Year of observation
Country name
Country number
ISO country code (ALPHA-3)
ISO 3166-1 numeric code (numeric-3)
Former 'Comparative Political Data Set I' country
Former post-communist country
European Union (EU) member state
Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) member state
Right-wing parties as % of total cabinet posts, weighted by days
Center parties as % of total cabinet posts, weighted by days
Left-wing parties as % of total cabinet posts, weighted by days
Cabinet composition (Schmidt index)
New ideological composition of cabinet
'Ideological gap' between new and old cabinet
Number of changes in government per year
Right-wing gov. parties' seat share as % of all governing parties' seat share
Center gov. parties' seat share as % of all governing parties' seat share
Left-wing gov. parties' seat share as % of all governing parties' seat share
Parliamentary seat share of right-wing parties in government, weighted by days
Parliamentary seat share of center parties in government, weighted by days
Parliamentary seat share of left-wing parties in government, weighted by days
Government support (seat share of all parties in government)
Type of government (government in office for the longest period)
Date of parliamentary election
Voter turnout in election
Vote share of social democratic party 1
Vote share of social democratic party 2
Vote share of social democratic party 3
Vote share of social democratic party 4
Vote share of social democratic party 5
Vote share of social democratic party 6
Vote share of social democratic party 7
Vote share of social democratic party 8
Vote share of left-socialist party 1
Vote share of left-socialist party 2
Vote share of left-socialist party 3
Vote share of left-socialist party 4
Vote share of left-socialist party 5
Vote share of communist party 1
Vote share of communist party 2
Vote share of communist party 3
Vote share of communist party 4
Vote share of post-communist party 1
Vote share of agrarian party 1
Vote share of agrarian party 2
Vote share of agrarian party 3
Vote share of conservative party 1
Vote share of conservative party 2
Vote share of conservative party 3
Vote share of conservative party 4
Vote share of conservative party 5
Vote share of conservative party 6
Vote share of religious party 1
Vote share of religious party 2
Vote share of religious party 3
Vote share of religious party 4
Vote share of religious party 5
Vote share of religious party 6
Vote share of religious party 7
Vote share of liberal party 1
Vote share of liberal party 2
Vote share of liberal party 3
Vote share of liberal party 4
Vote share of liberal party 5
Vote share of liberal party 6
Vote share of liberal party 7
Vote share of liberal party 8
Vote share of protest party 1
Vote share of protest party 2
Vote share of protest party 3
Vote share of protest party 4
Vote share of protest party 5
Vote share of green party 1
Vote share of green party 2
Vote share of green party 3
Vote share of ethnic party 1
Vote share of ethnic party 2
Vote share of ethnic party 3
Vote share of ethnic party 4
Vote share of right party 1
Vote share of right party 2
Vote share of right party 3
Vote share of right party 4
Vote share of right party 5
Vote share of regionalist party 1
Vote share of feminist party 1
Vote share of monarchist party 1
Vote share of personalist party 1
Vote share of pensioners party 1
Vote share of pensioners party 2
Vote share of non-labelled party 1
Vote share of non-labelled party 2
Vote share of electoral alliance 1
Vote share of electoral alliance 2
Vote share of electoral alliance 3
Vote share of other parties/candidates
Seat share of social democratic party 1
Seat share of social democratic party 2
Seat share of social democratic party 3
Seat share of social democratic party 4
Seat share of social democratic party 5
Seat share of social democratic party 6
Seat share of social democratic party 7
Seat share of social democratic party 8
Seat share of left-socialist party 1
Seat share of left-socialist party 2
Seat share of left-socialist party 3
Seat share of left-socialist party 4
Seat share of left-socialist party 5
Seat share of communist party 1
Seat share of communist party 2
Seat share of communist party 3
Seat share of communist party 4
Seat share of post-communist party 1
Seat share of agrarian party 1
Seat share of agrarian party 2
Seat share of agrarian party 3
Seat share of conservative party 1
Seat share of conservative party 2
Seat share of conservative party 3
Seat share of conservative party 4
Seat share of conservative party 5
Seat share of conservative party 6
Seat share of religious party 1
Seat share of religious party 2
Seat share of religious party 3
Seat share of religious party 4
Seat share of religious party 5
Seat share of religious party 6
Seat share of religious party 7
Seat share of liberal party 1
Seat share of liberal party 2
Seat share of liberal party 3
Seat share of liberal party 4
Seat share of liberal party 5
Seat share of liberal party 6
Seat share of liberal party 7
Seat share of liberal party 8
Seat share of protest party 1
Seat share of protest party 2
Seat share of protest party 3
Seat share of protest party 4
Seat share of protest party 5
Seat share of green party 1
Seat share of green party 2
Seat share of green party 3
Seat share of ethnic party 1
Seat share of ethnic party 2
Seat share of ethnic party 3
Seat share of ethnic party 4
Seat share of right party 1
Seat share of right party 2
Seat share of right party 3
Seat share of right party 4
Seat share of right party 5
Seat share of regionalist party 1
Seat share of feminist party 1
Seat share of monarchist party 1
Seat share of personalist party 1
Seat share of pensioners party 1
Seat share of pensioners party 2
Seat share of non-labelled party 1
Seat share of non-labelled party 2
Seat share of electoral alliance 1
Seat share of electoral alliance 2
Seat share of electoral alliance 3
Seat share of other parties/candidates
Seat share of women in parliaments
Electoral fractionalization of the party system (Rae index)
Legislative fractionalization of the party system (Rae index)
Effective number of parties on the votes level
Effective number of parties on the seats level
Index of absolute disproportionality
Index of relative disproportionality
Gallagher index of disproportionality
First (executives-parties) dimension (Lijphart data)
Second (federal-unitary) dimension (Lijphart data)
Effective number of parliamentary parties (Lijphart data)
Minimal winning one-party cabinets (%) (Lijphart data)
Index of executive dominance (Lijphart data)
Index of disproportionality (%) (Lijphart data)
Index of interest group pluralism (Lijphart data)
Index of federalism (Lijphart data)
Index of bicameralism (Lijphart data)
Index of constitutional rigidity (Lijphart data)
Index of judicial review (Lijphart data)
Index of central bank independence (Lijphart data)
Lijphart's first dimension. Proxy variable
Lijphart's first dimension. Proxy variable institutions
Lijphart's first dimension. Proxy variable behaviour
Index of institutional constraints of central state government (Schmidt 1996)
Augmented index of constitutional structures (Huber/Ragin/Stephens 1993)
Federalism
Executive-legislative relations (presidentialism/parliamentarism)
Electoral system (PR or single-member districts)
Index of bicameralism
Referendum
Judicial review
Openness in capital account transactions (Chinn/Ito 2008)
Openness of the economy: (imports+exports)/GDP
Total outlays (disbursements) of general government as % of GDP
Total receipts (revenue) of general government as % of GDP
Real GDP growth (% change from previous year)
Nominal GDP growth (% change from previous year)
Growth of consumer price index (CPI, % change from previous year)
Gross general government debt (financial liabilities) as % of GDP
Gross general government debt as % of GDP, with historical data
Deficit (overall balance) as % GDP
Deficit excluding interest payments (primary balance) as % GDP
Cyclically adjusted primary balance as % GDP
Long-term interest rate on government bonds
Current account balance as % of GDP
Total labour force, in thousands
Civilian labour force, in thousands
Civilian employment, in thousands
Total labour force as % of population 15-64 (participation rate)
Civilian employment as % of population 15-64
Civilian employment in agriculture, in thousands
Civilian employment in industry, in thousands
Civilian employment in services, in thousands
Unemployed, in thousands
Unemployment rate, % of civilian labour force
Number of industrial disputes (strikes and lockouts)
Workers involved in labour disputes, in thousands
Working days lost (due to strikes and lockouts), in thousands
Index of strike activity, working days lost per 1000 workers
Total reported union members, in thousands
Net union membership, in thousands
Union density (net union membership as % of employees)
Bargaining (or union) coverage, adjusted
Social security transfers, % of GDP
Total social expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Social expenditure in cash, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Social expenditure in kind, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Old age expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Survivor benefits, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Incapacity-related benefits, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Health expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Expenditure for families, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Active labour market programs expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Unemployment benefits expenditure in cash, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Housing expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Other social policy expenditure, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Cash benefits for family allowances, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Cash benefits for maternal/parental leave, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Cash benefits on other family policies, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Childcare and early educational services, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Home-help and accommodation services, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Other benefits in kind for families, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Employment services and administration, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Labour market training, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Job rotation and job sharing, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Employment incentives, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Supported employment and rehabilitation, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Direct job creation, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Support for starting enterprises, % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Unemployment compensation and severance pay (in cash), % of GDP (public/mandator
Early retirement (in cash), % of GDP (public/mandatory private)
Employment protection legislation, regular contracts
Employment protection legislation, fixed-term/temporary contracts
Pre-tax Gini index on market income (before taxes and transfers)
After-tax Gini index on disposable income (after taxes and transfers)
Total population, in thousands
Population 15-64, in thousands
Population over 65, in thousands
Population over 65, % of population