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Political regime, 2021
Based on the criteria of the classification by Lührmann et al. (2018) and the assessment by V-Dem’s experts.
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- Access to justice for men Regimes of the World
- Access to justice for women Regimes of the World
- Age of democracy Boix et al.
- Age of democracy Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Age of democracy Polity
- Age of electoral democracy Regimes of the World
- Age of electoral democracy Lexical Index
- Age of liberal democracy Regimes of the World
- Age of polyarchy Lexical Index
- Basic state functions BTI
- Child mortality rate vs. liberal democracy
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy
- Citizen support for democracy
- Civil liberties
- Civil liberties Freedom House, rating
- Civil liberties Freedom House, score
- Civil liberties EIU
- Civil rights BTI
- Civil society participation V-Dem
- Common good justifications V-Dem
- Competitive elections Lexical Index
- Competitiveness of executive recruitment Polity
- Competitiveness of political participation Polity
- Constraints on the executive Polity
- Deliberative democracy V-Dem
- Deliberative democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Deliberative political institutions V-Dem
- Democracy Polity
- Democracy EIU
- Democracy weighted by population Polity
- Democracy weighted by population EIU
- Democratic culture EIU
- Democratic electoral institutions Freedom House
- Democratic features BTI
- Democratic features weighted by population BTI
- Direct popular voting V-Dem
- Distribution of deliberative democracy V-Dem
- Distribution of deliberative democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Distribution of democracy EIU
- Distribution of democracy Polity
- Distribution of democracy weighted by population Polity
- Distribution of democracy weighted by population EIU
- Distribution of democratic features BTI
- Distribution of democratic features weighted by population BTI
- Distribution of egalitarian democracy V-Dem
- Distribution of egalitarian democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Distribution of electoral democracy V-Dem
- Distribution of electoral democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Distribution of liberal democracy V-Dem
- Distribution of liberal democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Distribution of participatory democracy V-Dem
- Distribution of participatory democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Effective power to govern BTI
- Egalitarian democracy V-Dem
- Egalitarian democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Egalitarian political institutions V-Dem
- Elected political leaders
- Election voter turnout rate by age in the United States
- Elections for chief executive Lexical Index
- Elections for legislature Lexical Index
- Electoral democracy V-Dem
- Electoral democracy Lexical Index
- Electoral democracy Regimes of the World
- Electoral democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Electoral pluralism EIU
- Elite consultations V-Dem
- Engaged society V-Dem
- Equal access to power V-Dem
- Equal resource distribution V-Dem
- Equal rights protection V-Dem
- Experience with democracy Boix et al.
- Experience with democracy Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Experience with democracy Polity
- Experience with electoral democracy Regimes of the World
- Experience with electoral democracy Lexical Index
- Experience with liberal democracy Regimes of the World
- Experience with polyarchy Lexical Index
- Free and fair elections V-Dem
- Free and fair elections Regimes of the World
- Free and fair elections BTI
- Freedom of association V-Dem
- Freedom of association BTI
- Freedom of expression V-Dem
- Freedom of expression BTI
- Functioning government EIU
- GDP per capita vs. liberal democracy
- Government effectiveness vs. liberal democracy
- Human rights protection vs. liberal democracy
- Judicial constraints on the executive
- Justified political posititons V-Dem
- Legislative constraints on the executive
- Liberal democracy V-Dem
- Liberal democracy Regimes of the World
- Liberal democracy today vs. past average years of schooling
- Liberal democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Liberal political institutions Regimes of the World
- Liberal political institutions
- Life expectancy vs. liberal democracy
- Meaningful democratic electoral institutions Regimes of the World
- Multi-party elections Regimes of the World
- Multi-party elections for chief executive Regimes of the World
- Multi-party elections for legislature Regimes of the World
- Number of democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World
- Number of democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- Number of democracies and autocracies Lexical Index
- Number of democracies and autocracies BTI
- Number of democracies and non-democracies Boix et al.
- Number of democracies and non-democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Number of democracies and non-democracies Freedom House
- Number of democracies and non-democracies Polity 5
- Number of democracies and non-democracies EIU
- Number of democracies by age Boix et al.
- Number of democracies by age Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Number of democracies by age Polity
- Number of democratizing and autocratizing countries Episodes of Regime Transformation
- Number of electoral democracies by age Regimes of the World
- Number of electoral democracies by age Lexical Index
- Number of free countries and territories Freedom House
- Number of liberal democracies by age Regimes of the World
- Number of long-standing democracies Boix et al.
- Number of long-standing democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Number of long-standing democracies Polity
- Number of long-standing electoral democracies Regimes of the World
- Number of long-standing electoral democracies Lexical Index
- Number of long-standing liberal democracies Regimes of the World
- Number of long-standing polyarchies Lexical Index
- Number of polyarchies by age Lexical Index
- Openness of executive recruitment Polity
- Participatory democracy V-Dem
- Participatory democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Participatory political institutions V-Dem
- People living in democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World
- People living in democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- People living in democracies and autocracies Lexical Index
- People living in democracies and autocracies BTI
- People living in democracies and non-democracies Polity IV
- People living in democracies and non-democracies Boix et al.
- People living in democracies and non-democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- People living in democracies and non-democracies Freedom House
- People living in democracies and non-democracies Polity
- People living in democracies and non-democracies EIU
- People living in democratizing and autocratizing countries Episodes of Regime Transformation
- People living in free countries and territories Freedom House
- People living in long-standing democracies Boix et al.
- People living in long-standing democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- People living in long-standing democracies Polity
- People living in long-standing electoral democracies Regimes of the World
- People living in long-standing electoral democracies Lexical Index
- People living in long-standing liberal democracies Regimes of the World
- People living in long-standing polyarchies Lexical Index
- Political and social integration BTI
- Political liberties Lexical Index
- Political opposition Lexical Index
- Political participation BTI
- Political regime Boix et al.
- Political regime Regimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- Political regime Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Political regime Freedom House, free countries
- Political regime Freedom House, electoral democracies
- Political regime Lexical Index
- Political regime Polity
- Political regime BTI
- Political regime EIU
- Political regime Episodes of Regime Transformation
- Political rights Freedom House, score
- Political rights Freedom House, rating
- Polyarchy Lexical Index
- Regulation of political participation Polity
- Respect for counterarguments V-Dem
- Rule of law BTI
- Separation of powers BTI
- Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote
- Share of democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World
- Share of democracies and autocracies Regimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- Share of democracies and autocracies Lexical Index
- Share of democracies and autocracies BTI
- Share of democracies and non-democracies Boix et al.
- Share of democracies and non-democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Share of democracies and non-democracies Freedom House
- Share of democracies and non-democracies Polity 5
- Share of democracies and non-democracies EIU
- Share of democratizing and autocratizing countries Episodes of Regime Transformation
- Share of free countries and territories Freedom House
- Share of long-standing democracies Boix et al.
- Share of long-standing democracies Boix et al., including women's right to vote
- Share of long-standing democracies Polity
- Share of long-standing electoral democracies Regimes of the World
- Share of long-standing electoral democracies Lexical Index
- Share of long-standing liberal democracies Regimes of the World
- Share of long-standing polyarchies Lexical Index
- Stability of democratic institutions BTI
- Stateness BTI
- Strong elected local governments V-Dem
- Strong elected regional governments V-Dem
- Taxation vs. liberal democracy
- Transparent laws Regimes of the World
- Universal right to vote for men Lexical Index
- Universal right to vote for women Lexical Index
- Varieties of democracy V-Dem
- Varieties of democracy weighted by population V-Dem
- Voter turnout