Cape Verde vs Kenya: Direct Democracy Index

Cape Verde
0.063
in 2025
Kenya
0.069
in 2025
Cape Verde rank
74th
Kenya rank
72nd

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Cape Verde
  • Kenya
00.050.10.15190019622025

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.069 against 0.063 in Cape Verde, a difference of 0.006.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Cape Verde's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Kenya ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 74th and Kenya ranks 72nd of 175 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Direct Democracy Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 20,802 data points, 1900–2025
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Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.