Data for 2001

Participatory Democracy Index, 2001

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2001 covers 174 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.784; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 0.292. Against 2000, 120 values changed (52 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2001

HighestSwitzerland

0.784

LowestEritrea

0.012

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

174countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
147distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.784
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.726
=3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.716
=3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.716
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.680
6	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.669
7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.661
8	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.656
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.652
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.650
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.645
12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.643
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.638
=14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.637
=14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.637
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.634
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.633
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.631
19	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.626
20	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.624
21	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.621
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.615
23	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.608
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.605
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.603
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.596
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.595
28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.593
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.590
30	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.588
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.582
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.581
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.577
34	Chile`CHL`South America	0.576
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.575
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.565
37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.550
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.542
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.537
40	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.518
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.514
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.505
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.500
=44	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.483
=44	Peru`PER`South America	0.483
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.480
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.477
48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.473
=49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.468
=49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.468
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.467
52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.449
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.445
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.434
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.432
56	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.424
57	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.422
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.421
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.411
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.406
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.393
62	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.382
=63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.377
=63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.377
=65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.376
=65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.376
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.375
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.373
69	Colombia`COL`South America	0.366
70	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.364
71	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.360
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.353
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.347
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.340
75	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.337
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.333
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.330
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.327
=79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.326
=79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.326
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.319
=82	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.317
=82	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.317
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.312
85	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.310
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.308
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.297
=88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.286
=88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.286
=88	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.286
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.279
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.276
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.275
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.268
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.261
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.252
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.251
98	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.243
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.237
=100	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.228
=100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.228
102	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.225
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.220
=104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.212
=104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.212
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.206
107	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.204
=108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.182
=108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.182
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.173
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.171
112	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.168
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.166
114	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.165
115	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.164
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.163
117	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.161
118	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.156
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.153
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.152
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.151
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.146
123	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.142
=124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.140
=124	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.140
126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.133
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.132
=128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.130
=128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.130
130	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.129
=131	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.128
=131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.128
=131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.128
=134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.125
=134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.125
=134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.125
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.123
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.119
139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.118
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.116
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.106
142	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.101
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.100
144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.095
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.093
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.092
=147	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.091
=147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.091
=149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.088
=149	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.088
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.084
152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.077
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.075
=154	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.073
=154	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.073
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.067
157	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.062
=158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.061
=158	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.061
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.058
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.055
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.047
=163	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.046
=163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.046
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.044
=166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.043
=166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.043
=166	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.042
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.021
171	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.020
=172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.014
=172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.014
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.012

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.784
2Denmark0.726
3New Zealandshared0.716
3Uruguayshared0.716
5Sweden0.680

Lowest

174Eritrea0.012
172Qatarshared0.014
172United Arab Emiratesshared0.014
171Saudi Arabia0.020
170Afghanistan0.021

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.292. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 174 in both
52 · 68rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.258 → 0.483+0.225
Serbia0.261 → 0.393+0.132
Côte d’Ivoire0.236 → 0.312+0.076
Yemen0.111 → 0.161+0.050
Bahrain0.015 → 0.061+0.046

Fell most

Moldova0.353 → 0.297−0.056
Fiji0.205 → 0.166−0.039
Solomon Islands0.219 → 0.182−0.037
United States0.625 → 0.593−0.032
Venezuela0.405 → 0.376−0.029

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

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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 2001.
147 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.286. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2001). Participatory Democracy Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2001

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