El Salvador vs Venezuela: Citizen satisfaction with democracy

El Salvador
-0.9592
in 2020
Venezuela
-1.06
in 2020
El Salvador rank
115th
Venezuela rank
117th

Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time

  • El Salvador
  • Venezuela
-1-0.500.5199520072020

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports -0.9592 against -1.06 in Venezuela, a difference of 0.1008.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1996 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 115th and Venezuela ranks 117th of 131 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Venezuela in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Venezuela Difference Ahead
1990s 0.1003 0.0213 0.0789 El Salvador
2000s -0.0447 0.4393 0.484 Venezuela
2010s -0.3113 -0.2884 0.0229 Venezuela
2020s -0.9592 -1.06 0.1018 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, El Salvador or Venezuela?
El Salvador, at -0.9592 against -1.06 in Venezuela as of 2020.
What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between El Salvador and Venezuela?
0.1008, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Venezuela?
25 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Venezuela rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
El Salvador ranks 115th and Venezuela ranks 117th of 131 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Citizen satisfaction with democracy
Source
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
131 places, 3,021 data points, 1973–2020
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.