France vs Germany: Engaged Society Score

France
2.77
in 2025
Germany
2.77
in 2025
France rank
4th
Germany rank
4th

Engaged Society Score over time

  • France
  • Germany
-2024178919072025

How they compare

France currently reports 2.77 against 2.77 in Germany, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 191 shared years of data; in 1789 it was France ahead.

France ranks 4th and Germany ranks 4th of 176 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Engaged Society Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,403 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which ordinary people independently discuss important policy changes among themselves, in the media, in associations or neighborhoods, or in the streets.