Citizen support for democracy in Moldova
Moldova: Citizen support for democracy was -1.42 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen support for democracy in Moldova, 1996–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Moldova recorded -1.42 for citizen support for democracy in 2020.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Moldova peaked at -0.7099 in 1996 and was at its lowest, -1.43, in 2010.
Moldova ranks 131st of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Moldova, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | -0.7099 | — |
| 1997 | -0.8237 | +16.0% |
| 1998 | -0.9317 | +13.1% |
| 1999 | -1.05 | +12.9% |
| 2000 | -1.18 | +12.0% |
| 2001 | -1.29 | +9.7% |
| 2002 | -1.41 | +9.4% |
| 2003 | -1.35 | -4.5% |
| 2004 | -1.29 | -4.7% |
| 2005 | -1.23 | -4.1% |
| 2006 | -1.17 | -5.1% |
| 2007 | -1.3 | +10.6% |
| 2008 | -1.43 | +10.3% |
| 2009 | -1.42 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | -1.43 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | -1.42 | -0.3% |
| 2012 | -1.42 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | -1.42 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | -1.42 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | -1.41 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | -1.42 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | -1.42 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | -1.41 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | -1.42 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | -1.42 | +0.1% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's -1.42 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.9114, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Moldova's -1.42 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1715. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.8792 | -1.05 | -0.7099 | 4 |
| 2000s | -1.31 | -1.43 | -1.17 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.42 | -1.43 | -1.41 | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.42 | -1.42 | -1.42 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More social development data for Moldova
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 149,324 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,846 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0025 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,846 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0633 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 Moldova?
- Citizen support for democracy in Moldova was -1.42 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was -0.7099 in 1996.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.43 in 2010.
- How does Moldova rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Moldova ranks 131st out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.