Direct popular vote index - Country rankings

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Direct popular vote index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 0.056 index points. The highest value was in Taiwan: 0.379 index points and the lowest value was in Bangladesh: 0 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 Direct popular vote index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Taiwan 0.379 1 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.326 2 1990 - 2023
Thailand 0.201 3 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.194 4 1990 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.188 5 1990 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.182 6 1990 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.161 7 1990 - 2023
Armenia 0.127 8 1990 - 2023
Syria 0.116 9 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.075 10 1990 - 2023
Georgia 0.071 11 1990 - 2023
Philippines 0.07 12 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.069 13 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.032 14 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.031 15 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.031 16 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.029 17 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.029 18 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.021 19 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.02 20 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.02 21 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.02 22 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.02 23 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.02 24 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.02 25 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.02 26 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.02 27 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.013 28 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.013 29 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.011 30 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 31 1971 - 2023
Cambodia 0 32 1960 - 2023
China 0 33 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 34 1960 - 2023
India 0 35 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0 36 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0 37 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0 38 1960 - 2023
Laos 0 39 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0 40 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0 41 1960 - 2023
North Korea 0 42 1960 - 2023
Oman 0 43 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 44 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0 45 1971 - 2023



Definition: A measure of the extent to which direct democracy is used to make political decisions in the country.

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1. Taiwan
2. Kyrgyzstan
3. Thailand
4. Kazakhstan
5. Uzbekistan
6. Azerbaijan
7. Tajikistan
8. Armenia
9. Syria
10. Turkmenistan
11. Georgia
12. Philippines
13. Maldives
14. Burma
15. South Korea
16. Sri Lanka
17. Iran
18. Mongolia
19. Iraq
20. Afghanistan
21. Bahrain
22. Bhutan
23. Japan
24. Nepal
25. Pakistan
26. Qatar
27. Vietnam
28. Israel
29. Yemen
30. Singapore
31. Bangladesh
32. Cambodia
33. China
34. Hong Kong
35. India
36. Indonesia
37. Jordan
38. Kuwait
39. Laos
40. Lebanon
41. Malaysia
42. North Korea
43. Oman
44. Saudi Arabia
45. UA Emirates
0.379
0.326
0.201
0.194
0.188
0.182
0.161
0.127
0.116
0.075
0.071
0.070
0.069
0.032
0.031
0.031
0.029
0.029
0.021
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.013
0.013
0.011
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0
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0.3
0.38


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