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The Super power index is a very accurate reflection of a countries power, its inclusion of different stats and figures from important categories to do with a country and ranking them based on how they compare to different countries allows for a broad look at the most powerful countries making it very useful and a good indicator to do so, For example when it comes to economic power of a nation, Looking at GDP and the biggest TNC's gives a good reading for how prosperous a nation is and ultimately who is more powerful.

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Whilst it may look at first glance that the indicator is accurate to each country about its superpower stance, it leaves off many key features and categories that could drastically affect how certain countries would rank on this scale, for example India, Whilst India may have a very large economy compared to others around it it is disproportionate compared to the amount of people that live in India, India has over 1.2 billion people so its economy of $2.3 trillion, the average person only earns around $2300 annually making them very poor.

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Soft power is important for a countries influence not based of economics or military, usually this comes down to its social structure and balance, When it comes to Gender equality it should be included in this index as it provides a good look into how equal a society is and how balanced the country is, A country that has a very equal society such as Denmark or Norway will be looked upon more highly when it comes to a model society.

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Labour participation is a good indicator for the size and skill of the labour force, This indicator is used to look at the percentage of employable people to the amount that are working in a country, this is used to show unemployment rates in a country. This indicator is a good way to show how prosperous a nation Is to other countries making them a model for others to copy, for Example in 2018 the United States sets a great example for economic success with unemployment down to a long time low, this makes it good model for countries like Greece who have a 30%+ youth unemployment rate to strive for.

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Education is the backbone to every society and having a strong education system is very important to raising and filling jobs, driving innovation and pushing boundaries in fields such as medicine, science and manufacturing, Countries that have very successful education systems such as China can be seen as example nations for how others should go about establishing their own education system as to see the best results, this gives soft power to these nations as they will be viewed and perceived by others as being smarter as well as having a bigger say on the global stage when it comes to issues that have to do with education rates and literacy ratings.

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Considers 4 major indicators (GDP, Population, Nuclear Warheads, Fortune Global 500 TNCs)

Includes economic, demographic and military indicators

The x2 or x3 means the end result of the ranking is accurate

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Only considers 4 indicators

Doesn’t include political, cultural and human and physical resource indicators

Some factors are more important than others

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Some countries envy how accepting their society is

Women’s education means a higher education percentage

Women as role models changing cultural normalities

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Workforce size, eg China have a large population therefore a large workforce

Employments rate shows how willing the society is to work

Affects the GDP due to taxes and disposable incomes

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Levels of education indicates deprivation levels, Norway has the highest education spending

High levels of education means that there will be a big quaternary sector

Shows education availability

Shows how much their government cares about education due to how much money they spend on it, Georgia has a 0.00 education spending score

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It considers, arguably, the most important factors in determining whether or not a nation is a superpower

The multipliers account for the varying importance of the factors

Easily compare nation’s data

Considers multiple factors spread across many variables (population, military strength, economic power etc)

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A simplistic set of results that shows a countries potential in becoming a superpower.

Can easily create a scale  in terms of strength.

Includes the main ingredients that a country needs to have strength which makes it easier to conclude whether it has the potential to become a superpower or not.

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A form of quantitative results meaning it has no depth into government... (things that add strength to a country)

Can be misleading as a country may be ranked low however they may still be strong (only 4 categories out of hundreds that can be expressed)

Hinders out the idea that multiple factors makes a country strong e.g. democracy, dictator, human rights and equality...

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it has a ranking system where some factors are weighted heavier than others to show their importance e.g. the rank for total GDP is multiplied by 3.

It uses a combination of economic, social and military factors.

It is quantitative so is objective and can be easily can be analysed.

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It is heavily weighted towards the importance of the economic factors, leaving out out types of soft power.

4 factors is not a large sample

It doesn’t show the distribution of the GDP - it may be that in some countries, much of the wealth belongs to a small percentage of the population

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Doesn’t include any soft power influences like culture

Majority of the factors are linked to economy (fault of the index though?)

No qualitative data so there is no room for interpretation

Very limited size of factors used

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Gender equality improves the cultural attractiveness of a nation, making it more likely that others will follow their lead.

It is a good indication as to the moral policies of a nation.

A country with good rights for women will be able to have a greater influence on other nations.

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It shows the importance of education, and how a good education system will lead to people having successful careers, and therefore earning more money and improving the country’s economy.

Better education can lead to more jobs in research and development, which then enables a country to have a greater influence on other nations.

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Different factors ranked based on importance to what makes a country a superpower

Different factors are used - mix of hard and soft powers (economic, military, social etc)

Quantitative data is easier to obtain (especially for richer countries) and compare

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Only four factors do not provide an adequate range of data

Weighted ranks mean it is not fair/equal

Soft power is not able to be properly quantified (eg cultural influence)

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The index is quantitative which makes it easier to compare countries accurately as numbers are not interpreted differently.
It highlights important aspects of what a superpower country should have.
It shows a country’s potential to grow and become a superpower so predictions can be made.
Highlights points for growth so countries can further develop certain areas to become a superpower.

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There is not a large range of variables so it is limited.
Factors such as governmental influence and human rights are not included which are important components in having a successful superpower.
Some may have low overall ranks but be strong in certain areas vice versa.

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- considers different and important factors: economic (GDP), social (population) and military (nuclear warheads)
- quantitative data so it is easy to compare the results as they are simple and clear
- Ranks the countries so you can compare them based on different factors

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- No qualitative data so it therefore lacks opinion and detail
- Doesn’t include data or ranks on environmental or political issues
- Only considers 4 factors
- Focuses on economic data so isn’t fair

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- Considers human rights and social aspects
- Looks at the political system and how equal the society is
- Shows how accepting the country is and what morals they have
- Can persuade other countries to treat women in a more accepting and similar way after seeing results of other countries
- Women who have more rights can become more successful and therefore boost the countries economy and literacy rates

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- Measure of the proportion of a countries working age population that engages actively in the labour market (working or looking for work)
- Increases the countries GDP of more people are working, especially in the tertiary and quarternary sectors
- Links to literacy rates and how well educated the country is

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- Shows the availability of education and whether it is equal
- Better education means literacy rates increase and people have better job opportunities, leading to higher GDP
- Better education leads to more people working in the quarternary sector leading to development in the country

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Considers different and important factors

Quantitative data is easier to obtain and then used to compare

It takes into account a combination of many different factors

It takes into account when some factors should be weighed more heavily than other factors

It is simplistic

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Some factors are considered to be more important than others which may not always be accurate

Only a limited amount of factors are considered

It mainly focuses on economic and hard powers and doesn’t really consider soft powers

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Considers different and important factors

Quantitative data is easier to obtain and then used to compare

It takes into account a combination of many different factors

It takes into account when some factors should be weighed more heavily than other factors

It is simplistic

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Only four factors do not provide an adequate range of data

Weighted ranks mean it is not fair/equal

Soft power is not able to be properly quantified (eg cultural influence)

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The 4 factors which it does consider are important- GDP, Total Population, Nuclear Warheads and Fortune Global 500 TNCs.

•Can easily be compared as the data is qualitative

•Ranking system is simple and easy to understand

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•Could consider a wider range of factors as it only considers 4

•Important political / governmental factors aren’t included

•No soft power factors are included

•Heavily weighted towards economic factors

•All dada is quantitive with no qualitative data

•A country could still be very strong but is ranked very low as only 4 factors are taken into consideration

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Women’s education leads to a higher education percentage

Gender equality improves the ‘cultural attractiveness’ of a country, making it more desirable to others

It indicated that they may also have ‘desirable’ opinions on other human rights

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Indicates the size of the workforce which affects other factors such as exports

Shows employment rates and how willing people are to work

Indicates the size/percentage of the working population

Often suggests higher literacy and education rates

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Shows the literacy rate

May show at what age people start working

Makes a country look more desireable if it has higher education rates

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Uses quantitative data that is easy to compare

Considers economic, social and military factors

Makes it easy to compare different countries

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Doesn’t use qualitive data to explain the quantitative data

Doesn’t include  soft power influences

Only uses 4 indicators which can lead to a powerful country being ranked lower than it should

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Number of factors used are very limited

Soft power is not included e.g. culture

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Several factors are used (both hard & soft) e.g. military

As the data is quantitative it can easily be analysed and obtained

Can be easily used and compared

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It may be considered to be a simplistic model because everything is categorised down. However it is accurate and reflects counties power by including important categories.

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Considers major factors such as:
Total GDP
Total population
Amount of nuclear warheads
This shows that the superpower index is an accurate representation of power because the wide range of factors show multiple aspects of the countries.

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There is only quantitative data, so lacks the detail that qualitative data would give.
Although the factors given are useful, there is a limited number of them, which limits its validity. It also doesn’t consider any soft power factors

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There is no qualities date
Mostly economic factors, whereas there is less environmental and social.
There are no soft powers included.

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It takes some of the most important factors of a country into account to produce ranks.
It has weighted scores to make the more important factors influence the scores more.
Considers demographic, military and economic factors to make an accurate result.

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Certain factors ranks are multiplied by 2 or 3, this is a effective method at weighing out more important factors on the index.

Considers major factors, all of which shape a countries power, including GDP, population, military power and global TNC's.

Data is quantitative, allowing easy reading and comparison of a countries Superpower.

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Doesn't include any soft powers and other factors that indicate a strong country like equal rights, democracy, etc.

Only uses 4 indicators, which can result in a powerful country being ranked lower.

No qualitative data, lacking detail.

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Uses quantitative measure which makes it easier to rank in terms of power, rather than qualitative

Different factors are taken into account so hard and soft power are taken into account i.e military, economic and demographic

Certain factors weigh more than others so are multiplied by 2 or 3 so gives a more rounded, accurate reflection of the countries power

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Four factors are not a wide representation of a country and it could be argued that those four factors do not take into account their underlying factors. For example a country may have a very large military but they also may have had to borrow all of the money to fund this from organisations and other countries.

Lacks in personal opinions. Many countries may be strong in terms of hard power but in reality are lacking in aspects of soft such as human rights which are very important when evaluating the power of a nation

Not very detailed

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The movement and development of rights is very important

It’s classed more as a social, demographic aspect

Makes women and potentially men, see the nation in a better way

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Explains reasoning for more weighting in certain sectors or lack of in terms of quaternary due to lack of education

Increases economic stability

More likely to have more money fuelling the economy which enables the governments to have more to spend on other factors such as military

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-Considers the most important factors of whether a country is a superpower or not
-Some factors have a higher multiplier which makes them more important
-It is a simplistic model that is easy to understand
-Considers different categories of factors such as economic

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-Limited amount of factors, there’s only four
-lack of a range of factors, does not include soft power influences such as culture
-most factors are based on economy

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Having only 4 categories doesn't allow for very accurate results.
Mainly focuses on hard power despite the importance of soft power.
weighted categories make the scoring unequal due to the emphasis on economic strength.

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Having gender equality makes the culture of a country more appealing .
Would make most people have a much higher opinion of a country

Shows how accepting and fair the society of a country is.

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Education levels can indicate how developed the tertiary and Quaternary sectors are.

Educational achievement could help indicate deprivation levels.

Education would cause better jobs and a wealthier country.
Better education would lead to a more stable economy.

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The superpower index is an accurate reflection of power as it uses four main factors that show a countrys influence on the world. The four factors give a well rounded view of a county’s power as they show economic, demographic and military figure. Using only four factors allows the index to remain simple but still provide a balanced result. The index provides quantitative data which is easy to compare and obtain. It allows the counties to be ranked according to each factor and give an overall rank. The index also multiplies more important factors giving a more accurate result.

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There are only four variable which means only a small fraction of the factors that make a country powerful can be expressed. These variables are all very similar and are heavily reliant on a country’s affluence and its economy. The index also doesn’t take into account a counties soft power such as culture and human rights.

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Gender equality is included in the soft power index as it gives an incite into the human rights within a country. It provides a variable that is not dependent on money and instead relies on the morals and values of that country. Other nations may look at a country that has an equal society and may want to replicate it which provides the other country with soft power.

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Labour participation is a key factor as it shows the size of the workforce in a country. Just because a country has a large population doesn’t necessarily mean it has a large workforce. For example China has the largest population in the world but it also has an ageing population so will not have a particularly high labour participation score.

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Education is an important variable as it drives the growth of a society and its quality can determine how powerful a county is. A country with a high quality of education is likely to have a large quarternary industry, in turn this research and development can provide a country with global power. Additionally low levels of education could indicate high levels of deprivation within a country or a lack of funding.

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It considers the most important factors whether a country is a superpower or not.

The factors give a good view of a country’s power showing factors such as demographic and economic.

Some of the factors have a multiplier meaning they are more important.

The model is simple to understand.

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Only having 4 categories makes the results not very accurate.

It’s main focus if hard power evem though soft power is important aswell .

Some categories are more weighted than others meaning the scoring is unequal

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Quantitative data makes it easy to compare and obtain

Considers different factors such as total GDP and total population, each factor is ranked individually

It’s simplistic and easy to understand

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It can be seen as an accurate reflection of power as it is heavily weighted towards a nations economic might. This is inportant as this factor is required to be strong in all of the other categories, which also means that a variety of factors are taken into account when finding overall rank.

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Countries are ranked based on only 4 factors

Only quantitative data

Doesn’t consider soft power factors (cultural influence)

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It could be seen as not accurate as its main focus is weighted towards economic factors rather than military factors, which if weighted the same would change the overall rankings. Also the lack of overall factors may result in misleading rankings for certain nations.

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Gender equality is included in soft power as to many countries it can make the country look more appealing, and therefore would make the country seem more inclusive towards all citizens. Also the society would be seen as having a higher moral standard among the world, increasing the countries influence.

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Labour participation shows how many people there are in a country and is therefore a very important factor. Although it cannot account for a countries population structure, for example an ageing population there will be less workers and will therefore be a lower participation score

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Education is included as this influences the type of economy a country has, mainly through the creation of highly skilled workers. Also it can help to indicate deprivation levels in a country and help to develop a countries quaternary sector to help stay ahead of the rest.

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The Index can be a great reflection of power, as it takes largely into consideration the economic power of a nation which can in turn have an impact on every other aspect of a nation. However the index doesn’t take into  consideration soft power of a nation and doesn’t really take into consideration the much larger hard power of Russia compared to that of India and Japan.

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This index is good because it looks at four important factors that make a country a superpower: total GDP, population, nuclear warheads and TNCs. This is good because it covers the economic, demographic and military parts that a country needs to become a superpower. Furthermore, it is easy to calculate the rank of each country.

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There isn’t really enough categories to take into consideration all the different aspects that make a superpower. This is because it doesn’t take into consideration large political power that countries like the UK have but also doesn’t take into account the true military power of each nation, by only comparing nuclear warheads, you don’t take into account each countries military spending which displays more accurately the power of a nation and advancement of its military hardware.

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The index is a good reflection of power because it considers the economic power if a nation which is very important. It also considers some other factors which also show how powerful a country is. The data is also quantative which makes it easy to compare countries to see which ones are the most powerful economically.

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On the other hand, it could also be seen as inaccurate because it doesn’t take in account any cultural or political power which are also very important for seeing if a country is a superpower. Also, it only measures four factors which you could argue is not enough to create a reliable ranking as you cannot measure the amount of global dominance a country has or the amount of globalisation it has caused in other countries. Lastly, some of the factors are weighted more heavily than the others which could be a problem because some people may not feel that total population is that important for becoming a superpower and that there are others that are more important.

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It isn’t an accurate reflection of power as it doesn’t take into account soft power which can have a large impact on whether a country is a superpower or not. It also misses out other important factors which coupled make the index more accurate.

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Uses GDP, Population, Nuclear Warheads, Fortune Global 500 TNCs all combined to measure the power a country has

The x2 & x3 means the end result of the ranking is more relative and easier to rank against other countries

The use of Quantitative data makes it easy to compare/rank one country against another

simple to read and understand

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• It only considers 4 factors which are all heavily based on economics which could bias results and lead to a strong country being ranked very low.

•Important factors aren’t included such as cultural influence

•No soft power factors are included which is an important power for a country to have in order to be a superpower

•All dada is quantitive with no qualitative data to explain or back it up

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Georgie                                                                                                           Can be a good reflection as it takes into consideration all diffrent factors that play part on the nation. However doesn’t take into consideration of many  soft power influences. 

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Georgie                                                                                                           Can be a good reflection as it takes into consideration all diffrent factors that play part on the nation. However doesn’t take into consideration of many  soft power influences. 

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Doesn’t include political factors aswell as cultural and human so might be an unethical country but still could be classed as a superpowerFactors that may be classed as important may vary from nation to nation so some countries do worse then others

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It’s importanr as not based on wealth or what a country’s got but comes down to the sociological structure and how the country works together. Also changes within society with how women are treated and portrayed changing cultural norms

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Shows how many people are in the workforce and size doesn’t reflect how big the working population is as factors that play parts like whether it’s an aging population or youthful and wealfare.

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It makes use of quantitative data and takes into account many factors. It is also easy to read and interpret as it’s just facts and figures

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The higher educated the higher sectors people can work in meaning more money earns leading to more money the country will contain overall. This will enable to hold power within world as will ha e connections.

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Takes into account many factors

Easy to understand and compare data

Doesn’t take into account soft power

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The data used in the superpower index is largely based on economic wealth and military strength and doesn’t include factors such as cultural impact (soft power) or political standing

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Only takes into account four factors

No qualitative data

Doesn’t include soft power

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Education is often a very strong indicator of a countries development and capabilities , it can represent the prospective technological and engineering capabilities of a country to become a superpower.

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Being a gender equal society may attract more people to visit it or just to think more highly of that society.
Being a gender equal society also means that the overall education of the place increases so a high level service can be provided

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Labour participation is important in a country because if there is a large workforce then there can be increasing the tax income received by the government, and creating a more buoyant economy and that money can be used to improve infrastructure. A large hard working workforce may also attract foreign investors which will further boost the local economy

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If a country has a high level of education this in turn means there will be an increase in the level service that can be provided I like a quartenary sector thus leading to a strong economy

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The superpower index demonstrates an accurate reflection of power. This is due to its quantatavie values which helps you to contrast and compare differing areas. Furthermore the number of factors which contribute toward the final numerical value of the superpower idex.   By taking into consideration education and military power  the development of an area can also be detected.  However the soft powers are not fully taken into consideration meaning that the harder to measure factors are not always recorded

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The weighting of factors means that not every very “power” is considered to be equal however the factors which make a super power may differ in importance fromperson to person meaning this is just an relative measure..
it also doesn’t take into consideration the soft powers .

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Gender equality can represent the level of a countries “forward thinking” as well as the standard of politics and education , this may be due to th fact that in a country where both males and females aRe given equal opportunity there are double the number of individuals who can increase a countires development and superpower ability