Variable: Democratic Accountability Index

QoG Code: (bgi_dai)


Dataset: The Berggruen Governance Index (BGI)

Description:

Democratic accountability is the ability of a political system to allow citizens to hold government accountable. We distinguish between three types of accountability: institutional (horizontal), electoral (vertical), and societal (diagonal)

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-06
Last updated by source: 2025-12-08


Categories:

Quality of Government


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Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 143
Basic time-series: 144
Standard cross-section: 143
Standard time-series: 144
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 2000-2021
Basic time-series: 2000-2021
OECD time-series: 2000-2021

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This variable has information from the year 2000 to the year 2021