Left–Right Self-placement
Where voters place themselves on a 0–10 scale from left to right, averaged. CSES, latest election study per country since 2011.
Source: CSES — Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Licence: Free for research and publication with citation Unit: score 0–10 Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗
Period: Integrated Module Dataset (2024-02-27) and Module 6 (2025-12); latest election study per country from 2011. Method: Weighted mean on 0–10 by the CSES demographic weight; "haven't heard of left–right", refused, don't know and missing excluded.
Avg (2011–2024)
5.4
single period
Improving
0
of 53 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
53
±0.5pp band
Mean self-placement, 0 = left, 10 = right
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Left–Right Self-placement — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Mean self-placement, 0 = left, 10 = right |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 7.2 |
| 2 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 6.9 |
| 3 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 6.7 |
| 4 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 6.5 |
| 5 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 6.4 |
| 6 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 6.4 |
| 7 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6.4 |
| 8 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 6.2 |
| 9 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 6 |
| 10 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 5.9 |
| 11 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 5.9 |
| 12 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 5.9 |
| 13 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 5.8 |
| 14 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 5.8 |
| 15 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 5.7 |
| 16 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 5.7 |
| 17 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 5.7 |
| 18 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 5.6 |
| 19 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 5.6 |
| 20 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 5.6 |
| 21 | 🇺🇸 USA | 5.5 |
| 22 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 5.5 |
| 23 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 5.5 |
| 24 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 5.5 |
| 25 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 5.4 |
| 26 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 5.4 |
| 27 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 5.4 |
| 28 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 5.4 |
| 29 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 5.3 |
| 30 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5.3 |
| 31 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 5.3 |
| 32 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 5.3 |
| 33 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 5.2 |
| 34 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 5.2 |
| 35 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 5.2 |
| 36 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 5.2 |
| 37 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 5.2 |
| 38 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 5.2 |
| 39 | 🇬🇧 UK | 5.1 |
| 40 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 5.1 |
| 41 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 5.1 |
| 42 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 5.1 |
| 43 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 5 |
| 44 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 5 |
| 45 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 4.9 |
| 46 | 🇫🇷 France | 4.9 |
| 47 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 4.9 |
| 48 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 4.8 |
| 49 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 4.4 |
| 50 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 4.4 |
| 51 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 4.2 |
| 52 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 4 |
| 53 | 🇮🇳 India | 3.9 |