Main Controls Primary Dataset Democracy versus autocracy over time Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Calc Table Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Baden Bahrain Bangladesh Bavaria Belarus Belgium Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic Timor Leste Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany East Germany West Germany Ghana Gran Colombia Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya South Korea North Korea 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Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Orange Free State Pakistan Panama Vatican Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Prussia Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Sardinia Saudi Arabia Saxony Senegal Serbia Serbia and Montenegro Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Two Sicilies United Arab Emirates Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Soviet Union Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam North Vietnam South Vietnam Wurttemberg Yemen North Yemen South Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income 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