| Variables | Abbreviation | Source | Authors | Sign |
| Gross Domestic Product | GDP | WDI | | |
| Trade openness | OUV | UNCTAD | | positive |
| Population | POP | WDI | | positive |
| investment | FBCF | WDI | | positive |
| Foreign direct investment | FDI | WDI | | Négative |
| Gross secondary school enrolment ratio | EDUC | WDI | | positive |