Data for 2019

Participatory Democracy Index, 2019

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Participatory Democracy Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Switzerland is highest, at 0.800; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.335. Against 2018, 167 values changed (61 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Participatory Democracy Index · Data for 2019

HighestSwitzerland

0.800

LowestEritrea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.800
2	UruguayURYSouth America	0.733
3	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.704
4	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.687
5	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.673
6	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.655
=7	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.646
=7	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.646
9	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.645
=10	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.638
=10	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.638
12	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.635
13	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.633
=14	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.632
=14	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.632
=16	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.629
=16	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.629
18	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.628
19	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.626
20	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.624
21	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.623
22	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.621
23	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.619
24	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.605
25	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.600
26	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.595
27	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.591
=28	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.589
=28	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.589
30	PeruPERSouth America	0.588
31	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.584
32	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.569
33	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.563
34	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.560
35	ChileCHLSouth America	0.559
=36	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.557
=36	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.557
38	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.549
39	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.540
40	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.525
41	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.517
42	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.514
43	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.499
=44	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.484
=44	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.484
46	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.473
47	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.469
48	SurinameSURSouth America	0.464
49	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.460
50	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.451
51	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.450
52	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.449
53	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.443
54	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.441
55	BrazilBRASouth America	0.436
56	PanamaPANCentral America	0.435
57	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.429
58	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.425
59	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.421
60	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.420
61	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.411
62	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.408
63	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.403
64	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.402
65	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.397
66	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.394
67	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.391
68	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.390
69	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.388
70	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.386
=71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.384
=71	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.384
73	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.377
74	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.370
75	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.369
76	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.363
77	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.360
=78	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.355
=78	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.355
80	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.352
81	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.350
82	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.349
=83	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.345
=83	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.345
85	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.341
86	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.340
87	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.339
=88	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.335
=88	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.335
90	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.326
91	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.322
92	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.317
93	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.316
94	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.315
95	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.312
96	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.311
97	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.301
98	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.300
99	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.293
100	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.285
101	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.278
102	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.277
103	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.269
=104	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.267
=104	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.267
106	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.262
=107	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.256
=107	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.256
=109	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.255
=109	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.255
111	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.254
112	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.250
113	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.245
114	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.244
115	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.241
=116	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.240
=116	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.240
=118	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.239
=118	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.239
120	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.238
121	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.237
122	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.228
123	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.213
124	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.209
125	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.207
126	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.192
=127	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.187
=127	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.187
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.185
130	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.181
131	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.164
132	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.162
133	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.161
134	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.157
135	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.156
136	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.151
137	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.144
138	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.134
139	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.128
140	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.126
141	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.125
142	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.120
143	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.119
144	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.115
145	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.113
146	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.110
147	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.109
148	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.107
149	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.106
=150	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.103
=150	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.103
152	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.102
153	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.098
154	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.096
155	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.091
156	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.082
=157	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.074
=157	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.074
159	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.073
160	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.068
161	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.060
162	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.057
163	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.056
164	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.055
165	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.053
166	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.052
167	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.046
=168	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.044
=168	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.044
170	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.043
171	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.037
172	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.032
173	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.027
=174	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.022
=174	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.022
176	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.009

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Switzerland0.800
2Uruguay0.733
3Denmark0.704
4New Zealand0.687
5Italy0.673

Lowest

176Eritrea0.009
174Saudi Arabiashared0.022
174Qatarshared0.022
173United Arab Emirates0.027
172Turkmenistan0.032

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.335. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 176 in both
61 · 106rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.341 → 0.557+0.216
Maldives0.237 → 0.322+0.085
Romania0.479 → 0.557+0.078
Moldova0.328 → 0.386+0.058
Ethiopia0.108 → 0.164+0.056

Fell most

Benin0.393 → 0.277−0.116
Bolivia0.440 → 0.341−0.099
Brazil0.484 → 0.436−0.048
El Salvador0.398 → 0.355−0.043
Sri Lanka0.390 → 0.349−0.041

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 2019.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.646. 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2019). Participatory Democracy Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/participatory-democracy/2019

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