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The Database of Political Institutions (DPI): 2023

By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)

The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party affiliation and ideology, and fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature. The current version of the database expands its coverage to about 180 countries for 45 years, 1975-2023.

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Identifier https://doi.org/10.60966/8tx1xs4i
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Citation

Cruz, C., Keefer, P., Scartascini, C., & Simpser, A. (2026). The Database of Political Institutions (DPI): 2023 [Data set]. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/8tx1xs4i
Published date 2026-03-11
Modified date 2026-03-12
Tags/Keywords Democracy · Elections · Legislatures · Political Institutions · Political Parties
Language
  1. English
In Series Database of Political Institutions
Temporal coverage 1975-2023
Country
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Senegal
Ghana
Australia
Greece
New Zealand
Grenada
Guatemala
Myanmar
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Bahrain
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Austria
Nicaragua
India
Colombia
Indonesia
Iran
Sierra Leone
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Japan
Bangladesh
Comoros
Azerbaijan
Singapore
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Congo Republic
Slovakia
Niger
Liberia
Bahamas
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Argentina
Costa Rica
Mali
Nigeria
Malta
Mauritania
North Korea
North Macedonia
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Slovenia
Panama
Croatia
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Barbados
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Solomon Islands
Romania
Russia
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
Belgium
South Sudan
Mauritius
Spain
Sri Lanka
Cyprus
Sudan
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Belize
Mexico
Tanzania
Czechia
Thailand
The Gambia
Cuba
The Netherlands
Timor-Leste
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Türkiye
Moldova
Denmark
Benin
Rwanda
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Namibia
Saint Lucia
Mongolia
Yemen
Bhutan
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei
Samoa
Djibouti
Bulgaria
Mozambique
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Republic
Belarus
Chad
Dominican Republic
Chile
China
DR Congo
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Armenia
Saudi Arabia
Estonia
Eswatini
Nepal
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Georgia
Germany
Region Latin America and the Caribbean
Publisher
Inter-American Development Bank
Author
Cruz, Cesi
Keefer, Philip
Scartascini, Carlos
Simpser, Alberto
Data collection type Administrative Data
Statistical type Panel Data
Data structure Structured Data

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