Data for 2000

Participatory Democracy Index, 2000

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2000 covers 174 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.784; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.280. Against 1999, 144 values changed (83 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2000

HighestSwitzerland

0.784

LowestAfghanistan

0.013

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

174countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.784
2	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.728
3	UruguayURYSouth America	0.723
4	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.717
5	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.682
6	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.668
7	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.663
8	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.653
9	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.652
10	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.650
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.647
12	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.644
13	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.639
14	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.638
15	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.637
16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.634
17	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.633
18	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.630
19	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.626
20	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.625
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.623
22	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.622
23	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.615
24	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.611
25	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.610
=26	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.599
=26	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.599
28	BrazilBRASouth America	0.595
29	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.590
30	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.589
31	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.587
32	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.582
33	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.577
=34	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.576
=34	ChileCHLSouth America	0.576
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.565
37	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.549
38	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.533
39	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.527
40	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.520
41	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.514
42	SurinameSURSouth America	0.509
43	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.505
44	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.502
45	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.483
46	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.473
47	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.468
48	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.467
49	PanamaPANCentral America	0.464
50	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.458
51	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.456
52	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.452
53	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.448
54	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.429
=55	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.421
=55	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.421
57	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.412
58	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.408
59	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.405
60	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.399
61	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.396
=62	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.383
=62	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.383
64	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.381
65	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.373
66	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.366
67	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.364
68	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.361
69	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.353
70	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.352
71	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.349
72	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.344
73	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.337
74	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.333
75	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.331
76	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.330
77	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.326
78	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.321
79	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.319
=80	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.317
=80	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.317
=80	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.317
83	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.313
84	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.306
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.296
86	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.286
87	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.280
88	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.279
=89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.268
=89	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.268
91	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.261
=92	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.258
=92	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.258
=92	PeruPERSouth America	0.258
95	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.254
96	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.253
97	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.249
98	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.236
=99	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.232
=99	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.232
=99	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.232
102	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.228
103	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.220
104	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.219
105	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.218
106	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.212
107	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.210
108	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.206
109	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.205
110	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.172
=111	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.171
=111	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.171
113	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.165
114	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.164
115	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.162
116	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.158
117	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.156
=118	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.153
=118	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.153
120	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.152
121	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.147
122	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.144
123	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.143
124	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.142
125	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.135
126	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.133
127	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.128
=128	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.125
=128	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.125
130	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.124
=131	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.123
=131	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.123
133	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.121
134	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.120
135	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.119
136	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.118
137	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.116
=138	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.111
=138	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.111
140	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.110
141	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.108
142	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.106
143	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.104
144	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.101
145	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.097
146	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.095
147	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.094
148	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.092
149	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.091
150	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.085
=151	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.077
=151	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.077
153	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.074
154	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.073
155	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.067
156	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.066
157	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.062
158	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.057
159	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.056
160	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.053
161	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.048
162	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.047
163	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.045
164	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.044
=165	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.043
=165	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.043
=165	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.043
168	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.042
169	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.019
170	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.015
=171	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.014
=171	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.014
=171	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.014
174	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.013

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.784
2Denmark0.728
3Uruguay0.723
4New Zealand0.717
5Sweden0.682

Lowest

174Afghanistan0.013
171Qatarshared0.014
171Eritreashared0.014
171United Arab Emiratesshared0.014
170Bahrain0.015

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.280. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
144values changed, of 174 in both
83 · 61rose · fell
30unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.251 → 0.458+0.207
Niger0.154 → 0.280+0.126
Taiwan0.428 → 0.533+0.105
Serbia0.183 → 0.261+0.078
Indonesia0.319 → 0.383+0.064

Fell most

Fiji0.290 → 0.205−0.085
Venezuela0.477 → 0.405−0.072
Solomon Islands0.286 → 0.219−0.067
Pakistan0.182 → 0.125−0.057
North Macedonia0.324 → 0.279−0.045

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 2000.
153 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.317. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the better result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Participatory Democracy Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2000

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