Democracy & Rights
V-Dem democracy indices, civil liberties, corruption, and political rights for 175 countries from 1789 to present.
Series
4375
Countries
175
Subtopics
6
Categories
Democracy Indices, Rule of Law & Accountability
Latest Numbers
United States
0.06
2024-01-01 · us-neopatrimonialism
United Kingdom
1.48
2024-01-01 · gb-accountability
Germany
1.55
2024-01-01 · de-diagonal-accountability
France
0.89
2024-01-01 · fr-freedom-of-association
Sweden
0.99
2024-01-01 · se-freedom-physical-violence
Brazil
0.90
2024-01-01 · br-liberal-component
India
0.48
2024-01-01 · in-political-civil-liberties
South Africa
0.78
2024-01-01 · za-civil-society-participation
Russia
0.12
2024-01-01 · ru-vdem-rule-of-law
China
-1.25
2024-01-01 · cn-vertical-accountability
Hungary
0.21
2024-01-01 · hu-horizontal-accountability
Turkey
0.86
2024-01-01 · tr-neopatrimonialism
Countries with Data (175)
Afghanistan(25)Albania(25)Algeria(25)Angola(25)Argentina(25)Armenia(25)Australia(25)Austria(25)Azerbaijan(25)BTN(25)Bahrain(25)Bangladesh(25)Barbados(25)Belarus(25)Belgium(25)Benin(25)Bolivia(25)Bosnia and Herzegovina(25)Botswana(25)Brazil(25)Bulgaria(25)Burkina Faso(25)Burundi(25)CAF(25)COM(25)Cabo Verde(25)Cambodia(25)Cameroon(25)Canada(25)Chad(25)Chile(25)China(25)Colombia(25)Congo Republic(25)Costa Rica(25)Croatia(25)Cuba(25)Cyprus(25)Czech Republic(25)DR Congo(25)Denmark(25)Djibouti(25)Dominican Republic(25)Ecuador(25)Egypt(25)El Salvador(25)Equatorial Guinea(25)Eritrea(25)Estonia(25)Eswatini(25)Ethiopia(25)Fiji(25)Finland(25)France(25)Gabon(25)Gambia(25)Georgia(25)Germany(25)Ghana(25)Greece(25)Guatemala(25)Guinea(25)Guinea-Bissau(25)Guyana(25)Haiti(25)Honduras(25)Hong Kong(25)Hungary(25)Iceland(25)India(25)Indonesia(25)Iran(25)Iraq(25)Ireland(25)Israel(25)Italy(25)Ivory Coast(25)Jamaica(25)Japan(25)Jordan(25)Kazakhstan(25)Kenya(25)Kosovo(25)Kuwait(25)Kyrgyzstan(25)Laos(25)Latvia(25)Lebanon(25)Lesotho(25)Liberia(25)Libya(25)Lithuania(25)Luxembourg(25)MDV(25)Madagascar(25)Malawi(25)Malaysia(25)Mali(25)Malta(25)Mauritania(25)Mauritius(25)Mexico(25)Moldova(25)Mongolia(25)Montenegro(25)Morocco(25)Mozambique(25)Myanmar(25)Namibia(25)Nepal(25)Netherlands(25)New Zealand(25)Nicaragua(25)Niger(25)Nigeria(25)North Macedonia(25)Norway(25)Oman(25)Pakistan(25)Palestine(25)Panama(25)Papua New Guinea(25)Paraguay(25)Peru(25)Philippines(25)Poland(25)Portugal(25)Qatar(25)Romania(25)Russia(25)Rwanda(25)STP(25)Saudi Arabia(25)Senegal(25)Serbia(25)Seychelles(25)Sierra Leone(25)Singapore(25)Slovakia(25)Slovenia(25)Solomon Islands(25)Somalia(25)South Africa(25)South Korea(25)South Sudan(25)Spain(25)Sri Lanka(25)Sudan(25)Suriname(25)Sweden(25)Switzerland(25)Syria(25)Taiwan(25)Tajikistan(25)Tanzania(25)Thailand(25)Timor-Leste(25)Togo(25)Trinidad and Tobago(25)Tunisia(25)Turkey(25)Turkmenistan(25)Uganda(25)Ukraine(25)United Arab Emirates(25)United Kingdom(25)United States(25)Uruguay(25)Uzbekistan(25)VUT(25)Venezuela(25)Vietnam(25)Yemen(25)Zambia(25)Zimbabwe(25)
Data Categories
Democracy Indiceselectoral_democracy, liberal_democracy, participatory_democracy, deliberative_democracy, egalitarian_democracy
5 propertiesRule of Law & Accountabilityvdem_rule_of_law, accountability, vertical_accountability, horizontal_accountability, judicial_constraints
5 propertiesCorruptionpolitical_corruption, public_sector_corruption
2 propertiesCivil Liberties & Rightscivil_liberties, freedom_physical_violence, freedom_private_violence, political_civil_liberties, freedom_of_expression, freedom_of_association
6 propertiesParticipation & Empowermentsuffrage, civil_society_participation, womens_political_empowerment, womens_political_participation, neopatrimonialism
5 propertiesStructural Componentsliberal_component, diagonal_accountability
2 propertiesFeatured Countries
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