Referendum Campaign Finance Regulations Across 143 Countries

An overview of the presence or absence of 39 regulations related to referendum campaign finance. It covers 143 countries, compiled by author Paulissen, Toine. The data was last updated in February 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the correlation between specific referendum finance regulations and country-level political systems.
• Map the global distribution of the 39 regulations to identify regional patterns in campaign finance governance.
• Benchmark a country's regulatory framework against the 39 defined regulations for comparative policy analysis.

Strengths

• Covers a broad scope of 143 countries, enabling global comparative analysis.
• Focuses on a detailed set of 39 distinct regulations for systematic evaluation.

Limitations

• The dataset's binary presence/absence coding may lack nuance on regulation enforcement or strength.
• No sample data or column details are available to verify data structure or specific variables.
• The temporal coverage and update history prior to 2026 are unknown, potentially limiting time-series analysis.

Provenance

Source

ICPSR Harvested Dataverse

Freshness

Last updated in February 2026.

Geography

143 countries