Citizen satisfaction with democracy by country
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
3.03
Denmark
Lowest
-2.43
Madagascar
Median
-0.0822
Years covered
48
1973–2020
Data points
3,021
What the numbers show
Citizen satisfaction with democracy is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 3.03 in Denmark; the lowest is -2.43 in Madagascar.
The median across all reporting countries is -0.0822, and the mean is -0.0064.
Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Estonia (up 316.6%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 10,878.8%).
Citizen satisfaction with democracy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 3.03 | 2020 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2.58 | 2020 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 3 | Vietnam | 2.36 | 2020 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 5 | Norway | 1.97 | 2020 | up 23.8% | falling |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 1.82 | 2020 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 7 | Singapore | 1.78 | 2020 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 1.67 | 2020 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 9 | Netherlands | 1.66 | 2020 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Finland | 1.61 | 2020 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Sweden | 1.41 | 2020 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 1.35 | 2020 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 13 | Ghana | 1.32 | 2020 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 1.15 | 2020 | up 151.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Namibia | 1.11 | 2020 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 17 | Burundi | 1.1 | 2020 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 1.07 | 2020 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 19 | Malaysia | 1.04 | 2020 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 20 | Portugal | 0.9762 | 2020 | up 194.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 0.9559 | 2020 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Canada | 0.9272 | 2020 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 23 | Sri Lanka | 0.8428 | 2020 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 0.8356 | 2020 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 25 | Senegal | 0.8233 | 2020 | up 219.9% | volatile |
| 26 | New Zealand | 0.8045 | 2020 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Botswana | 0.7934 | 2020 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 0.7837 | 2020 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Suriname | 0.76 | 2020 | up 117.6% | rising |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.7054 | 2020 | up 121.7% | rising |
| 32 | Australia | 0.6908 | 2020 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 33 | Egypt | 0.6336 | 2020 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 0.5969 | 2020 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.5193 | 2020 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Taiwan | 0.5141 | 2020 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 0.4603 | 2020 | down 62.4% | falling |
| 38 | Cambodia | 0.415 | 2020 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 39 | Benin | 0.4067 | 2020 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 40 | Czechia | 0.3874 | 2020 | up 170.0% | volatile |
| 41 | South Korea | 0.363 | 2020 | up 186.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Zambia | 0.3509 | 2020 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Iceland | 0.3441 | 2020 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 44 | United States | 0.3425 | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 45 | Israel | 0.3369 | 2020 | up 159.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Estonia | 0.3243 | 2020 | up 316.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Poland | 0.303 | 2020 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Uganda | 0.2657 | 2020 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 49 | Uruguay | 0.2488 | 2020 | down 83.4% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 0.228 | 2020 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Cyprus | 0.2259 | 2020 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Hungary | 0.2076 | 2020 | up 124.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Lithuania | 0.1968 | 2020 | up 114.1% | rising |
| 54 | Algeria | 0.1788 | 2020 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 55 | China | 0.1464 | 2020 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Turkey | 0.1321 | 2020 | up 126.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Kenya | 0.1142 | 2020 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Guyana | 0.1074 | 2020 | up 126.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Japan | 0.1061 | 2020 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.0899 | 2020 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 0.0771 | 2020 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0553 | 2020 | up 120.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Pakistan | 0.0432 | 2020 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 0.0186 | 2020 | up 103.4% | rising |
| 65 | Russia | -0.031 | 2020 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Nigeria | -0.0331 | 2020 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 67 | France | -0.0774 | 2020 | down 274.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovakia | -0.087 | 2020 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | -0.0935 | 2020 | down 138.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Lesotho | -0.1528 | 2020 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | -0.163 | 2020 | down 174.8% | volatile |
| 72 | South Africa | -0.1883 | 2020 | down 129.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Liberia | -0.206 | 2020 | down 153.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | -0.2077 | 2020 | down 120.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Cote d'Ivoire | -0.2275 | 2020 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 76 | Belarus | -0.2504 | 2020 | down 390.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | -0.2542 | 2020 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Malawi | -0.2553 | 2020 | down 176.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | -0.2615 | 2020 | down 215.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Niger | -0.2938 | 2020 | down 133.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Spain | -0.2968 | 2020 | down 413.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Mozambique | -0.2972 | 2020 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Tunisia | -0.3053 | 2020 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 84 | North Macedonia | -0.3095 | 2020 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 85 | Nicaragua | -0.3224 | 2020 | down 1,380.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Chile | -0.3267 | 2020 | down 167.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | -0.3296 | 2020 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 88 | Romania | -0.3498 | 2020 | up 76.2% | falling |
| 89 | Mali | -0.3543 | 2020 | down 475.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | -0.364 | 2020 | down 458.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Latvia | -0.3921 | 2020 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 92 | Montenegro | -0.4262 | 2020 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 93 | Paraguay | -0.4567 | 2020 | down 212.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Argentina | -0.4761 | 2020 | down 341.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Guinea | -0.5079 | 2020 | down 94.8% | falling |
| 96 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.5352 | 2020 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Honduras | -0.5574 | 2020 | down 3,656.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Hong Kong | -0.5631 | 2020 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia | -0.5664 | 2020 | down 638.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Serbia | -0.5892 | 2020 | up 40.3% | flat |
| 101 | Mongolia | -0.6126 | 2020 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Sudan | -0.6871 | 2020 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 103 | Cameroon | -0.7314 | 2020 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 104 | Guatemala | -0.7474 | 2020 | down 106.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Croatia | -0.7501 | 2020 | up 51.6% | falling |
| 106 | Greece | -0.7925 | 2020 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Panama | -0.8291 | 2020 | down 201.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | -0.8437 | 2020 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Eswatini | -0.8533 | 2020 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 110 | Jamaica | -0.8788 | 2020 | down 330.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovenia | -0.8803 | 2020 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Brazil | -0.9206 | 2020 | down 323.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | -0.9227 | 2020 | down 10,878.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Mexico | -0.9333 | 2020 | down 101.2% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | -0.9592 | 2020 | down 385.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Nepal | -0.9717 | 2020 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 117 | Venezuela | -1.06 | 2020 | down 479.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Peru | -1.07 | 2020 | down 160.9% | falling |
| 119 | Georgia | -1.07 | 2020 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 120 | Haiti | -1.14 | 2020 | down 91.7% | falling |
| 121 | Cape Verde | -1.2 | 2020 | down 1,364.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Bulgaria | -1.31 | 2020 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | -1.34 | 2020 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 124 | Togo | -1.42 | 2020 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 125 | Moldova | -1.48 | 2020 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 126 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.67 | 2020 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 127 | Sao Tome and Principe | -1.69 | 2020 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | -1.78 | 2020 | down 94.2% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | -2.16 | 2020 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 130 | Ukraine | -2.26 | 2020 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 131 | Madagascar | -2.43 | 2020 | down 32.9% | falling |
About this data
Central estimate of the average extent to which citizens are satisfied with democracy in their own country. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy.