Governments' Responses to COVID-19

The Response2covid19 dataset tracks governments’ responses to COVID-19 all around the world. The dataset is at the country-level and covers the January 2020 - June 2021 period; it is updated on a monthly basis. It tracks 20 measures – 13 public health measures and 7 economic measures – taken by 228 governments. The tracking of the measures allows creating an index of the rigidity of public health measures and an index of economic response to the pandemic. The objective of the dataset is both to inform citizens and to help researchers and governments in fighting the pandemic.The dataset can be downloaded and used freely. Please properly cite the name of the dataset (“Response2covid19”) and the reference: Porcher, Simon "Response2covid19, a dataset of governments' responses to COVID-19 all around the world", Scientific Data, 7, 423, 2020. 20-03 discussion paper, 2020.