Democracy Is the Best Form of Government (AmericasBarometer)
Share who agree that democracy may have problems but is better than any other form of government. AmericasBarometer, 2004–2026.
Period: AmericasBarometer Grand Merge 2004–2023 (free, v1.0) and 2025/26 merged file (v1.0). Method: Weighted by wt, the within-country weight. Share of substantive answers; don't know, refused and not asked are left out of the base. A country needs 300 answers to be shown. Counted as yes: 5–7 on the 1–7 agreement scale (ING4).
Agree democracy is better than any other form of government (5–7 on a 1–7 scale, %)
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2004–2025–2026.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 86% | +86.0pp |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 76.7% | +76.7pp |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | 74.4% | +74.4pp |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | 72.1% | +72.1pp |
| 🇺🇸 USA | 70.1% | +70.1pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0% | -64.9pp |
| 🇬🇩 Grenada | 0% | -58.7pp |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | 0% | -57.2pp |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 0% | -56.9pp |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 0% | -52.5pp |
By group
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| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 20 | 65.3% | +8.7pp |
Democracy Is the Best Form of Government (AmericasBarometer) — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Agree democracy is better than any other form of government (5–7 on a 1–7 scale, %) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 86% | — |
| 2 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 76.7% | — |
| 3 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 74.6% | +2.5pp |
| 4 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 74.4% | — |
| 5 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 73.5% | +6.3pp |
| 6 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 72.1% | — |
| 7 | 🇺🇸 USA | 70.1% | — |
| 8 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 69.7% | +5.9pp |
| 9 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 68.4% | — |
| 10 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 65.7% | +8.6pp |
| 11 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 65% | +2.8pp |
| 12 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 63.3% | +12.0pp |
| 13 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 62.7% | +0.90pp |
| 14 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 59.8% | +8.8pp |
| 15 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 58% | +10.4pp |
| 16 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 55.9% | +7.4pp |
| 17 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 55.7% | — |
| 18 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 52.7% | +1.2pp |
| 19 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 51.2% | +0.40pp |
| 20 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 49.6% | -1.2pp |