Direct popular vote index - Country rankings

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Direct popular vote index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 18 countries was 0.054 index points. The highest value was in Egypt: 0.271 index points and the lowest value was in Jordan: 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
Egypt 0.271 1 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.163 2 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.151 3 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.117 4 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.116 5 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.04 6 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.029 7 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.021 8 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.02 9 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.02 10 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.013 11 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.011 12 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0 13 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0 14 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0 15 1960 - 2023
Oman 0 16 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0 17 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0 18 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. Egypt
2. Algeria
3. Tunisia
4. Morocco
5. Syria
6. Djibouti
7. Iran
8. Iraq
9. Bahrain
10. Qatar
11. Yemen
12. Libya
13. Jordan
14. Kuwait
15. Lebanon
16. Oman
17. Saudi Arabia
18. UA Emirates
0.271
0.163
0.151
0.117
0.116
0.040
0.029
0.021
0.020
0.020
0.013
0.011
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.000
0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.27


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