We also have external archives at the SND and at CurateND where e.g., posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7) can be accessed.
Most ZIP files include Dataset, Codebook, What's New, Cautionary Notes, and Suggested Citations.
All 500 V-Dem indicators and 245 indices + 57 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 14 |
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| Published | March 2024 |
| Formats | STATA, CSV, R, SPSS |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 14 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2024 |
| Formats | CSV, R |
All 470 V-Dem indicators and 81 indices.
| Version | 14 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2024 |
| Formats | STATA, CSV, R, SPSS |
The five high-level V-Dem democracy indices, 92 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 14 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2024 |
| Formats | STATA, CSV, R, SPSS |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 13 |
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| Published | March 2023 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
The five high-level V-Dem democracy indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 13 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2023 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 13 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2023 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 13 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2023 |
| Formats | CSV |
The five high-level V-Dem democracy indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 12 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2022 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 12 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2022 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 12 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2022 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 12 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2022 |
| Formats | CSV |
| Version | 2 |
|---|---|
| Published | February 2022 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
| Version | 2 |
|---|---|
| Published | February 2022 |
| Formats | CSV |
Note: For v11, there was a mistake in aggregating a number of A and A* variables from country-date to country-year by using the wrong aggregation method, most often using maximum instead of last or last instead of maximum per country-year. Most indices were not affected by this as they get calculated using country-date inputs. The following indices were affected and were recalculated for v11.1, the number of changed observations in comparison to v11 are in parenthesis: v2x_horacc (all), v2x_accountability (all), v2x_veracc (all), v2x_diagacc (all), v2x_divparctrl (45), v2x_feduni (8), v2x_regime (24), v2x_regime_amb (25), v2x_ex_confidence (17), v2x_ex_direlect (8), v2x_ex_hereditary (21), v2x_ex_military (52), v2x_ex_party (27). The affected A and A* variables were re-aggregated using the correct method for v11.1.
Country-Year: V-Dem CoreThe five high-level V-Dem Democracy Indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 11 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 11 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 11 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 11 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | CSV |
Note: For v11, there was a mistake in aggregating a number of A and A* variables from country-date to country-year by using the wrong aggregation method, most often using maximum instead of last or last instead of maximum per country-year. Most indices were not affected by this as they get calculated using country-date inputs. The following indices were affected and were recalculated for v11.1, the number of changed observations in comparison to v11 are in parenthesis: v2x_horacc (all), v2x_accountability (all), v2x_veracc (all), v2x_diagacc (all), v2x_divparctrl (45), v2x_feduni (8), v2x_regime (24), v2x_regime_amb (25), v2x_ex_confidence (17), v2x_ex_direlect (8), v2x_ex_hereditary (21), v2x_ex_military (52), v2x_ex_party (27). The affected A and A* variables were re-aggregated using the correct method for v11.1.
The five high-level V-Dem Democracy Indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 11.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 11.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 483 V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 11.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 11.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2021 |
| Formats | CSV |
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Published | October 2020 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Published | October 2020 |
| Formats | CSV |
The five high-level V-Dem Democracy Indices, 82 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 10 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2020 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 470+ V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 10 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2020 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 470+ V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 10 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2020 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 10 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2020 |
| Formats | CSV |
Note: 6 May 2019 we uploaded slightly updated dataset packages. The difference concerns some tags and Codebook entries. For details, please consult the change log file changelog.txt (447 bytes).
Note: 3 June 2019 we uploaded slightly updated versions of the country-year full+others dataset packages. The difference concerns only two variables on GDP growth (e_migdpgro and e_migdpgrolns).
The five high-level V-Dem Democracy Indices, 81 indices, and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 9 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2019 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 450+ V-Dem indicators and indices + 59 other indicators from other data sources. For R users, we recommend to install our vdemdata R package which includes the most recent V-Dem dataset and some useful functions to explore the data.
| Version | 9 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2019 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
All 450+ V-Dem indicators and indices.
| Version | 9 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2019 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, R |
Data coded by Country Experts and coder-reliability scores from the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 9 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2019 |
| Formats | CSV |
The five V-Dem Democracy Indices and the indicators constituting them.
| Version | 8 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2018 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices.
STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard deviation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 8 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2018 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources.
| Version | 8 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2018 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard deviation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 8 |
|---|---|
| Published | April 2018 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
We strongly recommend that you to use the most recent version of the dataset which can be downloaded directly from our website. We also have an external archive, here you find: the coder-level version of the dataset, accompanying documentation, posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7). To access the archive, click here.
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | July 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | July 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | July 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
We strongly recommend that you to use the most recent version of the dataset which can be downloaded directly from our website.
We also have an external archive, here you find: the coder-level version of the dataset, accompanying documentation, posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7). To access the archive, click here.
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 7 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 7 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 7 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2017 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
We strongly recommend that you to use the most recent version of the dataset which can be downloaded directly from our website.
We also have an external archive, here you find: the coder-level version of the dataset, accompanying documentation, posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7). To access the archive, click here.
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Published | June 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Published | June 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Published | June 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV, Excel |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6.1 |
|---|---|
| Published | May 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV, Excel |
We strongly recommend that you to use the most recent version of the dataset which can be downloaded directly from our website.
We also have an external archive, here you find: the coder-level version of the dataset, accompanying documentation, posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7). To access the archive, click here.
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 6 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns. STATA-IC version excludes HPD intervals for the ordinal scale and standard devation for the relative and original scale of the Measurement Model output.
| Version | 6 |
|---|---|
| Published | March 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, STATA-IC, CSV |
We strongly recommend that you to use the most recent version of the dataset which can be downloaded directly from our website.
We also have an external archive, here you find: the coder-level version of the dataset, accompanying documentation, posterior distributions for variables, and older versions (v1-v7). To access the archive, click here.
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Year format).
Suitable for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns.
| Version | 5 |
|---|---|
| Published | January 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices + over 300 other indicators from other data sources (Country-Year format).
| Version | 5 |
|---|---|
| Published | January 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV |
All 350+ V-Dem indicators and indices (Country-Date format).
Type B, C and D indicators and most indices are in Country-Date format. For details on variable types, see the codebook.
Suitable also for STATA-IC and other software handling a max of 2,000 variables/columns.
| Version | 5 |
|---|---|
| Published | January 2016 |
| Formats | SPSS, STATA, CSV |
