Data Set Overview
Comparative Political Data Set by Government: Do- and R-Files to convert the data structure.
Comparative Political Data Set
Main data set with annual political and institutional data for 36 countries (1960-2021).
Data
- Stata
- Excel
Codebook
- PDF
Citation:
Armingeon, Klaus, Sarah Engler, Lucas Leemann and David Weisstanner. 2023.
Comparative Political Data Set 1960-2021.
Zurich/Lueneburg/Lucerne: University of Zurich, Leuphana University Lueneburg, and University of Lucerne.
Government Composition - Supplement to the Comparative Political Data Set
Detailed information on party composition, reshuffles, duration, reason for termination and the type of government for 36 OECD and/or EU-member countries.
Data
- Excel
Codebook
- PDF
Citation:
Armingeon, Klaus, Sarah Engler, Lucas Leemann and David Weisstanner. 2023.
Supplement to the Comparative Political Data Set – Government Composition 1960-2021.
Zurich/Lueneburg/Lucerne: University of Zurich, Leuphana University Lueneburg, and University of Lucerne.
Comparative Political Data Set by Government
Do- and R-Files to convert the data structure.
Note: During the process of translating the Do-Files into R-Code, we also adapted the rule assigning years of influence to governments. The new rule assigns a year to the government that was in power for the longest period during the first eight months of the year. Governments which do not have a year of influence are taken out of the data, but this can be changed in the code. Thus, these changes result in differences in the converted data when compared with the previous Do-Files.
Do-Files
- CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2023)
- CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2023)
R-File
- CPDS by Government R (Update 2023)
Earlier versions (archive)
Update 2022
CPDS 1960-2020 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2020 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS 1960-2020 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2020 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2020 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2022)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2022)
CPDS by Government R (Update 2022)
Update 2021
CPDS 1960-2019 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2019 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS 1960-2019 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2019 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2019 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2021)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2021)
Update 2020
CPDS 1960-2018 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2018 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS 1960-2018 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2018 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2018 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2020)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2020)
Update 2019
CPDS 1960-2017 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2017 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2017 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2017 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2017 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2019)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2019)
Update 2018
CPDS 1960-2016 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2016 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2016 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2016 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2016 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2018)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2018)
Update 2017
CPDS 1960-2015 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2015 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2015 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2015 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2015 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS by Government Part I (Update 2017)
CPDS by Government Part II (Update 2017)
Update 2016
CPDS 1960-2014 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2014 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2014 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2014 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2014 (PDF, .pdf)
Update 2015
CPDS 1960-2013 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS 1960-2013 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2013 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2013 (Excel, .xls)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2013 (PDF, .pdf)
Update 2014
CPDS I 1960-2012 (SPSS, .sav)
CPDS I 1960-2012 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS I 1960-2012 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2012 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS III 1990-2012 (SPSS, .sav)
CPDS III 1990-2012 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS III 1990-2012 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS III 1990-2012 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS Government Composition 1960-2012 (Excel, .xls)
Codebook CPDS Government Composition 1960-2012 (PDF, .pdf)
Update 2013
CPDS I 1960-2011 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS I 1960-2011 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS I 1960-2011 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS III 1990-2011 (Stata, .dta)
CPDS III 1990-2011 (Excel, .xlsx)
Codebook CPDS III 1990-2011 (PDF, .pdf)
Data from earlier updates are available upon request.
Comparative Political Data Set II (28 Post-Communist Countries)
The Comparative Data Set for 28 Post-Communist Countries, 1989–2004, is a collection of political and institutional data which has been assembled in the context of the research project “Forms of Government. A Comparative Data Set for 28 Eastern Countries,“ directed by Klaus Armingeon and funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. It consists of annual data for 28 former communist countries, covering the period from 1989 to 2004. For member states of the former Soviet Union, the entries cover the period following their official independence from the USSR (mostly after 1991 and 1992).
The data set is offered in two formats: 1. Excel files, with detailed information, including information on sources; and 2. SPSS files, suitable for cross-national, longitudinal and pooled time series analyses.
In any work using data from this data set, please quote both the data set and, where appropriate, the original source. Please quote this data set as:
Klaus Armingeon and Romana Careja. 2007. Comparative Data Set for 28 Post-Communist Countries, 1989-2007. Zurich: Institute of Political Science, University of Zurich.
Last update: 2008-09-04
Codebook:
CPDS II Codebook SPSS 2007 (PDF, .pdf)
CPDS II Codebook Excel 2008 (PDF, .pdf)
Dataset:
CPDS II Files SPSS 2007 (ZIP-compressed, .zip)
CPDS II Files Excel 2006/2008 (ZIP-compressed, .zip)
Annex:
CPDS II Annex SPSS 2007 (ZIP-compressed, .zip)
CPDS II Annex Excel 2008 (ZIP-compressed, .zip)