This data set provides a dichotomous coding of democracy from 1800 until 2020 for 222 countries; however, QoG data contains information from 1946 onwards.
The authors define a country as democratic if it satisfies conditions for both contestation and participation. Specifically, democracies feature political leaders chosen through free and fair elections and satisfy a threshold value of suffrage.
Last updated by source: 2022-01-03
| Dataset type: | Time-Series |
| Dataset level: | Country |
(Boix et al., 2022)
(Boix et al., 2013)
Dichotomous democracy measure.
More about this variablePrevious number of democratic breakdowns.
More about this variableConsecutive years of current regime type.
More about this variableThis variable adjusts the democracy index by also requiring that at least half of the adult women have the right to vote.
More about this variableThis is the same measure as democracy (bmr_dem), except it records an NA for countries occupied during an international war (e.g., the Netherlands 1940-44) or experiencing state collapse during a civil war (e.g., Lebanon 1976-89). The democracy variable instead fills in these years as continuations of the same regime type.
More about this variable(-1) Democratic breakdown (0) No change (1) Democratic transition
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