Mexico vs Taiwan: Direct Democracy Index

Mexico
0.466
in 2025
Taiwan
0.518
in 2025
Mexico rank
5th
Taiwan rank
4th

Direct Democracy Index over time

  • Mexico
  • Taiwan
00.20.40.6190019622025

How they compare

Taiwan currently reports 0.518 against 0.466 in Mexico, a difference of 0.052.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Taiwan ahead.

Mexico ranks 5th and Taiwan ranks 4th 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
Last refreshed

Measures the extent of how easy it is for citizens to vote on specific issues themselves in popular initiatives, referendums, and plebiscites.