Friday, November 18, 2011

Democracy over Time (Updated with Atlas)

Democracies (states that score above 5 on the Polity IV scale) compose the majority of states today, and democratic state pairs (dyads) are more common than autocratic dyads or mixed dyads. It wasn't always this way. Use the slider at the bottom of the graph below to explore how the distribution of democracies and dictatorships has evolved over time.

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