Variable: Number of years the leader in office continuously

QoG Code: (wgov_leadexp)


Dataset: The WhoGov Dataset

Description:

The number of years the person has been leader of the country in a row, continuous. Thus, it starts over if the leader is removed. The count starts at 1, when the leader first appear as leader in the dataset. Therefore, the measure is imprecise for leaders, who came to power before 1966.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-10-20
Last updated by source: 2022-07-20


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: 171
Standard time-series: 184
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 39


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1963 to the year 2021