Rulers, Elections, and Irregular Governance (REIGN)
Rulers, Elections, and Irregular Governance (REIGN) is the most robust leader-month data capturing national electoral process and leadership change. REIGN was originally created by Curtis Bell, and for five years was operated by One Earth Future. As of August 2021, REIGN contained over 138,000 unique leader-month observations. The management of the project was transferred to the University of Central Florida in fall 2021, where it will be directed by Jonathan Powell.
Key Outputs:
CoupCast is an effort to provide reliable estimates of the risk of coups in the world. Past estimates from CoupCast, available through August 2021, are available in the REIGN dataset (linked below).
Key Outputs:
- Political conditions in every sovereign state are updated monthly. Coverage starts in January 1950
- Includes information about more than 2,500 individual leaders in 201 different countries
- Provides new data about election announcements, delays, and outcomes
- Includes information about current conditions and scheduled future events, making it ideal for event forecasting
CoupCast is an effort to provide reliable estimates of the risk of coups in the world. Past estimates from CoupCast, available through August 2021, are available in the REIGN dataset (linked below).
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Access the data (last updated August 2021)
REIGN Dataset 1950-2021 Election List Leader List Regime List Codebook Technical Notes |
How to cite:
Bell, Curtis, Clayton Besaw, Matthew Frank. 2021. The Rulers, Elections, and Irregular Governance (REIGN) Dataset. Broomfield, CO: One Earth Future. Available at https://oefdatascience.github.io/REIGN.github.io/ |