Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania
Lithuania: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was 0.1968 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania, 1991–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2020, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania stood at 0.1968. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 640.1% on the previous year and up 114.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania peaked at 0.1968 in 2020 and was at its lowest, -1.4, in 2010.
That places Lithuania 53rd out of 131 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.2111 | — |
| 1992 | -0.3775 | +78.8% |
| 1993 | -0.6762 | +79.1% |
| 1994 | -0.8562 | +26.6% |
| 1995 | -1.02 | +19.7% |
| 1996 | -0.9669 | -5.6% |
| 1997 | -0.8384 | -13.3% |
| 1998 | -0.9339 | +11.4% |
| 1999 | -1.03 | +10.0% |
| 2000 | -1 | -2.5% |
| 2001 | -0.9776 | -2.4% |
| 2002 | -0.9484 | -3.0% |
| 2003 | -0.9225 | -2.7% |
| 2004 | -0.8906 | -3.5% |
| 2005 | -1.04 | +16.9% |
| 2006 | -1.11 | +6.5% |
| 2007 | -1.13 | +2.1% |
| 2008 | -1.16 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | -1.28 | +10.6% |
| 2010 | -1.4 | +9.3% |
| 2011 | -1.21 | -13.4% |
| 2012 | -0.9988 | -17.5% |
| 2013 | -0.9382 | -6.1% |
| 2014 | -0.735 | -21.7% |
| 2015 | -0.5457 | -25.8% |
| 2016 | -0.4291 | -21.4% |
| 2017 | -0.3799 | -11.5% |
| 2018 | -0.2578 | -32.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0266 | -110.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1968 | +640.1% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.1968 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.303, 65% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.1968 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.0062. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +640.1% | 0.0266 | 0.1968 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.768 | -1.03 | -0.2111 | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.05 | -1.28 | -0.8906 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.6867 | -1.4 | 0.0266 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1968 | 0.1968 | 0.1968 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Lithuania was 0.1968 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1968 in 2020.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.4 in 2010.
- How does Lithuania rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Lithuania ranks 53rd out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.