What is the difference in participatory democracy index between Dominican Republic and South Africa?

0.005, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and South Africa?

125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Participatory Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs South Africa: Participatory Democracy Index

Dominican Republic

0.475

in 2025

South Africa

0.47

in 2025

Dominican Republic rank

44th

South Africa rank

45th

Participatory Democracy Index over time

Dominican Republic
South Africa

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 0.475 against 0.47 in South Africa, a difference of 0.005.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 125 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 44th and South Africa ranks 45th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.133	0.1113	0.0217	Dominican Republic
1910s	0.1204	0.1424	0.022	South Africa
1920s	0.1319	0.1443	0.0124	South Africa
1930s	0.0888	0.1495	0.0607	South Africa
1940s	0.0912	0.1463	0.0551	South Africa
1950s	0.0741	0.1313	0.0572	South Africa
1960s	0.1355	0.1265	0.009	Dominican Republic
1970s	0.1908	0.1265	0.0643	Dominican Republic
1980s	0.3213	0.1286	0.1927	Dominican Republic
1990s	0.3261	0.3318	0.0057	South Africa
2000s	0.422	0.525	0.103	South Africa
2010s	0.3763	0.5034	0.1271	South Africa
2020s	0.4595	0.4613	0.0018	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher participatory democracy index, Dominican Republic or South Africa?: Dominican Republic, at 0.475 against 0.47 in South Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in participatory democracy index between Dominican Republic and South Africa?: 0.005, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and South Africa?: 125 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Dominican Republic and South Africa rank globally for participatory democracy index?: Dominican Republic ranks 44th and South Africa ranks 45th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Participatory Democracy Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Dominican Republic vs South Africa: Participatory Democracy Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 28 August 2026, from https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/participatory-democracy-index/dominican-republic/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://social-development.statizoid.com/compare/participatory-democracy-index/dominican-republic/south-africa/">Dominican Republic vs South Africa: Participatory Democracy Index</a> — Statizoid

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: 28 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.