Dataset Information

Data available from 1776-01-01 to 2020-01-01
Source: Center for Systemic Peace (CSP)

This dataset icludes yearly information of the Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions published by Center for Systemic Peace (CSP), for multiple countries. These are annual, cross-national, time-series and polity-case formats coding democratic and autocratic "patterns of authority" and regime changes in all independent countries with total population greater than 500,000 in 2018 (167 countries in 2018). To access additional information and details regarding the variables and methodology, please refer to: https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/p5manualv2018.pdf