Datasets
- Freedom HouseMeasures various indices of political freedom around the world. Separate reports on democracy, press freedom, and internet freedom are also available.
- Nations in TransitCovers post-communist countries (2003-2015). See the 'Civil Society' section.
- Civicus Civil Society Index (CSI)Country reports evaluating nations by key civil society indicators.
- Enabling Environment IndexThe EEI examines the conditions under which civil societies work. Using secondary statistical data it ranks the governance, socio-cultural, and socio-economic environments for civil society in 109 countries.
- USAID CSO Sustainability IndexMeasures the strength and viability of civil society sectors in various nations.
- Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) ProjectV-dem has 5 indices of democracy’s quality: electoral democracy, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian.
Public opinion
- World Values SurveyA global network of social scientists studying changing values and their impact on social and political life, led by an international team of scholars and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
- EurobarometerEurobarometer is the polling instrument used by the European Commission, the European Parliament and other EU institutions and agencies to monitor regularly the state of public opinion in Europe, starting in 1974.
- Roper iPoll This link opens in a new windowNOTE: users need to create a personal account to download data and documents. A unique, rich data source for US public opinion topics. It includes 650,000 questions and answers from 1935 through last week, gathered from all the major polling organizations in the country (Gallup, Harris, Pew, etc.)
