South Africa: Parliamentary elections

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 South Africa

Years of parliamentary elections

 Latest value 1.00
 Year 2024
 Measure 1 elections, 0 otherwise
 Data availability 1960 - 2024
 Average 0.23
 Min - Max 0.00 - 1.00
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Recent data
South Africa - Parliamentary elections - Recent values chart

Historical series
South Africa - Parliamentary elections - historical chart - 1960-2024




Equal to 1 in years of parliamentary elections and 0 otherwise.

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