Erfolgreiche und gescheiterte Staatsstreiche in ausgewählten Ländern bis 2023

Die Quelle unterscheidet zwischen gescheiterten und erfolgreichen Putschversuchen. Ein Coup gilt als gescheitert: "A coup that fails to achieve the effective removal or displacement of the targeted incumbent actor or fails to end their ability to direct national governance. These include:
Coup Conspiracies - A coup plot discovered and disrupted in the planning stages.
Attempted Coups - An initiated coup plot that fails to achieve the effective removal or displacement of the targeted incumbent actor or fails to end their ability to direct national governance."

Ein Coup gilt als erfolgreich: "A coup that achieves the effective removal or displacement of the targeted incumbent actor, or ends their ability to direct national governance. The plotters need not accomplish the effective takeover of the state apparatus."