🌎 Latin America Democratic Backsliding Tracker

Monitoring democratic health using V-Dem v16 (2025 data) & BTI 2026 — Updated March 2026

Data: V-Dem v16 (2026) • BTI 2026 • ERT • DEED

— Severe Autocracy

— Critical Decline

— Warning

— Caution

— Stable/Improving

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Country	Status	Polyarchy	BTI	Change	Events

Electoral Democracy
(V-Dem Polyarchy)

Government Quality
(BTI Status Index)

Democratic Progress
(BTI Democracy Status)

Electoral Democracy Trend (2016–2025)

Erosion Events (DEED Dataset)

Key Information

Data Sources: V-Dem Dataset v16 (2026, covers 2025) • V-Dem Democracy Report 2026 • BTI 2026 – Latin America & Caribbean • Episodes of Regime Transformation (ERT) • Democratic Erosion Event Dataset (DEED v7)

V-Dem polyarchy scores from V-Dem Dataset v16 (Coppedge et al. 2026). BTI Status & Democracy scores from Bertelsmann Stiftung BTI 2026 (review period Feb 2023–Jan 2025). 10-year change reflects 2016→2025 polyarchy shift. DEED event counts are cumulative. For research and educational use — Democratic Backsliding Intelligence Hub, Hem Strat Group (HSG).