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Participatory democracy index, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 171 countries was 0.319 index points. The highest value was in Switzerland: 0.792 index points and the lowest value was in Eritrea: 0.011 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 Participatory democracy index, 2023 Global rank Available data
Switzerland 0.792 1 1960 - 2023
Denmark 0.704 2 1960 - 2023
Uruguay 0.671 3 1960 - 2023
New Zealand 0.667 4 1960 - 2023
Italy 0.653 5 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.644 6 1960 - 2023
Belgium 0.64 7 1960 - 2023
Australia 0.638 8 1960 - 2023
Norway 0.637 9 1960 - 2023
Estonia 0.632 10 1990 - 2023
Sweden 0.631 11 1960 - 2023
Ireland 0.63 12 1960 - 2023
Germany 0.617 13 1960 - 2023
Latvia 0.617 14 1990 - 2023
France 0.613 15 1960 - 2023
UK 0.609 16 1960 - 2023
USA 0.606 17 1960 - 2023
Canada 0.605 18 1960 - 2023
Finland 0.602 19 1960 - 2023
Slovakia 0.601 20 1993 - 2023
Chile 0.599 21 1960 - 2023
Austria 0.595 22 1960 - 2023
Iceland 0.594 23 1960 - 2023
Spain 0.594 24 1960 - 2023
Netherlands 0.587 25 1960 - 2023
Lithuania 0.585 26 1990 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.58 27 1960 - 2023
Czechia 0.578 28 1960 - 2023
Portugal 0.573 29 1960 - 2023
Argentina 0.571 30 1960 - 2023
Slovenia 0.564 31 1989 - 2023
Malta 0.549 32 1960 - 2023
Brazil 0.546 33 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.524 34 1960 - 2023
Jamaica 0.521 35 1960 - 2023
Greece 0.518 36 1960 - 2023
Moldova 0.504 37 1990 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.501 38 1960 - 2023
Ecuador 0.499 39 1960 - 2023
Croatia 0.498 40 1991 - 2023
Cyprus 0.497 41 1960 - 2023
Colombia 0.485 42 1960 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.484 43 1960 - 2023
Suriname 0.479 44 1960 - 2023
Israel 0.478 45 1960 - 2023
Peru 0.471 46 1960 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.468 47 1960 - 2023
Romania 0.468 48 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.466 49 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.463 50 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.452 51 1960 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.445 52 1960 - 2023
Panama 0.435 53 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.434 54 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.42 55 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.413 56 1960 - 2023
Bolivia 0.398 57 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.392 58 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.387 59 1960 - 2023
Mexico 0.377 60 1960 - 2023
Kenya 0.372 61 1960 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.371 62 1991 - 2023
Zambia 0.37 63 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.367 64 1990 - 2023
Poland 0.366 65 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.365 66 1960 - 2023
Montenegro 0.363 67 1998 - 2023
Malawi 0.362 68 1960 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.36 69 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.355 70 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0.353 71 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.353 72 1960 - 2023
Paraguay 0.35 73 1960 - 2023
Barbados 0.345 74 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.34 75 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.338 76 1990 - 2023
Bhutan 0.332 77 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.33 78 1960 - 2023
Honduras 0.326 79 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.323 80 1960 - 2023
Ghana 0.32 81 1960 - 2023
Albania 0.316 82 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.314 83 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.311 84 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.308 85 1960 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.307 86 1992 - 2023
Malaysia 0.307 87 1960 - 2023
Guyana 0.303 88 1960 - 2023
Tunisia 0.298 89 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.293 90 1960 - 2023
Guatemala 0.289 91 1960 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.289 92 1960 - 2023
Hungary 0.288 93 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.284 94 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.282 95 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.278 96 1960 - 2023
Ukraine 0.278 97 1990 - 2023
Niger 0.276 98 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.27 99 1960 - 2023
Fiji 0.262 100 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.262 101 1960 - 2023
Serbia 0.244 102 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.242 103 1960 - 2023
Mozambique 0.235 104 1960 - 2023
India 0.234 105 1960 - 2023
Mauritania 0.234 106 1960 - 2023
Pakistan 0.231 107 1960 - 2023
El Salvador 0.225 108 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.217 109 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.216 110 1960 - 2023
Iraq 0.214 111 1960 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.205 112 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.201 113 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.198 114 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.197 115 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.193 116 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.186 117 1990 - 2023
DR Congo 0.172 118 1960 - 2023
Turkey 0.168 119 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.166 120 1960 - 2023
Venezuela 0.163 121 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.161 122 1960 - 2023
Morocco 0.158 123 1960 - 2023
Uganda 0.158 124 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.156 125 1960 - 2023
Djibouti 0.15 126 1960 - 2023
Libya 0.148 127 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.145 128 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.142 129 1960 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.139 130 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.137 131 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.129 132 1991 - 2023
Cambodia 0.127 133 1960 - 2023
Russia 0.126 134 1960 - 2023
Oman 0.123 135 1960 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.122 136 1971 - 2023
Cameroon 0.118 137 1961 - 2023
Jordan 0.117 138 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.117 139 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.11 140 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.108 141 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.107 142 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.105 143 1960 - 2023
Algeria 0.104 144 1960 - 2023
Haiti 0.098 145 1960 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.094 146 1960 - 2023
Sudan 0.087 147 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.086 148 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.086 149 1960 - 2023
Cuba 0.082 150 1960 - 2023
Egypt 0.079 151 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.077 152 1960 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.073 153 1990 - 2023
Burundi 0.07 154 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.069 155 1960 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.059 156 1990 - 2023
Belarus 0.058 157 1990 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.052 158 1990 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.05 159 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.05 160 1960 - 2023
Syria 0.049 161 1960 - 2023
North Korea 0.045 162 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.043 163 1960 - 2023
China 0.036 164 1960 - 2023
Iran 0.036 165 1960 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.032 166 1971 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.03 167 1991 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.022 168 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.016 169 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.012 170 1960 - 2023
Eritrea 0.011 171 1960 - 2023


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