Data for 1992

Participatory Democracy Index, 1992

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 1992 covers 171 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.787; Bahrain is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.215. Against 1991, 131 values changed (95 up, 36 down), 1 country joined.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 1992

HighestSwitzerland

0.787

LowestBahrain

0.011

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

171countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
145distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Participatory Democracy Index, 1992, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Participatory Democracy Index, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.787
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.730
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.681
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.676
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.668
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.660
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.648
=8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.647
=8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.647
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.634
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.630
12	United States`USA`Northern America	0.627
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.626
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.625
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.619
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.615
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.612
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.610
=19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.607
=19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.607
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.606
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.600
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.598
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.597
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.588
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.587
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.579
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.569
=29	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.567
=29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.567
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.562
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.543
33	Chile`CHL`South America	0.517
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.514
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.505
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.501
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.497
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.482
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.481
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.471
41	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.465
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.454
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.446
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.442
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.441
46	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.435
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.422
48	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.409
49	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.392
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.389
51	Colombia`COL`South America	0.385
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.377
=53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.364
=53	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.364
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.361
56	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.357
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.347
58	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.340
59	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.334
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.332
61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.325
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.323
63	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.321
64	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.310
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.300
=66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.294
=66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.294
=66	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.294
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.292
=70	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.285
=70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.285
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.282
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.278
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.257
75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.256
76	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.247
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.244
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.240
79	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.239
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.238
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.233
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.230
83	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.227
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.226
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.225
86	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.215
87	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.208
88	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.203
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.198
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.196
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.190
92	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.189
93	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.183
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.180
=95	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.178
=95	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.178
97	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.177
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.174
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.173
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.171
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.168
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.167
=103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.161
=103	Peru`PER`South America	0.161
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.160
106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.147
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.145
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.137
109	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.132
=110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.129
=110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.129
112	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.128
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.126
=114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.124
=114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.124
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.122
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.121
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.118
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.117
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.115
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.109
=122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.108
=122	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.108
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.107
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.105
126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.104
127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.100
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.094
=129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.092
=129	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.092
131	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.091
132	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090
=133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.089
=133	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.089
=135	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.088
=135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.088
=135	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.088
138	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.086
139	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.085
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.083
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.077
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.075
143	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.074
=144	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.073
=144	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.073
=144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.073
=144	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.073
=148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.067
=148	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.067
=150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.059
=150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.059
=150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.059
=150	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.059
=150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.059
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.054
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.050
157	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.047
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.046
=159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.044
=159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.044
161	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.042
163	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.041
164	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.039
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.034
166	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.028
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.019
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.015
=169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.014
=169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.014
171	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.011

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.787
2Denmark0.730
3Uruguay0.681
4Australia0.676
5Sweden0.668

Lowest

171Bahrain0.011
169Qatarshared0.014
169United Arab Emiratesshared0.014
168Eritrea0.015
167Saudi Arabia0.019

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.215. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 170 in both
95 · 36rose · fell
39unchanged

Rose most

Mali0.133 → 0.334+0.201
Suriname0.330 → 0.514+0.184
Malta0.323 → 0.505+0.182
Russia0.154 → 0.310+0.156
Lithuania0.500 → 0.598+0.098

Fell most

Peru0.317 → 0.161−0.156
Haiti0.191 → 0.088−0.103
Estonia0.437 → 0.357−0.080
Algeria0.139 → 0.088−0.051
Vanuatu0.330 → 0.294−0.036

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
145 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.059. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Participatory Democracy Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/1992

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