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Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED)

The Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED) records discrete events related to democratic erosion and autocratic consolidation across countries and over time.

Active
USA

Evidence of this project's impact

The new version of DEED includes 23,421 event observations related to democratic erosion and autocratic consolidation across 156 countries from 2000 to 2023. DEED v7 classifies events into 76 distinct categories across 4 event types (precursors to, symptoms of, and resistance to erosion, and destabilizing events in authoritarian regimes). (Source)2026-01

Project type
Resource, Database
Language(s)
English
Added
2026-01-14
Last modified
2026-07-12T16:45:25.000Z

Additional details

Number of integrations
0
Metrics of success
The new version of DEED includes 23,421 event observations related to democratic erosion and autocratic consolidation across 156 countries from 2000 to 2023. DEED v7 classifies events into 76 distinct categories across 4 event types (precursors to, symptoms of, and resistance to erosion, and destabilizing events in authoritarian regimes).
Sustainable Development Goals
16. Peace, justice, and strong institutions
Issues addressed
democratic backsliding
Geographic focus
Global

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