Small Island Economies Socioeconomic data

We gathered socioeconomic data for 70 and 85 SIEs in a cross-sectional manner. It covers economic variables, demographic variables, colonial variables, geographic variables, agricultural variables, cultural variables and institutional variables. The year for each applicable data is 2022 or 2023, depending on availability, unless written otherwise. 70 SIEs have all applicable data systematically reported. 85 SIEs have almost all applicable data (besides colonial imports). The dataset includes data expressed in currencies, in percentages, as a dummy variable and general positive variables. This dataset supports the publication by Hoarau, Jean-François and Lucic, Nicolas (2026). Is there a role for political status on economic development for small island economies? An empirical investigation. Journal of Economic Growth. All data are publicly available and transformed by the authors. They have been gathered following the description in the aforementioned paper. They have been used and/or transformed for the sole purpose of this study. For more details, contact the author : lucic.nicolas@gmail.com