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Availability of data for the variables in the UNESCO model Count of Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) Count of GDP growth (annual) Count of GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international Count of General government final consumption expenditure Count of Industry, value added Count of Labor force with primary education Count of Labor force with secondary education Count of Labor force with tertiary education Count of Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) Count of Net official development assistance and official aid received Count of Scientific and technical journal articles Count of Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) Count of Trademark applications, total
Venezuela, RB 36 31 41 55 53 1 39 20 41 41 53 Vietnam 38 20 21 31 25 10 12 26 21 21 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 38 20 West Bank and Gaza 51 14 21 21 20 20 20 18 21 21 21 World 44 44 1 Yemen, Rep. 46 18 24 6 10 4 25 Zambia 40 43 47 55 34 17 18 11 54 47 36 Zimbabwe 39 28 6 55 9 1 18 6 39 6 10 Availability of data for the variables in the UNESCO model Country or group Count of Labor force with primary education (% of total) Count of GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) Count of GDP growth (annual %) Count of Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) Count of Services, etc., value added (% of GDP) Count of Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) Count of Agriculture, value added (% of GDP) Count of General government final consumption expenditure Count of Labor force with secondary education (% of total) Count of Labor force with tertiary education (% of total) Count of Scientific and technical journal articles Count of Trademark applications, total Count of Net official development assistance and official aid received Count of Industry, value added (% of GDP) Afghanistan 13 12 24 13 13 13 13 26 54 13 Albania 6 25 34 24 35 19 35 35 6 6 26 20 26 35 Algeria 2 25 54 24 50 36 50 55 2 2 26 48 54 50 American Samoa
This appendix displays the accuracy result obtained for each variable in each country. Accuracies are rounded to the nearest hundredth. Accuracy results for the models generated with the Smets and Wouters Domain Knowledge model Country or Group Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employed) Lending interest rate (%) Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$) Net capital account (BoP, current US$) Gross capital formation (current LCU) GDP (constant LCU) Exogenous spending Compensation of employees (current LCU) Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) Capital-labor ratio Previous Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)] Previous Portfolio Investment, net (BoP, current US$) Previous Net capital account (BoP, current US$) Previous Compensation of employees (current LCU) Previous Gross capital formation (current LCU) Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Arab World Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain