Data for 2024

Participatory Democracy Index, 2024

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.785; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.306. Against 2023, 160 values changed (55 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2024

HighestSwitzerland

0.785

LowestEritrea

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.785
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.704
3	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.702
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.637
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.636
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.631
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.629
=8	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.626
=8	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.626
10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.625
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.618
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.608
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.606
=14	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.605
=14	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.605
16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.602
17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.595
18	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.594
19	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.590
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.583
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.582
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.580
23	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.578
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.577
=25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.574
=25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.574
=27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.561
=27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.561
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.554
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.550
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.549
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.538
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.531
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.526
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.521
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.514
37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.510
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.500
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.494
=40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.492
=40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.492
42	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.491
=43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.478
=43	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.478
45	Colombia`COL`South America	0.477
46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.464
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.463
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.462
=49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.461
=49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.461
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.457
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.453
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.442
54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.439
55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.431
56	Peru`PER`South America	0.430
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.426
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.424
59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.422
60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.405
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.400
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.398
63	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.392
=64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.389
=64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.389
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.387
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.366
=68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.361
=68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.361
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.358
71	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.355
72	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.350
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.349
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.344
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.343
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.342
77	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.336
78	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.331
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.330
80	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.329
81	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.326
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.323
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.322
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.321
85	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.318
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.316
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.309
88	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.307
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.305
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.303
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.288
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.283
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.282
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.279
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.278
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.277
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.274
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.268
99	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.266
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.257
=101	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.254
=101	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.254
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.249
104	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.246
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.236
106	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.227
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.223
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.218
109	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.209
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.208
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.207
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.204
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.201
=114	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.199
=114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.199
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.197
117	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.196
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.195
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.194
120	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.193
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.174
122	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.169
123	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.168
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.161
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.154
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.153
127	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.149
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.144
129	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.136
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.133
131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.132
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.131
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.129
134	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.125
135	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.123
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.121
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.120
=138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.119
=138	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.119
140	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.116
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.113
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.110
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.108
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.106
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.105
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.104
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.100
148	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.098
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.094
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.092
151	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.090
152	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.087
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.080
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.079
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.071
156	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.070
=157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.065
=157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.065
159	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.063
=160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.055
=160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.055
=162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.054
=162	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.054
164	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.052
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.047
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.046
=167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.044
=167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.044
169	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.042
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.039
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.033
=172	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.031
=172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.031
174	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.024
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.012
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.008

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.785
2Denmark0.704
3Uruguay0.702
4Norway0.637
5Belgium0.636

Lowest

176Eritrea0.008
175Afghanistan0.012
174Saudi Arabia0.024
172Chinashared0.031
172United Arab Emiratesshared0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.306. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 176 in both
55 · 105rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.373 → 0.492+0.119
Guatemala0.284 → 0.389+0.105
Sri Lanka0.361 → 0.439+0.078
Thailand0.145 → 0.193+0.048
Uruguay0.661 → 0.702+0.041

Fell most

Argentina0.569 → 0.462−0.107
Niger0.278 → 0.199−0.079
Georgia0.358 → 0.282−0.076
Slovakia0.592 → 0.521−0.071
Libya0.152 → 0.087−0.065

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 2024.
159 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.626. 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 (2024). Participatory Democracy Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2024

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