Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Uruguay
Uruguay: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was 0.2488 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Uruguay, 1995–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.2488 for citizen satisfaction with democracy in 2020.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 83.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Uruguay peaked at 1.5 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.2473, in 2019.
Uruguay ranks 49th of 131 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7945 | 0.61 | 0.9612 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.8212 | 0.3186 | 1.44 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 0.2473 | 1.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2488 | 0.2488 | 0.2488 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen satisfaction with democracy in Uruguay?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Uruguay was 0.2488 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5 in 2010.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2473 in 2019.
- How does Uruguay rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Uruguay ranks 49th out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.