V-Dem Varieties of Democracy
SUMMARY
V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. They distinguish between five high-level principles of democracy: electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian, and collect data to measure these principles.
The data team uses V-Dem for data for series including, but not limited to, SeriesCivilLibertiesindexVDEM, SeriesCivilSocietyParticipationIndexVDEM, SeriesCleanElectionsIndexVDEM, and SeriesFreedomofExpressionIndexVDEM. To pull data, please follow the instructions below and then navigate to the "data pull instructions".
GENERAL STEPS TO PULL V-DEM DATA
STEP 1.) Navigate to V-Dem's home page.
STEP 2.) Click on the tab labeled "Datasets".
STEP 3.) You will arrive at a page that displays V-Dem's various datasets, read the descriptions provided to select as appropriate. For this example, we will select "The V-Dem Dataset".
STEP 4.) When the page loads, scroll down and you will see