According to Clayton Thyne and Jonathan Powell's coup data set, there were 457 coup attempts from 1950 to 2010, of which 227 (49.7%) were successful and 230 (50.3%) were unsuccessful. They find that coups have "been most common in Africa and the Americas (36.5% and 31.9%, respectively).

What is an example of a coup d etat?

1930 Argentine coup d'état: General José Félix Uriburu overthrew President Hipólito Yrigoyen. Brazilian Revolution of 1930: An armed revolution culminated in a coup d'état which ousted President Washington Luís and established the Brazilian military junta of 1930.

What is coup give an example?

coup noun [C] (SUCCESS)

an unexpectedly successful achievement: ... I got him to come to a party, which was something of a coup. Their story about the princess was a real coup. Winning the helicopter contract was a real coup for him.