Satisfaction with Democracy
Share of voters very or fairly satisfied with the way democracy works in their country, asked after a national election. CSES, latest election study per country since 2011.
Source: CSES — Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Licence: Free for research and publication with citation Unit: % 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 by the CSES demographic weight. Share of answers 1–2 among substantive answers (1, 2, 4, 5 and, where offered, 6 "neither"); refused, don't know and missing excluded.
Avg (2011–2024)
51.9%
single period
Improving
0
of 53 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
53
±0.5pp band
Very or fairly satisfied with how democracy works (%)
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Satisfaction with Democracy — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Very or fairly satisfied with how democracy works (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 87% |
| 2 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 86.6% |
| 3 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 86.6% |
| 4 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 85.5% |
| 5 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 80.7% |
| 6 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 79% |
| 7 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 76.7% |
| 8 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 76.6% |
| 9 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 75.6% |
| 10 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 71.8% |
| 11 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 70.5% |
| 12 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 70% |
| 13 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 69.7% |
| 14 | 🇮🇳 India | 68.5% |
| 15 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 67.1% |
| 16 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 66.4% |
| 17 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 65.3% |
| 18 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 64.9% |
| 19 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 61% |
| 20 | 🇺🇸 USA | 60.3% |
| 21 | 🇫🇷 France | 57.8% |
| 22 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 54% |
| 23 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 53.9% |
| 24 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 53.6% |
| 25 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 53.3% |
| 26 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 51.8% |
| 27 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 51.8% |
| 28 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 51.6% |
| 29 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 51.1% |
| 30 | 🇬🇧 UK | 47.7% |
| 31 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 47.4% |
| 32 | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 46.6% |
| 33 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 44.7% |
| 34 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 43.7% |
| 35 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 42.5% |
| 36 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 42.2% |
| 37 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 42% |
| 38 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 41.7% |
| 39 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 41.6% |
| 40 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, China | 35.5% |
| 41 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 34.3% |
| 42 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 32.9% |
| 43 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 29.8% |
| 44 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 26.6% |
| 45 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 26.4% |
| 46 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 26.4% |
| 47 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 25.4% |
| 48 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 23.9% |
| 49 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 22.9% |
| 50 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 20.8% |
| 51 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 20.4% |
| 52 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 20.1% |
| 53 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 17.7% |