CivStat
About
A data-driven platform that measures the long arc of human civilization — tracking 7,000 years of conflict, welfare, knowledge, freedom, sustainability and cooperation through 76 indicators.
What is CivStat?
CivStat aggregates and normalizes historical data into a unified framework that allows apples-to-apples comparison across millennia. Rather than relying on a single metric, it tracks 76 raw indicators, scores 33 of them, and distils those into 6 core dimensions of civilization.
Every indicator is normalized to a 0–100 scale and adjusted for population size — so ancient tribal warfare (where ~15% of people died violently) correctly scores higher on the Conflict dimension than World War II (~2.9%).
The platform is built for explorers, researchers, and anyone curious about where humanity has been — and where it might be heading.
7,000+
Years of data
76
Raw indicators
6
Core dimensions
Creator
Simon Seojoon Kim
CEO & Managing Partner, Hashed
Simon works with founders building in blockchain and AI at Hashed, where a small team invests from Seoul, Singapore, San Francisco and Abu Dhabi. Before that he co-founded Knowre, an ed-tech startup in the US and Korea, and looked after its product; the team’s work was later recognised by Fast Company among innovative education companies.
He studied Computer Science and Engineering at POSTECH, and has had the chance to contribute as an adviser to the Korean Parliament’s 4th Industrial Revolution committee and to the Korea Blockchain Association.
CivStat is a personal project and a work in progress: an attempt to make one open, checkable answer to a question he keeps returning to — is civilization actually getting better, and by whose yardstick? Corrections and disagreement are very welcome.
6 Core Dimensions
How CivStat measures civilization
Conflict
War, violence & institutional stability
Welfare
Health, longevity & food security
Knowledge
Education, innovation & information access
Freedom
Rights, equality & political freedom
Sustainability
Planetary health & climate trajectory
Cooperation
Trade, connectivity & global institutions
Tech Stack
- Next.js 15React framework
- TypeScriptType-safe codebase
- Tailwind CSSStyling
- D3.jsData visualization
- SupabaseDatabase
- VercelDeployment
Cite CivStat
For academic papers and research use the following BibTeX entry:
@misc{civstat2026,
author = {Kim, Simon},
title = {CivStat: A Multi-Dimensional Index for Measuring Civilizational Progress},
year = {2026},
url = {https://civstat.com/methodology},
note = {Method v3.0. CC BY 4.0}
}Data license: CC BY 4.0 · Code license: MIT · Full FAQ →
CivStat · method v3.0 · Open source · Built for education and exploration