Includes the world's most comprehensive and detailed democracy ratings. The latest version of the dataset and associated reference documents can be downloaded below.
Each ZIP includes: Dataset, Codebook, What's New, Cautionary Notes, and Suggested Citations.
Country-Year, Country-Date or Coder-Level.
V-Dem Core or V-Dem Full+Others.
SPSS, STATA, CSV or R.
To download the file, click on the format in the column 'download' that corresponds to your preferred choice (e.g. 'R' or 'CSV'). The dataset and documentation are now ready to be used.
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