A look back at 2024 before the upcoming release of version 15 of the V-Dem dataset and the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2025
Version 14 of the V-Dem dataset was downloaded more than 26,000 times, and combined, the different V-Dem datasets were downloaded more than 37,000 times in 2024. The total downloads for the V-Dem datasets over the years are now 400,000.
There were almost 200,000 downloads of the V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2024, which is a new record, and a whopping 6,7 million graphs were generated with the V-Dem online graphing tools (also a new record).
The different Graph of the Week were viewed almost 180,000 times on the website and many, many more times on our social media. In total in 2024, all the V-Dem Institute social media posts generated over 800,000 views and the follower number reached over 32,000 across our channels.
The V-Dem Working Papers were downloaded from the V-Dem website close to 65,000 times during 2024, and the Policy Briefs almost 27,000 times.
V-Dem data and research, and V-Dem Institute reports were used and mentioned in news media from all over the world over 800 times in 2024.
We are very happy and grateful that so many people find the V-Dem data, research, and the V-Dem Institute reports useful, and invite you to make good use of the data in the upcoming release as well. Coming soon!