Indicator: Participatory Democracy - Ranking 2024

Description	The Participatory Democracy Index captures the extent to which citizens actively participate in political processes beyond voting. It reflects a model of democracy that favors direct citizen involvement over the delegation of authority to representatives. The index accounts for engagement in civil society organizations, the use of direct democratic mechanisms, and the presence of elected bodies at the subnational level.
Unit of measure	Index
Aggregation Operator	Average

Source: V-Dem Institute

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Attention, the following countries are not included in this ranking: Turkey

	2024
Switzerland (1°)	0.794
Uruguay (2°)	0.705
Denmark (3°)	0.702
Australia (4°)	0.637
Norway (5°)	0.636
Ireland (6°)	0.631
Sweden (7°)	0.630
Estonia (8°)	0.630
Belgium (9°)	0.629
Italy (10°)	0.623
Taiwan (11°)	0.621
New Zealand (12°)	0.614
France (13°)	0.605
Costa Rica (14°)	0.604
Iceland (15°)	0.604
Latvia (16°)	0.601
United States (17°)	0.599
Finland (18°)	0.597
Germany (19°)	0.596
Chile (20°)	0.594
Canada (21°)	0.585
United Kingdom (22°)	0.581
Czech Repubblic (23°)	0.579
Lithuania (24°)	0.578
Austria (25°)	0.577
Spain (26°)	0.575
Netherlands (27°)	0.561
Luxembourg (28°)	0.561
Portugal (29°)	0.560
Slovenia (30°)	0.549
Brazil (31°)	0.548
Malta (32°)	0.542
Jamaica (33°)	0.534
Japan (34°)	0.526
Slovakia (35°)	0.525
Greece (36°)	0.516
Ecuador (37°)	0.504
Croatia (38°)	0.488
Poland (39°)	0.487
South Korea (40°)	0.485
Colombia (41°)	0.477
Israel (42°)	0.469
South Africa (43°)	0.468
Argentina (44°)	0.461
Dominican Republic (45°)	0.461
Bulgaria (46°)	0.455
Moldova (47°)	0.446
Panama (48°)	0.436
Sri Lanka (49°)	0.431
Nepal (50°)	0.427
Romania (51°)	0.423
Peru (52°)	0.416
Gambia (53°)	0.408
Senegal (54°)	0.397
Montenegro (55°)	0.392
Bolivia (56°)	0.390
Guatemala (57°)	0.386
Zambia (58°)	0.357
Kenya (59°)	0.355
Mexico (60°)	0.345
Namibia (61°)	0.343
Paraguay (62°)	0.343
Nigeria (63°)	0.337
Botswana (64°)	0.334
Liberia (65°)	0.334
Honduras (66°)	0.327
Ghana (67°)	0.320
Indonesia (68°)	0.318
Armenia (69°)	0.316
Malaysia (70°)	0.315
Albania (71°)	0.309
Ivory Coast (72°)	0.293
Benin (73°)	0.287
Philippines (74°)	0.284
Georgia (75°)	0.283
Hungary (76°)	0.273
Tanzania (77°)	0.266
Ukraine (78°)	0.264
Tunisia (79°)	0.263
Mongolia (80°)	0.249
India (81°)	0.248
Madagascar (82°)	0.247
Mauritania (83°)	0.226
Serbia (84°)	0.223
Gabon (85°)	0.208
Mozambique (86°)	0.206
Pakistan (87°)	0.204
Zimbabwe (88°)	0.203
Niger (89°)	0.200
El Salvador (90°)	0.200
Iraq (91°)	0.199
Lebanon (92°)	0.192
Thailand (93°)	0.186
Kyrgyzstan (94°)	0.179
Mali (95°)	0.176
Democratic Republic of Congo (96°)	0.170
Morocco (97°)	0.164
Uganda (98°)	0.163
Venezuela (99°)	0.161
Palestine (100°)	0.159
Vietnam (101°)	0.157
Djibouti (102°)	0.143
Central African Republic (103°)	0.137
Ethiopia (104°)	0.135
Rwanda (105°)	0.133
Jordan (106°)	0.127
Oman (107°)	0.125
Guinea (108°)	0.124
Kazakhstan (109°)	0.124
Russian Federation (110°)	0.121
Chad (111°)	0.120
Laos (112°)	0.116
Singapore (113°)	0.112
Cameroon (114°)	0.111
Haiti (115°)	0.099
Angola (116°)	0.097
Algeria (117°)	0.095
Nicaragua (118°)	0.094
Myanmar (119°)	0.093
Sudan (120°)	0.090
Bangladesh (121°)	0.090
Somalia (122°)	0.090
Libya (123°)	0.086
Kuwait (124°)	0.084
Uzbekistan (125°)	0.080
Egypt (126°)	0.079
Cambodia (127°)	0.077
Cuba (128°)	0.065
Syria (129°)	0.065
Tajikistan (130°)	0.057
Belarus (131°)	0.055
Yemen (132°)	0.054
Azerbaijan (133°)	0.045
North Korea (134°)	0.045
Iran (135°)	0.041
Bahrain (136°)	0.040
Qatar (137°)	0.033
China (138°)	0.030
United Arab Emirates (139°)	0.030
Saudi Arabia (140°)	0.021
Afghanistan (141°)	0.012
Eritrea (142°)	0.010

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