Congo vs Mali: Participatory Democracy Index

Congo
0.188
in 2025
Mali
0.164
in 2025
Congo rank
116th
Mali rank
119th

Participatory Democracy Index over time

  • Congo
  • Mali
00.10.20.30.4190019622025

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.188 against 0.164 in Mali, a difference of 0.024.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 116th and Mali ranks 119th of 176 countries.

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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

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.