Data for 1993

Participatory Democracy Index, 1993

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 1993
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 1993 covers 172 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.787; Bahrain is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.232. Against 1992, 132 values changed (88 up, 44 down), 1 country joined.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 1993

HighestSwitzerland

0.787

LowestBahrain

0.011

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

172countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: 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	0.734
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.681
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.670
=5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.667
=5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.667
7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.657
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.647
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.646
10	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.638
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.635
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.630
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.626
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.625
15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.624
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.622
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.616
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.613
19	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.612
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.610
21	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.607
22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.602
=23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.600
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.600
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.594
26	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.588
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.587
=28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.579
=28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.579
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.566
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.565
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.561
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.543
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.512
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.510
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.508
=37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.500
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.500
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.490
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.486
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.476
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.475
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.470
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.461
45	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.456
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.447
47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.444
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.438
49	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.428
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.417
51	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.414
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.413
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.396
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.392
55	Colombia`COL`South America	0.386
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.379
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.378
58	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.374
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.373
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.364
61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.352
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.336
63	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.328
64	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.325
65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.319
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.317
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.311
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.304
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.301
70	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.299
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.296
72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.292
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.291
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.289
=75	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.280
=75	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.280
77	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.278
78	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.258
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.255
=80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.246
=80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.246
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.243
=83	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.240
=83	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.240
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.238
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.234
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.230
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.227
89	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.224
=90	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.219
=90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.219
92	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.217
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.215
94	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.212
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.208
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.199
97	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.197
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.195
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.191
100	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.188
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.187
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.172
=103	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.171
=103	Peru`PER`South America	0.171
=103	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.171
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.169
=107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.167
=107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.167
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.164
110	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.163
111	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.162
=112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.147
=112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.147
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.139
115	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.138
116	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.137
117	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.128
=118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.127
=118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.127
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.124
121	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.120
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.118
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.117
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.115
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
126	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.112
127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.109
128	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.106
=129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.105
=129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.105
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.104
132	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.102
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.100
134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.096
=135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.094
=135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.094
=135	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.094
=138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.091
=138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.091
140	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.089
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.085
=142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.084
=142	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.084
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.081
=145	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.080
=145	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.080
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.077
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.076
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.070
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.068
=151	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.067
=151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.067
153	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.062
154	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.060
155	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.059
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.054
=157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.050
=157	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.050
159	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.046
=160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.044
=160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.044
=162	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.043
=162	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.041
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.037
166	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.035
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.027
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.024
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.019
=170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.014
=170	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.014
172	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.011

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.787
2Denmark0.734
3Uruguay0.681
4Sweden0.670
5Australiashared0.667

Lowest

172Bahrain0.011
170Qatarshared0.014
170United Arab Emiratesshared0.014
169Saudi Arabia0.019
168Eritrea0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.232. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 171 in both
88 · 44rose · fell
39unchanged

Rose most

Estonia0.357 → 0.630+0.273
Lesotho0.074 → 0.219+0.145
Ghana0.124 → 0.240+0.116
Vanuatu0.294 → 0.374+0.080
Mali0.334 → 0.413+0.079

Fell most

Comoros0.239 → 0.197−0.042
Rwanda0.107 → 0.081−0.026
Tajikistan0.091 → 0.067−0.024
Algeria0.088 → 0.076−0.012
Philippines0.389 → 0.378−0.011

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
148 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.171. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Participatory Democracy Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/1993

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