Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela
Venezuela: Citizen satisfaction with democracy was -1.06 in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela, 1995–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded -1.06 for citizen satisfaction with democracy in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 479.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela peaked at 0.7197 in 2007 and was at its lowest, -1.06, in 2020.
Venezuela ranks 117th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -0.0846 | — |
| 1996 | -0.1471 | +73.9% |
| 1997 | -0.0492 | -66.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0378 | -176.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2438 | +545.9% |
| 2000 | 0.4474 | +83.5% |
| 2001 | 0.2512 | -43.8% |
| 2002 | 0.1853 | -26.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1584 | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3125 | +97.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5863 | +87.6% |
| 2006 | 0.6772 | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7197 | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6231 | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4323 | -30.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2797 | -35.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3324 | +18.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4338 | +30.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2192 | -49.5% |
| 2014 | -0.232 | -205.8% |
| 2015 | -0.3797 | +63.7% |
| 2016 | -0.5993 | +57.8% |
| 2017 | -0.8254 | +37.7% |
| 2018 | -1.05 | +27.8% |
| 2019 | -1.06 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | -1.06 | +0.3% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's -1.06 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.2275, 4.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's -1.06 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.5167, 2.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +545.9% | 0.0378 | 0.2438 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0001 | -0.1471 | 0.2438 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4393 | 0.1584 | 0.7197 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2884 | -1.06 | 0.4338 | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.06 | -1.06 | -1.06 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More social development data for Venezuela
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 14,333 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0146 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 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 Venezuela?
- Citizen satisfaction with democracy in Venezuela was -1.06 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7197 in 2007.
- What is the lowest citizen satisfaction with democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.06 in 2020.
- How does Venezuela rank for citizen satisfaction with democracy?
- Venezuela ranks 117th out of 131 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen satisfaction with democracy rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 479.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.