Countries that are democracies and autocracies, World

Political regimes based on the criteria of the classification by Lührmann et al. (2018) and the assessment by V-Dem’s experts.

178920221850190019502000Probably closedautocraciesProbablyelectoralautocracyElectoralautocracies Probablyelectoralautocracy ProbablyelectoraldemocracyElectoraldemocraciesProbablyelectoraldemocracyProbably liberaldemocracyLiberaldemocraciesClosedautocracies

Source: OWID based on Lührmann et al. (2018); V-Dem (v13)

Note: The share of closed autocracies increases a lot in 1900 because V-Dem covers many more countries since then, often colonies.