South Korea: Presidential elections

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 South Korea

Year of presidential elections

 Latest value 1.00
 Year 2022
 Measure 1 elections, 0 otherwise
 Data availability 1960 - 2022
 Average 0.19
 Min - Max 0.00 - 1.00
 Source Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Recent data
South Korea - Presidential elections - Recent values chart

Historical series
South Korea - Presidential elections - historical chart - 1960-2022




Definition: Equal to 1 in presidential elections years and zero otherwise.

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