Data for 2025

Participatory Democracy Index, 2025

Name: Participatory Democracy Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.785; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.298. Against 2024, 158 values changed (59 up, 99 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2025

HighestSwitzerland

0.785

LowestEritrea

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.785
2	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.716
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.700
4	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.652
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.648
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.638
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.635
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.633
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.621
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.619
11	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.606
=12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.597
=12	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.597
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.595
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.593
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.589
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.582
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.581
19	Chile`CHL`South America	0.574
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.572
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.569
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.565
23	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.562
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.560
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.556
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.553
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.551
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.533
=29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.529
=29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.529
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.528
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.526
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.524
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.520
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.519
36	United States`USA`Northern America	0.510
37	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.509
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.508
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.506
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.505
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.493
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.490
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.481
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.475
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.470
46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.467
=47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.462
=47	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.462
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.459
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.458
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.455
52	Peru`PER`South America	0.448
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.441
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.435
=55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.429
=55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.429
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.421
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.416
59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.414
60	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.406
61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.404
62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.403
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.402
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.397
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.391
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.389
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.369
68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.366
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.361
70	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.354
=71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.349
=71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.349
73	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.348
74	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.347
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.346
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.342
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.341
78	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.337
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.335
=80	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.323
=80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.323
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.321
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.320
84	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.319
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.316
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.307
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.303
=88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.298
=88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.298
90	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.290
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.283
92	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.281
=93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.280
=93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.280
=95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.268
=95	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.268
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.265
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.262
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.261
100	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.252
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.246
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.245
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.242
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.240
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.236
106	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.233
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.224
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.222
109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.221
=110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.217
=110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.217
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.202
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.201
=114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.200
=114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.200
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.192
117	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.189
118	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.188
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.186
120	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.165
=121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.164
=121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.164
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.163
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.159
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.156
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.151
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.148
=128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.142
=128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.142
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.132
=131	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.130
=131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.130
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.129
=134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.128
=134	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.128
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.124
137	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.121
=138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.120
=138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.120
140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.119
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.118
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.110
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.107
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.104
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.103
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.099
147	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.098
=148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.095
=148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.095
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.093
151	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.087
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.082
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.076
154	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.072
155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.060
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.059
157	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.058
=158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.054
=158	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.054
=158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.054
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.053
=162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.051
=162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.051
164	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.049
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.047
166	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.044
167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.043
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.042
=169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.041
=169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.041
171	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.036
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.034
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.033
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.031
175	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.026
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.008

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.785
2Uruguay0.716
3Denmark0.700
4Taiwan0.652
5Australia0.648

Lowest

176Eritrea0.008
175Saudi Arabia0.026
174United Arab Emirates0.031
173Turkmenistan0.033
172Qatar0.034

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.298. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 176 in both
59 · 99rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius0.316 → 0.481+0.165
Sri Lanka0.439 → 0.520+0.081
South Korea0.478 → 0.551+0.073
Ghana0.318 → 0.361+0.043
Afghanistan0.012 → 0.051+0.039

Fell most

Vanuatu0.514 → 0.323−0.191
United States0.602 → 0.510−0.092
Bulgaria0.453 → 0.397−0.056
Moldova0.442 → 0.389−0.053
Georgia0.282 → 0.236−0.046

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 2025.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.054. 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 (2025). Participatory Democracy Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2025

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07Questions