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Participatory democracy index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.3value
Median: 0.3value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Switzerland
0.8value
Lowest
Eritrea
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Switzerland0.8value
2Uruguay0.7value
3Denmark0.7value
4Taiwan, Province of China0.7value
5Australia0.6value
By Region
Oceania0.6value(2 countries)
Europe0.5value(32 countries)
South America0.5value(7 countries)
North America0.5value(4 countries)
Other0.2value(95 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (0.8value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.3value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Other (95)
Africa (9)
Asia (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Switzerland0.8value
2Uruguay0.7value
3Denmark0.7value
4Taiwan, Province of China0.7value
5Australia0.6value
6Norway0.6value
7Sweden0.6value
8Belgium0.6value
9Estonia0.6value
10Ireland0.6value
11Costa Rica0.6value
12Finland0.6value
13France0.6value
14Latvia0.6value
15Germany0.6value
16Canada0.6value
17Austria0.6value
18New Zealand0.6value
19Chile0.6value
20Spain0.6value
21Italy0.6value
22Iceland0.6value
23Czech Republic0.6value
24Lithuania0.6value
25Luxembourg0.6value
26Netherlands0.6value
27South Korea0.6value
28United Kingdom0.5value
29Malta0.5value
30Portugal0.5value
31Brazil0.5value
32Japan0.5value
33Jamaica0.5value
34Sri Lanka0.5value
35Poland0.5value
36United States of America0.5value
37Suriname0.5value
38Slovakia0.5value
39Slovenia0.5value
40Trinidad and Tobago0.5value
41Greece0.5value
42Cyprus0.5value
43Mauritius0.5value
44Dominican Republic0.5value
45South Africa0.5value
46Colombia0.5value
47Ecuador0.5value
48Timor-Leste0.5value
49Croatia0.5value
50Cape Verde0.5value
51Israel0.5value
52Peru0.4value
53Panama0.4value
54Nepal0.4value
55Argentina0.4value
56Solomon Islands0.4value
57Guatemala0.4value
58Romania0.4value
59Bolivia0.4value
60Republic of The Gambia0.4value
61Lesotho0.4value
62Montenegro0.4value
63Senegal0.4value
64Bulgaria0.4value
65Sao Tome and Principe0.4value
66Moldova, Republic of0.4value
67Botswana0.4value
68Malawi0.4value
69Ghana0.4value
70The Republic of North Macedonia0.4value
71Namibia0.3value
72Bhutan0.3value
73Zambia0.3value
74Barbados0.3value
75Paraguay0.3value
76Seychelles0.3value
77Mexico0.3value
78Kenya0.3value
79Vanuatu0.3value
80Nigeria0.3value
81Liberia0.3value
82Honduras0.3value
83Armenia0.3value
84Maldives0.3value
85Sierra Leone0.3value
86Malaysia0.3value
87Indonesia0.3value
88Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3value
89Albania0.3value
90Guyana0.3value
91Mongolia0.3value
92Benin0.3value
93Papua New Guinea0.3value
94Hungary0.3value
95Fiji0.3value
96Cote d'Ivoire0.3value
97Philippines0.3value
98Ukraine0.3value
99India0.2value
100United Republic of Tanzania0.2value
101Tunisia0.2value
102Gabon0.2value
103Georgia0.2value
104Togo0.2value
105Iraq0.2value
106Lebanon0.2value
107Mauritania0.2value
108Madagascar0.2value
109Serbia0.2value
110Zimbabwe0.2value
111Mozambique0.2value
112Comoros0.2value
113Democratic Republic of the Congo0.2value
114Pakistan0.2value
115Niger0.2value
116Republic of the Congo0.2value
117Thailand0.2value
118Türkiye0.2value
119Mali0.2value
120Vietnam0.2value
121Kyrgyzstan0.2value
122El Salvador0.2value
123Uganda0.2value
124Morocco0.2value
125Venezuela0.1value
126Burundi0.1value
127Djibouti0.1value
128Jordan0.1value
129Central African Republic0.1value
130Rwanda0.1value
131Chad0.1value
132Ethiopia0.1value
133Guinea-Bissau0.1value
134Russian Federation0.1value
135Singapore0.1value
136Guinea0.1value
137Oman0.1value
138Haiti0.1value
139Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1value
140Eswatini0.1value
141Kazakhstan0.1value
142Burkina Faso0.1value
143Angola0.1value
144Bangladesh0.1value
145Nicaragua0.1value
146Somalia0.1value
147Algeria0.1value
148Cameroon0.1value
149Libya0.1value
150Uzbekistan0.1value
151Egypt0.1value
152Yemen0.1value
153Cambodia0.1value
154Tajikistan0.1value
155Syrian Arab Republic0.1value
156State of Palestine0.1value
157Belarus0.1value
158Cuba0.1value
159Bahrain0.1value
160Kuwait0.1value
161Sudan0.1value
162Afghanistan0.1value
163Hong Kong0.0value
164South Sudan0.0value
165North Korea0.0value
166Azerbaijan0.0value
167Islamic Republic of Iran0.0value
168Myanmar0.0value
169Equatorial Guinea0.0value
170People's Republic of China0.0value
171Qatar0.0value
172Turkmenistan0.0value
173United Arab Emirates0.0value
174Saudi Arabia0.0value
175Holy See (Vatican City State)0.0value
176Eritrea0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

#social#value#participatory#democracy#index

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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