V-Dem Institute

Swedish research institute

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2024 V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) published its 15th edition of Democracy Indices, ranking 179 countries on various democratic metrics including Electoral, Liberal, Egalitarian, Participatory, Deliberative, and overall democracy scores.
2021 The Digital Society Project completed its data coverage period, spanning from 2000 to 2021, providing comprehensive insights into digital society indicators over two decades.
2020 V-Dem index expanded to include more than 470 indicators, 82 mid-level indices, and 5 high-level indices, covering 202 polities from the period of 1789–2019.
2019 V-Dem launched the Digital Society Project, an annual report with 35 indicators assessing digital media and internet-related metrics across five key areas: disinformation, digital media freedom, state regulation of digital media, online media polarization, and online social cleavages.

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