Number of liberal democracies by age
Based on the classification by Lührmann et al. (2018) and the estimates by V-Dem’s experts. Liberal democracies are understood here as political systems thathold meaningful, free and fair, and multi-party elections, and their citizens have further individual rights, are equal before the law, and the legislative and thecourts constrain the executive.
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- Access to justice for menRegimes of the World
- Access to justice for womenRegimes of the World
- Age of democracyBoix et al.
- Age of democracyBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- Age of democracyPolity
- Age of electoral democracyRegimes of the World
- Age of electoral democracyLexical Index
- Age of liberal democracyRegimes of the World
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- Basic state functions scoreBTI
- Child mortality rate vs. electoral democracy
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy
- Citizen support for democracy
- Civil liberties indexEIU
- Civil liberties ratingFreedom House
- Civil liberties scoreFreedom House
- Civil rights scoreBTI
- Civil society participation indexV-Dem
- Common good justifications scoreV-Dem
- Competitive electionsLexical Index
- Competitiveness of executive recruitment scorePolity
- Competitiveness of political participation scorePolity
- Constraints on the executive scorePolity
- Countries that are democracies and autocraciesRegimes of the World
- Countries that are democracies and autocraciesRegimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- Countries that are democracies and autocraciesLexical Index
- Countries that are democracies and autocraciesBTI
- Countries that are democracies and non-democraciesBoix et al.
- Countries that are democracies and non-democraciesBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- Countries that are democracies and non-democraciesFreedom House
- Countries that are democracies and non-democraciesPolity
- Countries that are democracies and non-democraciesEIU
- Countries that are democratizing and autocratizingEpisodes of Regime Transformation
- Countries that are democratizing and autocratizingEpisodes of Regime Transformation, within regimes
- Countries that are long-standing democraciesBoix et al.
- Countries that are long-standing democraciesBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- Countries that are long-standing democraciesPolity
- Countries that are long-standing electoral democraciesRegimes of the World
- Countries that are long-standing electoral democraciesLexical Index
- Countries that are long-standing liberal democraciesRegimes of the World
- Countries that are long-standing polyarchiesLexical Index
- Countries with universal right to vote
- Deliberative democracy indexV-Dem
- Deliberative democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Deliberative political institutions indexV-Dem
- Democracy indexPolity
- Democracy indexPolity, weighted by population
- Democracy indexEIU
- Democracy indexEIU, weighted by population
- Democracy index by source
- Democratic culture indexEIU
- Democratic electoral institutionsFreedom House
- Democratic featuresBTI
- Democratic featuresBTI, weighted by population
- Direct popular voting indexV-Dem
- Distribution of deliberative democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Distribution of deliberative democracy indexV-Dem
- Distribution of democracy indexPolity, weighted by population
- Distribution of democracy indexEIU, weighted by population
- Distribution of democracy indexEIU
- Distribution of democracy indexPolity
- Distribution of democratic features indexBTI
- Distribution of democratic features indexBTI, weighted by population
- Distribution of egalitarian democracyV-Dem, weighted by population
- Distribution of egalitarian democracy indexV-Dem
- Distribution of electoral democracy indexV-Dem
- Distribution of electoral democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Distribution of liberal democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Distribution of liberal democracy indexV-Dem
- Distribution of participatory democracy indexV-Dem
- Distribution of participatory democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
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- Egalitarian democracy indexV-Dem
- Egalitarian democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Egalitarian political institutions indexV-Dem
- Elected political leaders index
- Elections for government's chief executiveLexical Index
- Elections for legislatureLexical Index
- Electoral democracyLexical Index
- Electoral democracyRegimes of the World
- Electoral democracy indexV-Dem
- Electoral democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Electoral pluralism indexEIU
- Elite consultations scoreV-Dem
- Engaged society scoreV-Dem
- Equal access to power indexV-Dem
- Equal resource distribution indexV-Dem
- Equal rights protection indexV-Dem
- Free and fair electionsRegimes of the World
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- Free and fair elections scoreBTI
- Free countries and territoriesFreedom House
- Freedom of association indexV-Dem
- Freedom of association scoreBTI
- Freedom of expression indexV-Dem
- Freedom of expression scoreBTI
- Functioning government indexEIU
- GDP per capita vs. electoral democracy index
- Government effectiveness vs. liberal democracy
- Human rights index vs. electoral democracy index
- Individual liberties and equality before the law index
- Judicial constraints on the executive index
- Justified political positions scoreV-Dem
- Legislative constraints on the executive index
- Liberal democracyRegimes of the World
- Liberal democracy indexV-Dem
- Liberal democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Liberal political institutionsRegimes of the World
- Liberal political institutions index
- Life expectancy vs. liberal democracy index
- Meaningful democratic electoral institutionsRegimes of the World
- Men's universal right to voteLexical Index
- Multi-party electionsRegimes of the World
- Multi-party elections for government's chief executiveRegimes of the World
- Multi-party elections for legislatureRegimes of the World
- Number of democracies by ageBoix et al.
- Number of democracies by ageBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- Number of democracies by agePolity
- Number of electoral democracies by ageRegimes of the World
- Number of electoral democracies by ageLexical Index
- Number of polyarchies by ageLexical Index
- Openness of executive recruitment scorePolity
- Participatory democracy indexV-Dem, weighted by population
- Participatory democracy indexV-Dem
- Participatory political institutions indexV-Dem
- People living in countries with universal right to vote
- People living in democracies and autocraciesRegimes of the World
- People living in democracies and autocraciesRegimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- People living in democracies and autocraciesLexical Index
- People living in democracies and autocraciesBTI
- People living in democracies and autocraciesLexical Index, simplified
- People living in democracies and non-democraciesBoix et al.
- People living in democracies and non-democraciesBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- People living in democracies and non-democraciesFreedom House
- People living in democracies and non-democraciesPolity
- People living in democracies and non-democraciesEIU
- People living in democratizing and autocratizing countriesEpisodes of Regime Transformation
- People living in democratizing and autocratizing countriesEpisodes of Regime Transformation, within regimes
- People living in free countries and territoriesFreedom House
- Political and social integration indexBTI
- Political centralization index
- Political libertiesLexical Index
- Political oppositionLexical Index
- Political participation indexBTI
- Political participation indexEIU
- Political regimeRegimes of the World
- Political regimeBoix et al.
- Political regimeRegimes of the World, including ambiguous regimes
- Political regimeBoix et al., including women's right to vote
- Political regimeFreedom House, free countries
- Political regimeFreedom House, electoral democracies
- Political regimeLexical Index
- Political regimePolity
- Political regimeBTI
- Political regimeEIU
- Political regimeEpisodes of Regime Transformation
- Political regimeEpisodes of Regime Transformation, within regimes
- Political regime classification by source
- Political rights ratingFreedom House
- Political rights scoreFreedom House
- PolyarchyLexical Index
- Progress towards the implementation of UNCLOS
- Regulation of political participation scorePolity
- Respect for counterarguments scoreV-Dem
- Rule of law indexBTI
- Rule of law indexV-Dem
- Separation of powers scoreBTI
- Share of adult citizens who have the right to vote
- Share of member states in international organizations
- Share of people who find political decision-making inclusive and responsive
- Share of people who trust their national government
- Share of voting rights in international organizations
- Stability of democratic institutions indexBTI
- Stateness indexBTI
- Strong elected local governments indexV-Dem
- Strong elected regional governments indexV-Dem
- Tax revenues vs. electoral democracy index
- Transparent lawsRegimes of the World
- Trust in government, OECD average
- Universal right to voteLexical Index
- Varieties of democracyV-Dem, weighted by population
- Varieties of democracyV-Dem
- Voter turnout of registered voters
- Voter turnout of voting-age population
- Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index
- Women's universal right to voteLexical Index