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V-Dem democracy indices

  • V-Dem democracy indices

    V-Dem democracy indices, annual

    Country-year panel of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute's high-level democracy indices v16 (2026 release): electoral, liberal, egalitarian, deliberative and participatory democracy plus rule of law, political corruption and freedom of expression, 1789-2025, ~220 political systems, all on a 0-1 scale. The academic gold standard for democracy measurement — expert-coded with two centuries of history. Raw data: V-Dem Institute, v16 (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Our World in Data.

    • governance
    • country-risk
    • political-risk
    • yearly
    rows
    35,344
    Quality
    97
    Updated
    Oct 4, 2026
    Fresh
    License
    Commercial use OK

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