Citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Citizen support for democracy was 0.7771 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg, 1988–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg is 0.7771, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg peaked at 0.7902 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1163, in 1999.
That places Luxembourg 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.5927 | — |
| 1989 | 0.5905 | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.586 | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 0.5951 | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 0.5968 | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.5149 | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 0.4321 | -16.1% |
| 1995 | 0.3519 | -18.6% |
| 1996 | 0.2739 | -22.2% |
| 1997 | 0.1987 | -27.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1588 | -20.1% |
| 1999 | 0.1163 | -26.7% |
| 2000 | 0.187 | +60.7% |
| 2001 | 0.2604 | +39.3% |
| 2002 | 0.332 | +27.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3989 | +20.1% |
| 2004 | 0.4713 | +18.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5483 | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 0.631 | +15.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7114 | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 0.7854 | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7845 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7808 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7812 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7866 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7862 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7902 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7831 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.773 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.7784 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.7786 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7751 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7771 | +0.3% |
Luxembourg compared with similar countries
- Luxembourg's 0.7771 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.3338, 2.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Luxembourg's 0.7771 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1715, 4.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +60.7% | 0.1163 | 0.187 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5916 | 0.5905 | 0.5927 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.3824 | 0.1163 | 0.5968 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.511 | 0.187 | 0.7854 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7813 | 0.773 | 0.7902 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7771 | 0.7771 | 0.7771 | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg?
- Citizen support for democracy in Luxembourg was 0.7771 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7902 in 2014.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1163 in 1999.
- How does Luxembourg rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Luxembourg ranks 24th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.