variables

This table contains all the variables of all the datasets we have at Our World In Data. Note that this includes only the information about the variables like name and default display settings, not the data itself.

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id ▲ name unit description createdAt updatedAt code coverage timespan datasetId sourceId shortUnit display columnOrder originalMetadata grapherConfigAdmin shortName catalogPath dimensions schemaVersion processingLevel processingLog titlePublic titleVariant attributionShort attribution descriptionShort descriptionFromProducer descriptionKey descriptionProcessing licenses license grapherConfigETL type sort dataChecksum metadataChecksum
525715 Population density people per km² Population density by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100 based on Gapminder data, HYDE, and UN Population Division (2022) estimates. Estimated by dividing a country's population by its land area (from FAO via World Bank). * 10,000 BCE - 1799: Historical estimates by HYDE (v3.2). Includes some datapoints from Gapminder (Systema Globalis). * 1800-1949: Historical estimates by Gapminder. Includes some datapoints from HYDE (v3.2) and Gapminder (Systema Globalis). * 1950-2021: Population records by the United Nations - Population Division (2022). Includes some datapoints from HYDE (v3.2), Gapminder (Systema Globalis) and Gapminder (v6). * 2022-2100: Projections based on Medium variant by the United Nations - Population Division (2022). 2022-09-20 12:16:46 2024-07-25 22:54:57     -10000-2100 Key Indicators 5774 Gapminder (2019); UN (2022); HYDE (2017); Gapminder (Systema Globalis); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 28846   
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    "name": "Population density",
    "unit": "people per km\u00b2",
    "includeInTable": true
}
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CREATE TABLE "variables" (
	"id" INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
	"name" VARCHAR(750) NULL  ,
	"unit" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"description" TEXT NULL  ,
	"createdAt" DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP ,
	"updatedAt" DATETIME NULL  ,
	"code" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"coverage" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"timespan" VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL  ,
	"datasetId" INTEGER NOT NULL  ,
	"sourceId" INTEGER NULL  ,
	"shortUnit" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"display" TEXT NOT NULL  ,
	"columnOrder" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '0' ,
	"originalMetadata" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigAdmin" TEXT NULL  ,
	"shortName" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"catalogPath" VARCHAR(767) NULL  ,
	"dimensions" TEXT NULL  ,
	"schemaVersion" INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT '1' ,
	"processingLevel" VARCHAR(30) NULL  ,
	"processingLog" TEXT NULL  ,
	"titlePublic" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"titleVariant" VARCHAR(255) NULL  ,
	"attributionShort" VARCHAR(512) NULL  ,
	"attribution" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionShort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionFromProducer" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionKey" TEXT NULL  ,
	"descriptionProcessing" TEXT NULL  ,
	"licenses" TEXT NULL  ,
	"license" TEXT NULL  ,
	"grapherConfigETL" TEXT NULL  ,
	"type" TEXT NULL  ,
	"sort" TEXT NULL  ,
	"dataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL  ,
	"metadataChecksum" VARCHAR(64) NULL,
	FOREIGN KEY("datasetId") REFERENCES "datasets" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT,
	FOREIGN KEY("sourceId") REFERENCES "sources" ("id") ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE RESTRICT
);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "idx_catalogPath" ON "variables" ("catalogPath");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "unique_short_name_per_dataset" ON "variables" ("shortName", "datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_code_fk_dst_id_7bde8c2a_uniq" ON "variables" ("code", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_datasetId_50a98bfd_fk_datasets_id" ON "variables" ("datasetId");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "variables_name_fk_dst_id_f7453c33_uniq" ON "variables" ("name", "datasetId");
CREATE INDEX "variables_sourceId_31fce80a_fk_sources_id" ON "variables" ("sourceId");