Cameroon vs Portugal: Citizen support for democracy

Cameroon
-0.5305
in 2020
Portugal
-0.5501
in 2020
Cameroon rank
84th
Portugal rank
86th

Citizen support for democracy over time

  • Cameroon
  • Portugal
-0.500.51198820042020

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports -0.5305 against -0.5501 in Portugal, a difference of 0.0196.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 84th and Portugal ranks 86th of 144 countries.

Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Portugal Difference Ahead
2010s -0.2905 -0.4216 0.1311 Cameroon
2020s -0.5305 -0.5501 0.0196 Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher citizen support for democracy, Cameroon or Portugal?
Cameroon, at -0.5305 against -0.5501 in Portugal as of 2020.
What is the difference in citizen support for democracy between Cameroon and Portugal?
0.0196, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Portugal?
8 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2020.
How do Cameroon and Portugal rank globally for citizen support for democracy?
Cameroon ranks 84th and Portugal ranks 86th of 144 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Citizen support for 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 support for democracy
Source
Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
144 places, 3,104 data points, 1988–2020
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.