Updated Autocratic Regime Classifications from 1946 to 2024

Presenting an updated and extended version of the Wahman, Teorell, and Hadenius (WTH) 2013 dataset on autocratic regime types. It introduces a new democracy threshold based on the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index and provides novel regime classifications for the period 1946-2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term autocratic trends using the novel regime classifications from 1946 to 2024.
• Study regime transitions and shifts between autocracy and democracy based on the updated V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index threshold.
• Apply the extended WTH framework to model the stability of different autocratic regime types over time.

Strengths

• Extends temporal coverage to 78 years, from 1946 to 2024.
• Builds upon the widely used Wahman, Teorell, and Hadenius (WTH) 2013 framework.
• Introduces a novel democracy threshold based on the V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index.

Limitations

• The specific variables, column count, and sample size are not provided in the input.
• The methodology for the novel classifications and the update process is not detailed in the input.
• The geographic scope of the country coverage is not specified.

Provenance

Source

Authoritarian Regime Type Dataset Dataverse, based on the Wahman, Teorell, and Hadenius (WTH) 2013 dataset.

Collection Method

An updated and extended version of the WTH framework, incorporating a new V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index threshold.

Time Range

1946-2024

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-02-25.