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Historical Political Regimes Index
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Tracks the evolution of democratic rights globally from 1789 to 2020. This historical data provides critical insights into how political regimes have changed over more than two centuries, detailing the shift from a world where nearly everyone lacked democratic rights to one where billions of people now possess them. This resource allows users to analyse political freedoms and governance structures across time.
Columns
- Entity: Represents the country or geographical unit being tracked. This field identifies 199 unique entities.
- Code: Provides the country code associated with the entity.
- Year: The temporal marker for the observation, spanning from the year 1789 up to 2020.
- Political regime: A measured value representing the status of the political regime. Values typically range from 0 (indicating a lower level of democratic rights) to 3 (indicating the highest level of democratic rights).
Distribution
The information is provided as a single CSV file, specifically named
political-regimes.csv, which has a file size of approximately 616.43 kB. The file contains 4 distinct columns and details approximately 30.3 thousand records (rows). Data is structured chronologically and geographically, detailing historical records for almost 200 countries.Usage
This data product is ideally suited for studying long-term political science trends, historical analysis of state formation, and modelling changes in political freedoms across the world. It can be used, for example, to represent the evolution of democratic rights by specific country or across defined historical periods.
Coverage
The data spans a vast historical period, starting in the year 1789 and extending up to the year 2020. The geographical coverage is global, encompassing nearly 200 unique entities and countries.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Historians researching regime changes and democratization trends, political scientists studying global governance, students and educators visualizing the evolution of global rights, and researchers focused on metrics related to human rights.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Global Democratic Rights Evolution (1789-2020)
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Original Data Source: Historical Political Regimes Index
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