Data for 2016

Participatory Democracy Index, 2016

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2016
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2016 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.803; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.339. Against 2015, 154 values changed (61 up, 93 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2016

HighestSwitzerland

0.803

LowestEritrea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2016the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.803
2	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.746
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.707
4	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.689
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.686
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.672
=7	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.657
=7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.657
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.648
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.647
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.645
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.643
=13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.642
=13	United States`USA`Northern America	0.642
=15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.639
=15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.639
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.638
=18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.637
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.637
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.636
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.632
=22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.630
=22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.630
24	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.628
25	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.626
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.625
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.609
28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.606
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.603
30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.591
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.580
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.575
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.571
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.566
35	Peru`PER`South America	0.561
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.543
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.538
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.527
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.519
=40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.506
=40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.506
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.502
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.499
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.494
45	Colombia`COL`South America	0.492
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.489
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.481
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.476
49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.473
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.472
51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.469
=52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.467
=52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.467
54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.462
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.461
56	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.449
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.444
58	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.443
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.434
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.430
61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.418
=62	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.410
=62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.410
64	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.409
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.405
66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.403
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.399
68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.388
69	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.382
=70	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.372
=70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.372
=70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.372
=73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.370
=73	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.370
=75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.368
=75	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.368
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.366
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.364
79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.363
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.362
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.354
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.353
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.351
=84	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.347
=84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.347
86	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.343
87	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.342
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.340
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.337
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.331
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.327
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.323
=93	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.319
=93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.319
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.318
96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.301
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.293
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.289
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.277
100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.276
101	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.274
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.272
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.270
=104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.269
=104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.269
106	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.266
107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.264
108	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.263
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.261
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.258
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.252
112	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.249
113	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.247
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.237
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.236
=116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.233
=116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.233
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.224
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.219
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.218
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.209
=122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.207
=122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.207
=122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.207
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.197
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.194
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.185
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.184
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.181
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.174
=131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.173
=131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.173
133	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.167
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.148
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.145
136	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.140
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.135
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.132
=138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.132
=140	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.124
=140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.124
142	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.123
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.122
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.121
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.120
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.113
147	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.110
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.109
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.108
150	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.102
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.098
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.097
153	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.091
154	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.090
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.087
156	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.082
157	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.077
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.070
159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.067
160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.066
161	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.057
=162	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.056
=162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.056
164	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.054
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.049
=166	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.045
=166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.045
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.044
169	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
=170	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.038
=170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.038
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.030
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.025
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.023
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.009

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.803
2Uruguay0.746
3Denmark0.707
4Italy0.689
5New Zealand0.686

Lowest

176Eritrea0.009
175Qatar0.023
174Saudi Arabia0.025
173United Arab Emirates0.030
172Turkmenistan0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.339. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 176 in both
61 · 93rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso0.232 → 0.409+0.177
Central African Republic0.130 → 0.185+0.055
Benin0.430 → 0.481+0.051
Côte d’Ivoire0.309 → 0.351+0.042
Bulgaria0.463 → 0.494+0.031

Fell most

Poland0.616 → 0.489−0.127
Brazil0.615 → 0.519−0.096
Niger0.448 → 0.366−0.082
Türkiye0.264 → 0.207−0.057
Croatia0.593 → 0.538−0.055

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 2016.
152 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.372. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2016). Participatory Democracy Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2016

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