Chile vs Spain: Participatory Democracy Index

Chile

0.574

in 2025

Spain

0.572

in 2025

Chile rank

19th

Spain rank

20th

Participatory Democracy Index over time

Chile
Spain

How they compare

Chile currently reports 0.574 against 0.572 in Spain, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 234 shared years of data; in 1789 it was Spain ahead.

Chile ranks 19th and Spain ranks 20th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Participatory Democracy Index in Chile
Participatory Democracy Index in Spain
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Participatory Democracy Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,363 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent of suffrage, the freedom and fairness of elections, freedoms of association and expression, as well as the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.