Citizen support for democracy in Venezuela
Venezuela: Citizen support for democracy was 0.1397 in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Citizen support for democracy in Venezuela, 1995–2020
Source: Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Venezuela recorded 0.1397 for citizen support for democracy in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 51.6% on the previous year and down 88.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citizen support for democracy in Venezuela peaked at 1.44 in 2013 and was at its lowest, -0.126, in 1995.
Venezuela ranks 50th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Citizen support for democracy in Venezuela, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -0.126 | — |
| 1996 | -0.0696 | -44.8% |
| 1997 | -0.0706 | +1.4% |
| 1998 | -0.0971 | +37.6% |
| 1999 | -0.0775 | -20.3% |
| 2000 | -0.0516 | -33.4% |
| 2001 | -0.0504 | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 0.1178 | -333.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2077 | +76.2% |
| 2004 | 0.5587 | +169.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7607 | +36.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8165 | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8816 | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 1.22 | +38.0% |
| 2009 | 1.27 | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.18 | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 1.21 | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.39 | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 1.44 | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 1.21 | -16.2% |
| 2015 | 1.02 | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7694 | -24.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4965 | -35.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4365 | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 0.2886 | -33.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1397 | -51.6% |
Venezuela compared with similar countries
- Venezuela's 0.1397 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is -0.6191. (35 countries reporting)
- Venezuela's 0.1397 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.7907. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Citizen support for democracy in Venezuela 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +333.6% | -0.0504 | 0.1178 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0882 | -0.126 | -0.0696 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.5732 | -0.0516 | 1.27 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9444 | 0.2886 | 1.44 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1397 | 0.1397 | 0.1397 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Venezuela
More social development data for Venezuela
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 14,333 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0146 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 417,010 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 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 Venezuela?
- Citizen support for democracy in Venezuela was 0.1397 in 2020, according to Claassen (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest citizen support for democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 in 2013.
- What is the lowest citizen support for democracy recorded in Venezuela?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.126 in 1995.
- How does Venezuela rank for citizen support for democracy?
- Venezuela ranks 50th out of 144 countries with data for 2020.
- Is citizen support for democracy rising or falling in Venezuela?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Venezuela 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.