Political system: Having a strong leader

QoG code: wvs_pssl

I'm going to describe various types of political systems and ask what you think about each as a way of governing this country: Having a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections

  1. Very bad
  2. Fairly bad
  3. Fairly good
  4. Very good

Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-12-27
Last updated by source
2022-12-14
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section 37
Standard cross-section 37
Standard time-series 108
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1995-2023

Country coverage

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  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Andorra
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus (1975-)
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, South
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia (1966-)
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
  • Myanmar
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Pakistan (1971-)
  • Peru
  • Philippines
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  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1995 to 2023.