Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia
Georgia: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was -1.07 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia, 1992–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Georgia recorded -1.07 for citizen satisfaction with democracy in 2020.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia peaked at -0.5731 in 1992 and was at its lowest, -1.15, in 1994.
That places Georgia 119th out of 131 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | -0.5731 | — |
| 1993 | -0.8634 | +50.7% |
| 1994 | -1.15 | +32.9% |
| 1995 | -0.8412 | -26.7% |
| 1996 | -0.8144 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | -0.8029 | -1.4% |
| 1998 | -0.7908 | -1.5% |
| 1999 | -0.7782 | -1.6% |
| 2000 | -0.7629 | -2.0% |
| 2001 | -0.7506 | -1.6% |
| 2002 | -0.7394 | -1.5% |
| 2003 | -0.7284 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | -0.7168 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | -0.7077 | -1.3% |
| 2006 | -0.698 | -1.4% |
| 2007 | -0.6852 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | -0.6783 | -1.0% |
| 2009 | -0.7203 | +6.2% |
| 2010 | -0.7602 | +5.5% |
| 2011 | -0.7981 | +5.0% |
| 2012 | -0.8394 | +5.2% |
| 2013 | -0.8764 | +4.4% |
| 2014 | -0.9151 | +4.4% |
| 2015 | -0.9524 | +4.1% |
| 2016 | -0.9932 | +4.3% |
| 2017 | -1.04 | +4.2% |
| 2018 | -1.07 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | -1.07 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | -1.07 | -0.1% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's -1.07 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.364, 2.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Georgia's -1.07 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.0062, 172.9× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -50.7% | -0.5731 | -0.8634 |
| 1994 | -32.9% | -0.8634 | -1.15 |
| 1995 | +26.7% | -1.15 | -0.8412 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.8264 | -1.15 | -0.5731 | 8 |
| 2000s | -0.7188 | -0.7629 | -0.6783 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.9316 | -1.07 | -0.7602 | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.07 | -1.07 | -1.07 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More social development data for Georgia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 26,522 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0044 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Georgia was -1.07 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5731 in 1992.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.15 in 1994.
- How does Georgia rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Georgia ranks 119th out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen satisfaction with democracy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.