Data for 2002

Participatory Democracy Index, 2002

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2002 covers 175 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.790; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.290. Against 2001, 132 values changed (68 up, 64 down), 1 country joined.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2002

HighestSwitzerland

0.790

LowestEritrea

0.011

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

175countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.790
2	UruguayURYSouth America	0.730
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.724
4	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.709
5	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.679
=6	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.659
=6	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.659
=8	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.651
=8	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.651
=8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.651
=8	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.651
=8	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.651
13	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.642
14	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.641
15	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.637
16	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.635
17	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.633
18	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.629
19	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.627
20	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.622
21	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.619
22	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.615
=23	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.604
=23	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.604
25	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.603
26	BrazilBRASouth America	0.597
27	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.595
28	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.593
29	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.590
30	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.586
31	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.582
32	ChileCHLSouth America	0.577
33	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.573
34	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.570
35	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.569
36	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.564
37	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.550
38	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.547
39	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.542
=40	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.540
=40	PeruPERSouth America	0.540
42	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.516
43	SurinameSURSouth America	0.503
44	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.493
45	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.488
46	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.485
47	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.476
48	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.473
49	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.471
50	PanamaPANCentral America	0.468
51	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.467
52	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.453
53	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.451
54	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.438
55	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.437
56	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.433
57	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.429
58	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.424
59	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.421
60	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.411
61	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.410
62	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.406
63	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.405
64	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.386
65	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.385
66	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.382
67	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.378
68	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.374
69	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.364
=70	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.361
=70	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.361
72	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.357
73	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.354
74	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.349
75	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.338
76	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.336
=77	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.333
=77	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.333
79	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.330
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.329
81	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.327
82	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.320
=83	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.317
=83	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.317
85	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.314
86	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.304
87	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.291
88	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.290
89	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.289
90	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.287
=91	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.286
=91	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.286
93	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.284
94	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.279
95	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.278
96	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.269
97	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.266
98	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.261
99	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.255
100	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.249
101	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.247
102	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.244
103	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.241
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.240
105	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.238
=106	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.225
=106	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.225
=108	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.212
=108	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.212
110	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.210
111	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.199
112	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.195
113	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.187
114	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.179
115	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.176
116	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.175
117	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.167
118	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.166
119	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.163
120	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.161
121	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.160
122	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.158
123	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.154
124	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.151
125	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.146
126	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.144
127	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.142
128	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.141
129	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.140
130	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.136
131	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.132
132	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.131
133	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.130
134	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.129
135	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.128
136	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.127
137	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.126
138	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.125
139	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.123
140	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.122
141	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.121
142	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.120
143	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.108
144	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.100
145	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.098
146	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.093
=147	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.092
=147	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.092
=149	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.091
=149	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.091
151	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.090
152	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.089
153	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.088
154	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.086
155	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.077
156	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.076
=157	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.073
=157	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.073
159	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.069
160	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.066
161	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.058
=162	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.054
=162	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.054
164	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.051
165	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.048
166	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.046
=167	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.044
=167	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.044
=169	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.043
=169	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.043
=169	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.043
172	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.020
=173	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.014
=173	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.014
175	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.011

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.790
2Uruguay0.730
3Denmark0.724
4New Zealand0.709
5Sweden0.679

Lowest

175Eritrea0.011
173Qatarshared0.014
173United Arab Emiratesshared0.014
172Saudi Arabia0.020
169North Koreashared0.043

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.290. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 174 in both
68 · 64rose · fell
42unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone0.156 → 0.289+0.133
Kosovo0.165 → 0.269+0.104
Solomon Islands0.182 → 0.284+0.102
Lesotho0.164 → 0.244+0.080
Afghanistan0.021 → 0.092+0.071

Fell most

Nepal0.212 → 0.179−0.033
Madagascar0.310 → 0.278−0.032
Côte d’Ivoire0.312 → 0.290−0.022
Venezuela0.376 → 0.354−0.022
Russia0.228 → 0.210−0.018

+ Timor-Leste

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 2002.
154 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.651. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2002). Participatory Democracy Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2002

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