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The Global State of Democracy 2021 reports are based on numerous sources, including the GSoD Indices and the Global Monitor of Covid 19’s Impact on Democracy and Human Rights. Please follow the links below to learn about these quantitative and qualitative datasets and to dig into the data yourself!

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The Global State of Democracy Indices

The Global State of Democracy Indices (GSoD Indices) measure democratic trends at the country, regional and global levels across a broad range of different attributes of democracy in the period 1975–2020. They do not provide a single index of democracy.

They produce data for 166 countries across the globe. The GSoD Indices are based on 116 individual indicators devised by various scholars and organizations using different types of sources. The GSoD indices consist of attribute and subattribute scores per country per year for the period 1975–2020. All scoring runs from 0 to 1, with 0 representing the lowest achievement in the whole sample and 1 the highest.

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Global Monitor of COVID-19´s impact on Democracy and Human Rights

The Global Monitor of COVID-19’s Impact on Democracy and Human Rights is a qualitative monitor and a “one-stop-shop” online global monitoring tool/of the democracy and human rights implications of measures adopted by governments around the world in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, specifically in the 165 countries included in International IDEA’s Global State of Democracy (GSoD) Indices.  

It is aimed to be a user-friendly tool for policy-makers, civil society organizations, journalists, and the general public to easily access in one place all democracy and human rights-related information on COVID-19 measures, by country, by region and globally.  

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Africa: Voter turnout trends during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Countries with a limit set for the number of participants at public gatherings during national elections

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Postponement per region, as of August 2021

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Postponement per regime type as of August 2021

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Percentage of elections held and postponed (February 2020 to August 2021)

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Postponed elections (February 2020 to August 2021)

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Map of countries that held and postponed subnational elections between 21 February and 31 August 2022

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Map of countries that held and postponed national elections between 21 February and 31 August 2021

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