About
CivMetric
A data-driven platform that measures the long arc of human civilization โ tracking 7,000 years of conflict, welfare, knowledge, freedom, sustainability, and cooperation through 52 indicators across 3 analytical layers.
What is CivMetric?
CivMetric 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 synthesizes 52 raw indicators into 15 composite indexes, which are then distilled into 6 core dimensions of civilization.
Every indicator is normalized to a 0โ100 scale and adjusted for population size โ 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 โ and where it might be heading.
7,000+
Years of data
52
Raw indicators
6
Core dimensions
Creator
Simon Kim
CEO at Hashed
Built CivMetric as a personal project to make long-run civilizational data accessible, visual, and explorable.
6 Core Dimensions
How CivMetric 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
CivMetric v1.0 ยท Open source ยท Built for education and exploration