Political regime
What you should know about this indicator
- Free countries are understood as countries in which citizens have many political rights (free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, functioning government) and civil liberties (freedoms of expression and association, rule of law, personal autonomy).
- Partly free country are countries in which citizens have some political rights and civil liberties.
- Not free country are countries in which citizens have few political rights and civil liberties.
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Notes on our processing step for this indicator
score 0: Not free Score 1: Partly free Score 2: Free
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“Data Page: Political regime”, part of the following publication: Bastian Herre, Lucas Rodés-Guirao and Esteban Ortiz-Ospina (2013) - “Democracy”. Data adapted from Freedom House. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/political-regime-fh [online resource]
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Freedom House (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
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Freedom House (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. “Political regime” [dataset]. Freedom House, “Freedom in the World” [original data]. Retrieved December 6, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/political-regime-fh