Data for 2007

Participatory Democracy Index, 2007

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's Participatory Democracy Index asks how far citizens take part in politics beyond electing representatives — through civil society organisations, referendums and citizens' initiatives, and elected local and regional government — while also requiring genuine national elections. It runs from 0 to 1, and a higher figure is more democratic.

Participatory Democracy Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.790; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.318. Against 2006, 138 values changed (62 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2007

HighestSwitzerland

0.790

LowestEritrea

0.009

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.790
2	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.747
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.715
4	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.703
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.698
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.687
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.681
8	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.674
=9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.656
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.656
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.653
12	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.652
13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.650
14	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.649
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.643
16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.642
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.639
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.638
=19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.633
=19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.633
=19	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.633
22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.631
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.630
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.629
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.627
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.624
=27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.619
=27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.619
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.614
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.610
31	Chile`CHL`South America	0.592
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.587
33	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.580
34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.579
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.570
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.569
37	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.568
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.563
39	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.562
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.538
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.534
=42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.532
=42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.532
44	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.499
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.498
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.490
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.488
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.484
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.476
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.475
=51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.473
=51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.473
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.469
54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.464
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.455
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.441
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.434
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.423
59	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.414
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.413
=61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.411
=61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.411
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.410
64	Colombia`COL`South America	0.405
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.403
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.400
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.395
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.392
69	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.390
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.387
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.385
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.367
73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.360
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.359
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.358
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.355
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.354
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.352
79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.344
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.336
=81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.334
=81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.334
83	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.333
84	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.329
85	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.327
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.321
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.319
=88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.318
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.318
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.317
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.312
=92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.311
=92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.311
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.302
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.300
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.295
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.290
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.289
99	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.285
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.281
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.278
=102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.269
=102	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.269
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.267
105	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.264
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.256
107	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.254
108	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.243
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.241
110	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.237
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.233
112	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.225
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.223
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.222
115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.206
=116	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.204
=116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.204
118	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.194
119	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.188
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.186
=121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.181
=121	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.181
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.179
124	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.177
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.167
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.166
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.163
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.158
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.157
=130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.148
=130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.148
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.147
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.144
=134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.143
=134	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.143
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.140
=137	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.136
=137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.136
=139	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.135
=139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.135
141	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.131
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.126
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.123
144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.121
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.110
=146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.104
=146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.104
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.103
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.092
=150	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.091
=150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.091
=152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.086
=152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.086
=152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.086
155	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.085
156	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.083
=157	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.080
=157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.080
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.078
160	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.071
161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.052
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.048
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.047
164	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.045
=165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.044
=165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.044
=167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.043
=167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
=167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.043
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.042
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.041
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.033
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.026
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.020
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.009

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.790
2Uruguay0.747
3Denmark0.715
4Slovenia0.703
5Costa Rica0.698

Lowest

175Eritrea0.009
174United Arab Emirates0.020
173Saudi Arabia0.026
172Qatar0.033
171Turkmenistan0.041

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.318. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 175 in both
62 · 76rose · fell
37unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.119 → 0.177+0.058
Solomon Islands0.285 → 0.327+0.042
Costa Rica0.657 → 0.698+0.041
DR Congo0.183 → 0.223+0.040
Haiti0.232 → 0.269+0.037

Fell most

Fiji0.216 → 0.085−0.131
Bangladesh0.188 → 0.110−0.078
Nicaragua0.333 → 0.269−0.064
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.354 → 0.319−0.035
Lesotho0.363 → 0.334−0.029

04Caveats

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One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2007.
150 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.633. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2007). Participatory Democracy Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2007

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