Dataset

Age of electoral democracy

owid.age-of-electoral-democracy
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Number of consecutive years in electoral democracy.

Cite as: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. “Age of electoral democracy” [dataset]. V-Dem, “Democracy report v16” [original data].

Publisher
Our World in Data
Tier
Official
Covers
1789–2025
Places
Countries, regions and groups of the world
Updated
annual
Last modified
2026-03-17
Units
years
License
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Method
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/age-of-electoral-democracy

Columns

NameTypeDescription
entitytextcountry, region or group
codetextISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions
yearinteger
num_years_in_electdem_consecutivetextAge of electoral democracy (years)

Dimensions

NameValues
entity
year

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