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Civil society participation index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 171 countries was 0.641 index points. The highest value was in Norway: 0.985 index points and the lowest value was in North Korea: 0.03 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Civil society participation index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Norway 0.985 1 1960 - 2023
USA 0.982 2 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.981 3 1960 - 2023
Denmark 0.978 4 1960 - 2023
Switzerland 0.971 5 1960 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.96 6 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.958 7 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.945 8 1960 - 2023
Canada 0.944 9 1960 - 2023
Sweden 0.94 10 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.939 11 1960 - 2023
Brazil 0.935 12 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.933 13 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.916 14 1960 - 2023
UK 0.914 15 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.91 16 1990 - 2023
Zambia 0.91 17 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.909 18 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.908 19 1989 - 2023
Netherlands 0.907 20 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.902 21 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.898 22 1990 - 2023
Iceland 0.891 23 1960 - 2023
Chile 0.889 24 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.889 25 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.887 26 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.885 27 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.881 28 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0.879 29 1960 - 2023
France 0.878 30 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.874 31 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.873 32 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.871 33 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.868 34 1990 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.864 35 1960 - 2023
Cyprus 0.852 36 1960 - 2023
Malta 0.852 37 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.851 38 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.851 39 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.848 40 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.848 41 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.844 42 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.839 43 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.839 44 1990 - 2023
Australia 0.836 45 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.835 46 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.834 47 1960 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.834 48 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.832 49 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.831 50 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.824 51 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.824 52 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.824 53 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.823 54 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.822 55 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.822 56 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.819 57 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.813 58 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.808 59 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0.801 60 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.797 61 1993 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.796 62 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 0.796 63 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0.795 64 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.792 65 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.79 66 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.778 67 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.766 68 1990 - 2023
South Africa 0.765 69 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.764 70 1990 - 2023
Colombia 0.764 71 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 0.762 72 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.761 73 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.754 74 1990 - 2023
Honduras 0.752 75 1960 - 2023
Guyana 0.736 76 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.735 77 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.733 78 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.732 79 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.731 80 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.711 81 1991 - 2023
Gabon 0.71 82 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.71 83 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.707 84 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.705 85 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.705 86 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.703 87 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.702 88 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.7 89 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.699 90 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.699 91 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.682 92 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.678 93 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.673 94 1992 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.666 95 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.665 96 1991 - 2023
Montenegro 0.66 97 1998 - 2023
Peru 0.655 98 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.649 99 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.646 100 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.643 101 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.642 102 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.636 103 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.632 104 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.632 105 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.622 106 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.616 107 1960 - 2023
Panama 0.614 108 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.613 109 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.613 110 1960 - 2023
India 0.606 111 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.605 112 1971 - 2023
Romania 0.59 113 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.588 114 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.581 115 1960 - 2023
Cameroon 0.58 116 1961 - 2023
Mongolia 0.576 117 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.573 118 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.571 119 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.561 120 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.555 121 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.555 122 1960 - 2023
Poland 0.541 123 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 0.535 124 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.524 125 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.515 126 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0.512 127 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.504 128 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.484 129 1990 - 2023
Angola 0.457 130 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.457 131 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0.447 132 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.433 133 1990 - 2023
Guatemala 0.432 134 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.418 135 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.409 136 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.395 137 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.395 138 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.392 139 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.386 140 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.38 141 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.378 142 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.373 143 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.359 144 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.352 145 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0.311 146 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.305 147 1960 - 2023
China 0.276 148 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.264 149 1990 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.261 150 1990 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.26 151 1971 - 2023
Laos 0.253 152 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.247 153 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.231 154 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.22 155 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.21 156 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.193 157 1960 - 2023
Belarus 0.16 158 1990 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.154 159 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.138 160 1960 - 2023
Russia 0.138 161 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.129 162 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.128 163 1990 - 2023
Iran 0.113 164 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.106 165 1960 - 2023
Cuba 0.088 166 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.076 167 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.061 168 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.057 169 1990 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.051 170 1960 - 2023
North Korea 0.03 171 1960 - 2023



Definition: Measures the extent to which major civil society organizations are consulted by policymakers, whether women are involved, and whether legislative candidate nomination are made in a decentralized manner.

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