Variable: Electoral fractionalization of the party system (Rae index)
QoG Code: (cpds_frel)
Description:
Index of electoral fractionalization of the party system according to the formula proposed by Rae (1968). The index can take values between 1 (maximal fractionalization) and 0 (minimal fractionalization).
Type of variable: Continuous
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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Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus (1975-)
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France (-1962)
France (1963-)
Germany
Germany, West
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States