Citizen support for democracy in Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire: Citizen support for democracy was 0.4725 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen support for democracy in Cote d'Ivoire, 2013–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Cote d'Ivoire recorded 0.4725 for citizen support for democracy in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 51.4% over ten years.
That places Cote d'Ivoire 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Citizen support for democracy in Cote d'Ivoire, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.9721 | — |
| 2014 | 0.9327 | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.779 | -16.5% |
| 2016 | 0.632 | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4812 | -23.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4784 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.4797 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4725 | -1.5% |
Cote d'Ivoire compared with similar countries
- Cote d'Ivoire's 0.4725 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.6191. (35 countries reporting)
- Cote d'Ivoire's 0.4725 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.019, 24.9× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6793 | 0.4784 | 0.9721 | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4725 | 0.4725 | 0.4725 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Cote d'Ivoire
More social development data for Cote d'Ivoire
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 74,630 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 32,506 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 32,506 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0023 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 support for democracy in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Citizen support for democracy in Cote d'Ivoire was 0.4725 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9721 in 2013.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Cote d'Ivoire?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4725 in 2020.
- How does Cote d'Ivoire rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Cote d'Ivoire?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cote d'Ivoire 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.