France vs Lesotho: Citizen satisfaction with democracy

France
-0.0774
in 2020
Lesotho
-0.1528
in 2020
France rank
67th
Lesotho rank
70th

Citizen satisfaction with democracy over time

  • France
  • Lesotho
-0.6-0.4-0.2-00.20.4197319962020

How they compare

France currently reports -0.0774 against -0.1528 in Lesotho, a difference of 0.0754.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2003 it was France ahead.

France ranks 67th and Lesotho ranks 70th of 131 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Lesotho Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1573 -0.2435 0.4008 France
2010s -0.0233 -0.1951 0.1718 France
2020s -0.0774 -0.1528 0.0754 France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citizen satisfaction with democracy, France or Lesotho?
France, at -0.0774 against -0.1528 in Lesotho as of 2020.
What is the difference in citizen satisfaction with democracy between France and Lesotho?
0.0754, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Lesotho?
18 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2020.
How do France and Lesotho rank globally for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
France ranks 67th and Lesotho ranks 70th 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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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.