Data for 2019

Participatory Democracy Index, 2019

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.800; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.335. Against 2018, 167 values changed (61 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2019

HighestSwitzerland

0.800

LowestEritrea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.800
2	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.733
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.704
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.687
5	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.673
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.655
=7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.646
=7	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.646
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.645
=10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.638
=10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.638
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.635
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.633
=14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.632
=14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.632
=16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.629
=16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.629
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.628
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.626
20	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.624
21	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.623
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.621
23	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.619
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.605
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.600
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.595
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.591
=28	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.589
=28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.589
30	Peru`PER`South America	0.588
31	United States`USA`Northern America	0.584
32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.569
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.563
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.560
35	Chile`CHL`South America	0.559
=36	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.557
=36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.557
38	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.549
39	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.540
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.525
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.517
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.514
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.499
=44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.484
=44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.484
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.473
47	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.469
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.464
49	Colombia`COL`South America	0.460
50	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.451
51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.450
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.449
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.443
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.441
55	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.436
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.435
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.429
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.425
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.421
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.420
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.411
62	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.408
63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.403
64	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.402
65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.397
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.394
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.391
68	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.390
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.388
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.386
=71	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.384
=71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.384
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.377
74	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.370
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.369
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.363
77	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.360
=78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.355
=78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.355
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.352
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.350
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.349
=83	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.345
=83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.345
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.341
86	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.340
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.339
=88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.335
=88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.335
90	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.326
91	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.322
92	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.317
93	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.316
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.315
95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.312
96	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.311
97	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.301
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.300
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.293
100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.285
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.278
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.277
103	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.269
=104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.267
=104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.267
106	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.262
=107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.256
=107	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.256
=109	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.255
=109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.255
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.254
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.250
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.245
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.244
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.241
=116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.240
=116	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.240
=118	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.239
=118	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.239
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.238
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.237
122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.228
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.213
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.209
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.207
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.192
=127	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.187
=127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.187
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.185
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.181
131	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.164
132	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.162
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.161
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.157
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.156
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.151
137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.144
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.134
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.128
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.126
141	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.125
142	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.120
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.119
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.115
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.113
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.110
147	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.109
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.107
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.106
=150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.103
=150	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.103
152	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.102
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.098
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.096
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.091
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.082
=157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.074
=157	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.074
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.073
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.068
161	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.060
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.057
163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.056
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.055
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.053
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.052
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.046
=168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.044
=168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.044
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.043
171	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.037
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.032
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.027
=174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.022
=174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.022
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.009

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.800
2Uruguay0.733
3Denmark0.704
4New Zealand0.687
5Italy0.673

Lowest

176Eritrea0.009
174Saudi Arabiashared0.022
174Qatarshared0.022
173United Arab Emirates0.027
172Turkmenistan0.032

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.335. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
61 · 106rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.341 → 0.557+0.216
Maldives0.237 → 0.322+0.085
Romania0.479 → 0.557+0.078
Moldova0.328 → 0.386+0.058
Ethiopia0.108 → 0.164+0.056

Fell most

Benin0.393 → 0.277−0.116
Bolivia0.440 → 0.341−0.099
Brazil0.484 → 0.436−0.048
El Salvador0.398 → 0.355−0.043
Sri Lanka0.390 → 0.349−0.041

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 2019.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.646. 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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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2019). Participatory Democracy Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2019

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