Variable: Number of Tiers

QoG Code: (ideaesd_tiers)


Dataset: Electoral System Design

Description:

Number of tiers. The tiers of an electoral system can be understood as the sets of representatives that are elected to the same chamber by the entire electorate of a country. 99 indicates a hybrid system, where one part of the country elects representatives using one electoral system, while another distinct part of the country elects representatives using a different system.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-26
Last updated by source: 2025-01-01


Categories:

Political Parties and Elections


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 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: 179
Standard time-series: 186
OECD cross-section: 32


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1969 to the year 2025