Variable: Number of changes in government per year

QoG Code: (cpds_chg)


Dataset: Comparative Political Data Set

Description:

Number of changes in government per year [termination of government due to (a) elections, (b) voluntary resignation of the Prime Minister, (c) resignation of Prime Minister due to health reasons, (d) dissension within government (break up of the coalition), (e) lack of parliamentary support, (f) intervention by the head of state, or (g) broadening of the coalition (inclusion of new parties).

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-08-31
Last updated by source: 2023-07-25


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 36
Standard time-series: 38
OECD cross-section: 31
OECD time-series: 33


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