Citizen support for democracy in Albania
Albania: Citizen support for democracy was 1.94 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen support for democracy in Albania, 1998–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Albania recorded 1.94 for citizen support for democracy in 2020. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 199.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Albania peaked at 1.94 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3467, in 2008.
Albania ranks 6th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.9372 | 0.925 | 0.9495 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.6783 | 0.3467 | 0.8993 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 | 0.6481 | 1.93 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1 |
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- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 21,447 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Key features of democracy 0.484 (2025)
- Freedom of Expression Index 0.673 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.785 (2025)
- Electoral Democracy Index 0.484 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.29 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.382 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen support for democracy in Albania?
- Citizen support for democracy in Albania was 1.94 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 in 2020.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3467 in 2008.
- How does Albania rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Albania ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 199.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Citizen support for 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 support a democratic political system and reject autocratic alternatives. It combines responses across more than one thousand nationally-representative surveys on how desirable citizens find democracy, how they evaluate undemocratic alternatives (such as a strong unelected leader, the army, or religious authorities), and how they assess democratic and autocratic political systems relative to another.