Summarize V-Dem Data by Country — summarizedem • vdemlite

This function summarizes a specified V-Dem indicator by country for a given time period.

Usage

summarizedem(
  indicator = NULL,
  start_year = 1970,
  end_year = 2023,
  countries = NULL
)

Arguments

indicator: A character string specifying the V-Dem indicator to summarize.
start_year: An integer specifying the start year for the summary (default is 1970).
end_year: An integer specifying the end year for the summary (default is 2023).
countries: An optional character vector specifying the countries to include (default is NULL, which includes all countries).

Value

A table summarizing the specified indicator by country.

Examples

# Summarize the liberal democracy index for all countries and years
summarizedem(indicator = "v2x_libdem")


  
    Summary of v2x_libdem by Country
    Years: 1970 - 2023
  
  
  

# Summarize the polyarchy index for all countries for the years 2000-2020
summarizedem(indicator = "v2x_polyarchy", start_year = 2000, end_year = 2020)


  
    Summary of v2x_polyarchy by Country
    Years: 2000 - 2020
  
  
  

# Summarize the civil liberties index for the BRICS with sparklines
countries = c("BRA", "RUS", "IND", "CHN", "ZAF")
summarizedem(indicator = "v2x_civlib",
              countries = countries)


  
    Summary of v2x_civlib by Country
    Years: 1970 - 2023