人口及社会领域的指标。

《世界手册III》主要延续了《世界手册II》中1950、1955、1960及1965年的数据记录，并新增了1970和1975年的数据。

对于部分选定变量，其时间序列已延续至1978年。

主题包括：中央政府收支占国民生产总值（GNP）的百分比；税收收入占政府收入的百分比；国防支出的绝对规模及其占GNP的比例；教育和医疗公共支出占GNP的百分比；现役军人数量；军人占劳动人口的比例；就业人数；总人口及成年人口数量；五大政党的得票率及议会席位占比；选举投票率；公民权利、政治权利、政治及经济歧视（指数）；民族语言群体占比；分离主义运动；国土面积；农业用地面积；人口密度；国民生产总值绝对额；人均国民生产总值及GNP增长率；科学作者数量；人均能源消费量；能源储备及能源产量；进出口及商业活动占GNP的百分比；出口对特定国家或商品的集中度；收入分配或收入集中度；人均粮食供应量；医生密度；男性及女性预期寿命；婴儿死亡率；出生率及死亡率；自来水供应率；人口教育水平；文盲率；报纸、广播设备、电视机、电影及电话的普及率；人均国内外信件往来量；大城市人口占比；农业、工业及服务业劳动力占比；各部门占GNP的比例；私人消费及政府消费占GNP的百分比；国内投资；工会组织工人占比；罢工频率及参与罢工的工人数量；罢工导致的工作日损失。