Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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The V-Dem Dataset v.16 and the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026
The V-Dem Dataset v.16 update with data for 2025 added, and the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 will be released in the second half of March. The exact release date will be announced soon.
V-Dem provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. We distinguish between five high-level principles of democracy: electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian, and collect data to measure these principles.
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New V-Dem Institute Director Steven Wilson
We welcome the new V-Dem Institute Director Steven Wilson, and ask him a few questions about his new role, his priorities for V-Dem and what research interest he brings with him to the project.
V-Dem data can also be downloaded through the e-infrastructure Demscore that brings together some of the world's largest social science datasets