Variable: Unitary or Federal State
QoG Code: (iaep_ufs)
Description:
This variable examines the relationship between the central and regional governments, those which are immediately below the central government. We focus exclusively on states or provincial levels of government, municipalities are not coded. Is the government structure a:
Unitary system
Confederation
Federal system
Source: IAEP (Wig et al., 2015)
Type of variable: Categorical
Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-11-23
Last updated by source: 2015-05-20
Categories:
Political System
Find this variable in:
Basic Time-series - 2024
OECD Time-series - 2024
Standard Time-series - 2024
Original Dataset
Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset
No. Countries
Basic time-series:
175
Standard time-series:
175
OECD time-series:
38
Dataset
Available for years:
Standard time-series:
1960-2012
Basic time-series:
1960-2012
OECD time-series:
1960-2012
This variable has information for these countries:
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Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus (-1974)
Cyprus (1975-)
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini (former Swaziland)
Ethiopia (-1992)
Ethiopia (1993-)
Fiji
Finland
France (-1962)
France (1963-)
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Germany, East
Germany, West
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia (-1965)
Malaysia (1966-)
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan (-1970)
Pakistan (1971-)
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan (-2011)
Sudan (2012-)
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Vietnam, South
Yemen
Yemen, North
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe