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Participatory Democracy (V-Dem)

Participatory Democracy. V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy, 2018–2025.

Source: V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
0.3
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

Participatory Democracy

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.10.20.30.40.5 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.5 +0.16pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.5 +0.08pp
🇰🇷 South Korea 0.6 +0.07pp
🇬🇭 Ghana 0.4 +0.04pp
🇦🇫 Afghanistan 0.1 +0.04pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇻🇺 Vanuatu 0.3 -0.19pp
🇺🇸 United States of America 0.5 -0.09pp
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 0.4 -0.06pp
🇲🇩 Moldova 0.4 -0.05pp
🇬🇪 Georgia 0.2 -0.05pp

By group

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Americas 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 27 0.4 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.4 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.3 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.3 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.2 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.2 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.1 0.00pp

Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) — 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.

179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityParticipatory DemocracyChange
1🇨🇭 Switzerland0.80.00pp
2🇺🇾 Uruguay0.7+0.01pp
3🇩🇰 Denmark0.7-0.00pp
4🇹🇼 Taiwan0.7+0.03pp
5🇦🇺 Australia0.6+0.02pp
6🇳🇴 Norway0.6+0.00pp
7🇸🇪 Sweden0.6+0.01pp
8🇧🇪 Belgium0.6-0.00pp
9🇪🇪 Estonia0.6-0.00pp
10🇮🇪 Ireland0.6-0.01pp
11🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.6-0.00pp
12🇫🇷 France0.6-0.01pp
13🇫🇮 Finland0.6+0.02pp
14🇱🇻 Latvia0.6+0.00pp
15🇩🇪 Germany0.6+0.00pp
16🇨🇦 Canada0.6+0.01pp
17🇦🇹 Austria0.6+0.00pp
18🇳🇿 New Zealand0.6-0.04pp
19🇨🇱 Chile0.6-0.02pp
20🇪🇸 Spain0.6-0.00pp
21🇮🇹 Italy0.6-0.04pp
22🇮🇸 Iceland0.6-0.04pp
23🇨🇿 Czechia0.6-0.01pp
24🇱🇹 Lithuania0.6-0.02pp
25🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.6-0.01pp
26🇳🇱 Netherlands0.6-0.00pp
27🇰🇷 South Korea0.6+0.07pp
28🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.5-0.04pp
29🇵🇹 Portugal0.5-0.03pp
30🇲🇹 Malta0.5-0.01pp
31🇧🇷 Brazil0.5-0.02pp
32🇯🇵 Japan0.50.00pp
33🇯🇲 Jamaica0.5-0.01pp
34🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.5+0.08pp
35🇵🇱 Poland0.5+0.03pp
36🇺🇸 United States of America0.5-0.09pp
37🇸🇷 Suriname0.5+0.01pp
38🇸🇰 Slovakia0.5-0.01pp
39🇸🇮 Slovenia0.5-0.04pp
40🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.5+0.01pp
41🇬🇷 Greece0.5-0.02pp
42🇨🇾 Cyprus0.5-0.00pp
43🇲🇺 Mauritius0.5+0.16pp
44🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.5+0.01pp
45🇿🇦 South Africa0.5+0.01pp
46🇨🇴 Colombia0.5-0.01pp
47🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.5+0.00pp
48🇪🇨 Ecuador0.5-0.03pp
49🇭🇷 Croatia0.5-0.02pp
50🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.5+0.00pp
51🇮🇱 Israel0.5-0.01pp
52🇵🇪 Peru0.4+0.02pp
53🇵🇦 Panama0.4+0.02pp
54🇳🇵 Nepal0.4+0.00pp
55🇦🇷 Argentina0.4-0.03pp
56🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.4+0.01pp
57🇬🇹 Guatemala0.4+0.03pp
58🇷🇴 Romania0.4-0.01pp
59🇧🇴 Bolivia0.4+0.02pp
60🇬🇲 The Gambia0.4+0.01pp
61🇱🇸 Lesotho0.4+0.01pp
62🇲🇪 Montenegro0.4-0.00pp
63🇸🇳 Senegal0.4+0.02pp
64🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.4-0.06pp
65🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.4-0.00pp
66🇲🇩 Moldova0.4-0.05pp
67🇧🇼 Botswana0.4+0.04pp
68🇲🇼 Malawi0.40.00pp
69🇬🇭 Ghana0.4+0.04pp
70🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.4-0.01pp
71🇧🇹 Bhutan0.30.00pp
72🇳🇦 Namibia0.3+0.01pp
73🇿🇲 Zambia0.3-0.01pp
74🇧🇧 Barbados0.3-0.00pp
75🇽🇰 Kosovo0.3-0.02pp
76🇵🇾 Paraguay0.3-0.00pp
77🇸🇨 Seychelles0.3+0.02pp
78🇲🇽 Mexico0.3-0.01pp
79🇰🇪 Kenya0.3-0.02pp
80🇳🇬 Nigeria0.3-0.01pp
81🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.3-0.19pp
82🇱🇷 Liberia0.3-0.01pp
83🇭🇳 Honduras0.3-0.01pp
84🇦🇲 Armenia0.3-0.00pp
85🇲🇻 Maldives0.3-0.01pp
86🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.30.00pp
87🇲🇾 Malaysia0.3-0.01pp
88🇮🇩 Indonesia0.3-0.03pp
89🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3-0.01pp
90🇦🇱 Albania0.3-0.02pp
91🇬🇾 Guyana0.30.00pp
92🇲🇳 Mongolia0.3+0.03pp
93🇧🇯 Benin0.3+0.00pp
94🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.3+0.00pp
95Somaliland0.3+0.01pp
96🇭🇺 Hungary0.3-0.01pp
97🇫🇯 Fiji0.3-0.00pp
98🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.3-0.03pp
99🇵🇭 Philippines0.3-0.01pp
100🇺🇦 Ukraine0.3-0.01pp
101🇮🇳 India0.20.00pp
102🇹🇿 Tanzania0.2-0.02pp
103🇹🇳 Tunisia0.2-0.01pp
104🇬🇦 Gabon0.2+0.03pp
105🇬🇪 Georgia0.2-0.05pp
106🇹🇬 Togo0.2+0.03pp
107🇮🇶 Iraq0.2+0.01pp
108🇱🇧 Lebanon0.2+0.03pp
109🇲🇷 Mauritania0.2-0.01pp
110🇲🇬 Madagascar0.2-0.02pp
111🇷🇸 Serbia0.2-0.01pp
112🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.2-0.00pp
113🇲🇿 Mozambique0.2-0.01pp
114🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.2-0.00pp
115🇰🇲 Comoros0.2+0.01pp
116🇵🇰 Pakistan0.2-0.01pp
117🇳🇪 Niger0.2-0.01pp
118🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.2-0.01pp
119🇹🇭 Thailand0.2-0.01pp
120Zanzibar0.2+0.01pp
121🇹🇷 Türkiye0.2-0.00pp
122🇲🇱 Mali0.2-0.01pp
123🇻🇳 Vietnam0.2+0.02pp
124🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.2-0.01pp
125🇸🇻 El Salvador0.2-0.04pp
126🇺🇬 Uganda0.2-0.01pp
127🇲🇦 Morocco0.2-0.00pp
128🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.2-0.00pp
129🇻🇪 Venezuela0.1-0.01pp
130🇧🇮 Burundi0.1+0.04pp
131🇩🇯 Djibouti0.1-0.00pp
132🇯🇴 Jordan0.1+0.00pp
133🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.1-0.00pp
134🇷🇼 Rwanda0.1-0.00pp
135🇹🇩 Chad0.1+0.01pp
136🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.1-0.00pp
137🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.1-0.01pp
138🇷🇺 Russia0.1+0.00pp
139🇸🇬 Singapore0.1+0.00pp
140🇬🇳 Guinea0.1+0.01pp
141🇴🇲 Oman0.1-0.01pp
142🇭🇹 Haiti0.10.00pp
143🇱🇦 Laos0.1+0.00pp
144🇸🇿 Eswatini0.10.00pp
145🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.1-0.02pp
146🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.1-0.02pp
147🇦🇴 Angola0.1+0.00pp
148🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.1-0.01pp
149🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.10.00pp
150🇩🇿 Algeria0.1+0.00pp
151🇸🇴 Somalia0.1+0.00pp
152🇨🇲 Cameroon0.1-0.01pp
153🇱🇾 Libya0.10.00pp
154🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.1+0.00pp
155🇪🇬 Egypt0.1-0.00pp
156🇾🇪 Yemen0.1+0.00pp
157Palestine/Gaza0.1+0.00pp
158🇰🇭 Cambodia0.1-0.00pp
159🇹🇯 Tajikistan0.1+0.00pp
160🇸🇾 Syria0.1-0.01pp
161🇧🇾 Belarus0.10.00pp
162🇧🇭 Bahrain0.10.00pp
163🇨🇺 Cuba0.1-0.00pp
164🇰🇼 Kuwait0.1-0.01pp
165🇸🇩 Sudan0.1-0.02pp
166🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.1+0.04pp
167🇭🇰 Hong Kong0-0.00pp
168🇸🇸 South Sudan0-0.04pp
169🇰🇵 North Korea00.00pp
170🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0-0.00pp
171🇮🇷 Iran00.00pp
172🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar0-0.00pp
173🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0-0.01pp
174🇨🇳 China0+0.00pp
175🇶🇦 Qatar0-0.00pp
176🇹🇲 Turkmenistan00.00pp
177🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates00.00pp
178🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0+0.00pp
179🇪🇷 Eritrea00.00pp

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