Variable: Reference in Constitution to Democracy

QoG Code: (ccp_democ)


Dataset: Characteristics of National Constitutions

Description:

Does the constitution refer to "democracy" or "democratic"?

  1. Yes
  2. No

Type of variable: Binary

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-11-28
Last updated by source: 2025-02-01


Categories:

Political System Judicial


Find this variable in:

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
Standard cross-section: 185
Standard time-series: 194
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32


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This variable has information from the year 1946 to the year 2023