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Participatory Democracy Index, 2015

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.805; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.334. Against 2014, 150 values changed (62 up, 88 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2015

HighestSwitzerland

0.805

LowestEritrea

0.010

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Participatory Democracy Index, 2015, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Participatory Democracy Index, 2015: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.805
2UruguayURYSouth America0.750
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.710
4SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe0.689
5New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.687
6Costa RicaCRICentral America0.678
7ItalyITASouthern Europe0.671
8AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.659
9LatviaLVANorthern Europe0.658
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.657
=11NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.653
=11United StatesUSANorthern America0.653
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.650
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.644
15GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.642
=16GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.639
=16LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe0.639
=16PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.639
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.638
20SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe0.635
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.633
22LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.632
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.631
24FranceFRAWestern Europe0.629
25PolandPOLEastern Europe0.616

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Switzerland0.805
  2. 2Uruguay0.750
  3. 3Denmark0.710
  4. 4Slovenia0.689
  5. 5New Zealand0.687

Lowest

  1. 176Eritrea0.010
  2. 175Qatar0.024
  3. 174Saudi Arabia0.029
  4. 173United Arab Emirates0.030
  5. 172Turkmenistan0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.334. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 176 in both
  • 62 · 88rose · fell
  • 26unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

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 2015.

  • 156 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.639. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2015). Participatory Democracy Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2015

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07Questions

Participatory Democracy Index, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest participatory democracy in Participatory Democracy Index, 2015?

Switzerland, at 0.805, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Participatory Democracy Index, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Participatory Democracy Index, 2015 cover?

176.

Where can I download Participatory Democracy Index, 2015?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Participatory Democracy Index, 2015 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Participatory Democracy Index, 2025.

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