Robust Democracy: Access to Information

QoG code: sgi_qdai

The Access to Information subpillar of the Robust Democracy category evaluates whether media are independent and express a diversity of opinions, and whether government information is accessible. It assesses key indicators, including Media Freedom, Media Pluralism, and Access to Government Information, to measure transparency and the openness of public discourse.

Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-10-09
Last updated by source
2024-12-17
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section 41
Standard time-series 41
OECD cross-section 30
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 2013-2021

Country coverage

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  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Korea, South
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

Year coverage

This variable has information from 2013 to 2021.