Explore the Methodology, Technical Procedures Guide and Codebook to learn more about how the Global State of Democracy (GSoD) indices were designed and constructed:
- The Global State of Democracy Indices Methodology: Conceptualization and Measurement Framework, v6, 2022, outlines the conceptual distinctions, theoretical framework and measurement procedures on which the GSoD Indices are based. This document has been updated to reflect the changes implemented in Version 5 of the data set.
- The Global State of Democracy Indices: Technical Procedures Guide, v6, 2022, outlines the technical steps taken in constructing the GSoD indices. It is written for readers who want a better understanding of the indices or for researchers who wish to use and build on the data contained within them. This guide builds upon the GSoD Indices Methodology.
- The Global State of Democracy Indices: Codebook, v6, 2022 provides details for all of the variables included in the data set. This document is an essential guide for the use of the data.
- Version 6.1 of the full GSoD Indices data set (with data through the end of 2021) is available for download in .csv and .xlsx formats.
More questions?
If you have more questions about the indices you can contact us by email at GSoD.indices@idea.int. We look forward to hearing from you!
Old data sets and background documents
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Previous versions of The Global State of Democracy Indices: Technical Procedures Guide are available here: version 2; version 3; version 4; version 5. These documents outline the technical steps taken in constructing the GSoD Indices. They were written for readers who want a better understanding of the Indices or for researchers who wish to use and build on the data contained within them. The guide builds upon the GSoD Indices Methodology.
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Previous versions of the data set can be downloaded here: