The V-Dem Dataset

Includes the world's most comprehensive and detailed democracy ratings. The latest version of the dataset and associated reference documents can be downloaded below.

How to download the V-Dem dataset

Each ZIP includes: Dataset, Codebook, What's New, Cautionary Notes, and Suggested Citations.

Decide which type of dataset fits your purpose

Country-Year, Country-Date or Coder-Level.

Choose the size you would like to download

V-Dem Core or V-Dem Full+Others.

Select your preferred format

SPSS, STATA, CSV or R.

Download the file

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.

V-Dem Dataset Version 12

Dataset type and size	Download	Published
Country-Year: V-Dem Core The five high-level V-Dem Democracy Indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.	SPSS STATA CSV R	March 2022
Country-Year: V-Dem Full+Others All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.	SPSS STATA CSV R	March 2022
Country-Date: V-Dem All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices.	SPSS STATA CSV R	March 2022
Coder-Level: V-Dem Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.	CSV	March 2022

Questions?

V-Dem is committed to full transparency and we are constantly working to improve our data. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding our datasets.