Citizen support for democracy in Georgia
Georgia: Citizen support for democracy was -0.4798 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen support for democracy in Georgia, 1996–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Georgia recorded -0.4798 for citizen support for democracy in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 104.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Georgia peaked at -0.1425 in 2007 and was at its lowest, -0.4798, in 2020.
Georgia ranks 80th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Georgia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -0.1909 | — |
| 1997 | -0.1874 | -1.8% |
| 1998 | -0.1846 | -1.5% |
| 1999 | -0.1833 | -0.7% |
| 2000 | -0.1825 | -0.4% |
| 2001 | -0.1803 | -1.2% |
| 2002 | -0.1746 | -3.2% |
| 2003 | -0.1742 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | -0.1604 | -7.9% |
| 2005 | -0.1578 | -1.7% |
| 2006 | -0.1449 | -8.2% |
| 2007 | -0.1425 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | -0.1458 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | -0.187 | +28.2% |
| 2010 | -0.2349 | +25.6% |
| 2011 | -0.2827 | +20.4% |
| 2012 | -0.324 | +14.6% |
| 2013 | -0.3655 | +12.8% |
| 2014 | -0.4017 | +9.9% |
| 2015 | -0.4264 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | -0.444 | +4.1% |
| 2017 | -0.4611 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | -0.4777 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | -0.4764 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | -0.4798 | +0.7% |
Georgia compared with similar countries
- Georgia's -0.4798 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.9114, 53% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Georgia's -0.4798 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1715. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.1865 | -0.1909 | -0.1833 | 4 |
| 2000s | -0.165 | -0.187 | -0.1425 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3894 | -0.4777 | -0.2349 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4798 | -0.4798 | -0.4798 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Georgia
More social development data for Georgia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 26,522 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 4 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0044 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 17,302 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 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 Georgia?
- Citizen support for democracy in Georgia was -0.4798 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Georgia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1425 in 2007.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Georgia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4798 in 2020.
- How does Georgia rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Georgia ranks 80th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Georgia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 104.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Georgia 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.