Table · dataset · 2026
Version 16 of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem), March 2026
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<p dir="ltr">Version 16 of the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) dataset provides multidimensional measures of democracy across countries and over time.
Description
The dataset contains several hundred indicators measuring political institutions and practices, including measures related to elections, civil liberties, freedom of expression, rule of law, executive constraints, political participation, and other dimensions of democratic governance.
V-Dem's democracy indices aggregate multiple indicators to measure distinct concepts of democracy, with many indicators based on assessments provided by multiple country experts and combined using V-Dem's measurement model. Version 16 includes data through 2025, including scores for 179 countries for that year.</p>
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- DOI doi.org/10.7274/33897706.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from figshare com
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from figshare com
Topics
- From keywords
- Astronomy & Astrophysics · Chemistry · Citizenship · Comparative government and politics · Computer Science & AI · Earth & Environmental Science · Economics & Finance · Engineering · Humanities · International relations · Life Sciences · Medicine & Health · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Political science · Political theory and political philosophy · Social Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 20 field assertions
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| figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/33897706 | 5 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:440808 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['International relations'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:440811 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Political theory and political philosophy'] |
| concepts[field].anzsrc:group:4408 | mapping · figshare com | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Political science'] |
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| concepts[field].local:field:computer-science-ai | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:economics-finance | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:engineering | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:humanities | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:life-sciences | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:medicine-health | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · figshare com | connector:figshare_com@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/description |
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