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Correlates of War Project datasets

The collection is international and many core series begin in 1815 or 1816; end dates and releases vary by dataset. State System Membership v2024 covers 1816 through December 2024, while the current overview lists war data through 2007, militarized disputes through 2014 and trade through 2014.

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Signal Scoredraft model
90
Access
No key · none
20
Licence clarity
Custom · terms linked
13
Evidence
5 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

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Attribution
Correlates of War Project. 2025. "State System Membership, v2024." Online, https://correlatesofwar.org

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/
  2. 02correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/state-system-membership/
  3. 03correlatesofwar.org/data-sets/cow-country-codes-2/
  4. 04correlatesofwar.org/wp-content/uploads/COW-country-codes.csv
  5. 05correlatesofwar.org/faq/

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