Comparative analysis

This part of the report provides a comparative overview of the data on national-referendums worldwide contained in the Referendum Database. The comparative analysis focuses on:

• the number and share of referendums and ballot dates over time.
• a trend analysis looking at individual countries and their number of referendums over time.
• the type of referendums worldwide and referendums according to regime type.
• the turnout in referendums worldwide.
• the topics that were voted on.