V-Dem Institute

Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) is a unique approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. V-Dem distinguishes between five high-level principles of democracy: electoral,...

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Datasets
  • Equal rights protection (1789 – 2021)
    Updated January 27, 2023 | Created January 27, 2023
    The variable equal rights denotes the best estimate of the extent to which the state protects the rights and freedoms across social groups equally. The index reaches from 0 to 1...
  • Equal Access to Power, 2021
    Updated January 23, 2023 | Created January 23, 2023
    Based on expert assessments, it combines information on the extent to which all social groups can influence and participate in policy-making. It ranges from 0 to 1 (most equal).

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