Data for 2022

Participatory Democracy Index, 2022

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2022 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.795; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.318. Against 2021, 167 values changed (60 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2022

HighestSwitzerland

0.795

LowestEritrea

0.010

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.795
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.702
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.666
4	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.658
5	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.653
6	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.652
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.639
=8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.638
=8	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.638
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.630
=11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.628
=11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.628
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.616
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.615
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.612
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.607
17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.606
=18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.604
=18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.604
=20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.600
=20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.600
22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.599
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.594
24	Chile`CHL`South America	0.591
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.588
26	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.585
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.582
=28	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.578
=28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.578
30	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.572
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.563
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.559
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.552
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.537
35	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.536
36	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.533
=37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.529
=37	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.529
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.509
40	Peru`PER`South America	0.505
41	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.502
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.501
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.499
44	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.495
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.492
46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.488
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.473
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.465
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.463
50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.460
=51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.459
=51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.459
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.449
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.445
55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.437
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.424
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.423
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.412
=59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.408
=59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.408
61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.407
=62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.406
=62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.406
64	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.401
65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.394
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.388
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.378
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.375
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.374
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.372
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.371
72	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.370
73	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.368
=74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.361
=74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.361
76	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.357
=77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.352
=77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.352
=79	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.351
=79	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.351
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.335
82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.332
83	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.328
84	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.327
85	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.321
86	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.320
=87	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.319
=87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.319
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.317
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.308
=91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.299
=91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.299
=93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.289
=93	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.289
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.288
=96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.280
=96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.280
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.279
99	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.273
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.258
101	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.257
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.253
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.252
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.250
105	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.248
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.247
107	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.245
108	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.244
109	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.243
=110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.234
=110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.234
112	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.233
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.222
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.221
=115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.212
=115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.212
117	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.200
118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.198
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.194
120	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.193
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.178
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.177
=123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.170
=123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.170
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.168
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.165
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.163
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.159
=129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.155
=129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.155
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.148
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.144
133	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.140
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.135
135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.128
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.125
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.123
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.121
139	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.118
140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114
141	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.112
142	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.111
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.110
=144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.109
=144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.109
146	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.102
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.101
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.100
149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.098
150	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.090
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.089
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.084
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.080
154	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.068
155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.067
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.066
=157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.062
=157	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.062
=159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.055
=159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.055
161	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.054
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.053
163	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.051
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.050
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.049
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.048
167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.044
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.043
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.037
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.034
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031
172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.030
173	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.028
174	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.018
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.011
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.010

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.795
2Denmark0.702
3New Zealand0.666
4Italy0.658
5Taiwan0.653

Lowest

176Eritrea0.010
175Afghanistan0.011
174Qatar0.018
173Saudi Arabia0.028
172United Arab Emirates0.030

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

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
60 · 107rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Honduras0.265 → 0.351+0.086
Slovenia0.502 → 0.582+0.080
Gambia0.324 → 0.394+0.070
Zambia0.292 → 0.361+0.069
Czechia0.522 → 0.559+0.037

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.352 → 0.177−0.175
Tunisia0.356 → 0.212−0.144
Haiti0.204 → 0.118−0.086
Ukraine0.335 → 0.257−0.078
Romania0.580 → 0.502−0.078

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 2022.
153 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.638. 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 (2022). Participatory Democracy Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2022

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07Questions