| Variable | Variable definition | Source |
| Fuels | Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of the population) | WDI |
| Electricity | Access to electricity (% of the population) | WDI |
| Health | Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) | WDI |
| GDP per capita | GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $) | WDI |
| Income inequality | Gini index (World Bank estimate) | WDI |
| Education | Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP) | WDI |
| HCI | Human capital index (HCI) (scale 0 - 1) | WDI |
| Labor force | Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15 - 64) (modeled ILO estimate) | WDI |
| Sanitation | People using at least basic sanitation services (% of the population) | WDI |
| Women seats | The proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) | WDI |
| Social inclusion | Effectiveness of institutions for social inclusion rating (1 = low to 6 = high) | CPIA |
| Social protection | Effectiveness of institutions for social protection rating (1 = low to 6 = high) | CPIA |
| Rule of law | Rule of Law | WGI |
| Voice accountability | Freedom of the media and general public in terms of association, expression, and institutions of public governments | WGI |
| Poverty | Poverty headcount (US$1.90) | PED |