Economics
Democracy and rights - V-Dem, EIU, Freedom House
Democracy and rights indicators curated by Our World in Data. Slugs include democracy-index-eiu, human-rights-index-vdem, civil-liberties-index-vdem, electoral-democracy-index, liberal-democracy-index, liberal-democracy, political-regime. Published under CC BY 4.0; attribution names the upstream V-Dem, Economist Intelligence Unit, or Freedom House dataset.
get/api/v1/owid/democracy-rights
Query parameters
slugstring
OWID chart slug (see /owid/catalog?theme=democracy-rights).
OWID chart slug (see /owid/catalog?theme=democracy-rights).
countrystring nullable
Country filter (ISO3 or multi).
Country filter (ISO3 or multi).
start_yearinteger nullable
Inclusive start year.
Inclusive start year.
end_yearinteger nullable
Inclusive end year.
Inclusive end year.
Response
Country-year observations for the democracy or rights slug with CC BY 4.0 dual attribution.
Example response
{
"meta": {
"endpoint": "/api/v1/fred/us/cpi",
"data_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:00Z",
"response_time": "2026-04-16T14:30:12Z",
"provider": "Sugra API v1.0.1",
"source": "sugra_crypto",
"attribution": "Short interest and Reg SHO daily short volume data is owned by and sourced from FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority).",
"fallback_chain": [
"sugra_crypto",
"sugra_finance"
]
}
}