Valeriya Mechkova

TL;DR: Based on data from the largest democracy database ever compiled, the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem), the authors find that the number of democracies worldwide declined slightly from 100 in 2011 to 97 today, and 16 countries transitioned to democracy over the last ten years, including Tunisia, Nepal, and Nigeria.

TL;DR: V-Dem Dataset V7, the most comprehensive dataset on democracy, now covering 17 million data points on democracy and 177 countries in the world up to 2016, is presented.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence of a global trend of autocratization and show that men and wealthy groups tend to have a strong hold on political power in countries where 86% of the world population reside.

TL;DR: The V- Dem Dataset v11.1 covers 202 countries, with a year coverage: 1789-2020 483 V-Dem indicators, 82 indices and 5 high-level indices.