Citizen support for democracy in Paraguay
Paraguay: Citizen support for democracy was -0.8079 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Citizen support for democracy in Paraguay, 1995–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded -0.8079 for citizen support for democracy in 2020.
That represents a change of down 5.1% on the previous year and down 110.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Paraguay peaked at -0.3028 in 2013 and was at its lowest, -1.33, in 2005.
Paraguay ranks 100th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Citizen support for democracy in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -0.3923 | — |
| 1996 | -0.3833 | -2.3% |
| 1997 | -0.5552 | +44.8% |
| 1998 | -0.6078 | +9.5% |
| 1999 | -0.7363 | +21.1% |
| 2000 | -0.8629 | +17.2% |
| 2001 | -1.06 | +23.4% |
| 2002 | -1.13 | +5.9% |
| 2003 | -1.22 | +8.0% |
| 2004 | -1.28 | +5.2% |
| 2005 | -1.33 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | -1.2 | -9.7% |
| 2007 | -1.21 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | -0.8186 | -32.5% |
| 2009 | -0.6751 | -17.5% |
| 2010 | -0.3842 | -43.1% |
| 2011 | -0.3307 | -13.9% |
| 2012 | -0.3157 | -4.5% |
| 2013 | -0.3028 | -4.1% |
| 2014 | -0.5069 | +67.4% |
| 2015 | -0.5763 | +13.7% |
| 2016 | -0.4048 | -29.7% |
| 2017 | -0.4605 | +13.8% |
| 2018 | -0.6957 | +51.1% |
| 2019 | -0.7686 | +10.5% |
| 2020 | -0.8079 | +5.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's -0.8079 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.9114, 89% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's -0.8079 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.7907, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.535 | -0.7363 | -0.3833 | 5 |
| 2000s | -1.08 | -1.33 | -0.6751 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.4746 | -0.7686 | -0.3028 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8079 | -0.8079 | -0.8079 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More social development data for Paraguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,621 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 162 (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 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 162 (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 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citizen support for democracy in Paraguay?
- Citizen support for democracy in Paraguay was -0.8079 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3028 in 2013.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.33 in 2005.
- How does Paraguay rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Paraguay ranks 100th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 110.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.