Coup d'État Project
Coup d'État Project
***Statement regarding the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021*** (Updated Dec. 15, 2022)
Coups d'État constitute an important subset of irregular transfers of political power that can have enduring consequences for a country's well-being. Despite this, social scientists have struggled to compile an inventory of coups that is global in scope, appropriately sourced, and effectively details the type of coup event that took place as well as the initiators of the coup. The Cline Center’s Coup d’État Project fills this gap. It is the world’s largest global registry of failed and successful coups that documents and categorizes these events for every country in the world.
Version 2.1.2 of the Coup d'État Project dataset encompasses 981 coup events, including 441 realized coups, 349 attempted coups, and 191 coup conspiracies that occurred between 1945 and 2022.
Click here to see an interactive map that displays the number of coup events by country (1945-2022)
The Coup d'État Project Dataset
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Dataset v2.1.2 - This version of the dataset improves on the data published in December 2022 by adding new coup events and updating the coding of coup events that occurred in 2022 extending the period covered from 1945 to the end of 2022. This version of these data (v2.1.2) contains 981 events (441 successful coups, 349 attempted coups and 191 coup conspiracies).
- Codebook v2.1.2 - This 16-page document provides a description of the Cline Center's Coup d’État Project Dataset. The first section of this codebook provides a summary of the different versions of the data. The second section provides a succinct definition of a coup d’état used by the Coup d’État Project and an overview of the categories used to differentiate the wide array of events that meet the project's definition. It also defines coup outcomes. The third section describes the methodology used to produce the data.
Click here to see previous versions of Coup d'État Project Data