Citizen support for democracy in Mongolia
Mongolia: Citizen support for democracy was -1.15 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Citizen support for democracy in Mongolia, 2003–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citizen support for democracy in Mongolia is -1.15, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and down 139.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Mongolia peaked at -0.2233 in 2003 and was at its lowest, -1.15, in 2020.
Mongolia ranks 122nd of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -0.2233 | — |
| 2004 | -0.4068 | +82.2% |
| 2005 | -0.5987 | +47.2% |
| 2006 | -0.5899 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | -0.56 | -5.1% |
| 2008 | -0.5231 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | -0.5051 | -3.4% |
| 2010 | -0.4795 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | -0.5817 | +21.3% |
| 2012 | -0.6891 | +18.5% |
| 2013 | -0.8051 | +16.8% |
| 2014 | -0.9077 | +12.7% |
| 2015 | -0.9518 | +4.9% |
| 2016 | -0.9938 | +4.4% |
| 2017 | -1.04 | +5.1% |
| 2018 | -1.08 | +3.1% |
| 2019 | -1.11 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | -1.15 | +3.5% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's -1.15 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.9114, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's -1.15 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is -0.4405, 2.6× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen support for democracy in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -82.2% | -0.2233 | -0.4068 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.4867 | -0.5987 | -0.2233 | 7 |
| 2010s | -0.8639 | -1.11 | -0.4795 | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.15 | -1.15 | -1.15 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More social development data for Mongolia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,403 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,403 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 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 Mongolia?
- Citizen support for democracy in Mongolia was -1.15 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2233 in 2003.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.15 in 2020.
- How does Mongolia rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Mongolia ranks 122nd out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 139.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.