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Costa Rica vs United Kingdom: Participatory Political Institutions Index

Costa Rica
0.64
in 2025
United Kingdom
0.642
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
26th
United Kingdom rank
24th

Participatory Political Institutions Index over time

  • Costa Rica
  • United Kingdom
0.20.40.60.8178919072025

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.642 against 0.64 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.002.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 26th and United Kingdom ranks 24th of 176 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom in 18.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1830s 0.228 0.359 0.131 United Kingdom
1840s 0.2284 0.359 0.1306 United Kingdom
1850s 0.2311 0.359 0.1279 United Kingdom
1860s 0.226 0.3617 0.1357 United Kingdom
1870s 0.2511 0.368 0.1169 United Kingdom
1880s 0.25 0.3974 0.1474 United Kingdom
1890s 0.3047 0.545 0.2403 United Kingdom
1900s 0.337 0.545 0.208 United Kingdom
1910s 0.337 0.5511 0.2141 United Kingdom
1920s 0.336 0.5566 0.2206 United Kingdom
1930s 0.336 0.5639 0.2279 United Kingdom
1940s 0.3563 0.5918 0.2355 United Kingdom
1950s 0.589 0.6012 0.0122 United Kingdom
1960s 0.589 0.5932 0.0042 United Kingdom
1970s 0.5951 0.6218 0.0267 United Kingdom
1980s 0.6164 0.6485 0.0321 United Kingdom
1990s 0.6333 0.635 0.0017 United Kingdom
2000s 0.6746 0.6438 0.0308 Costa Rica
2010s 0.6988 0.6804 0.0184 Costa Rica
2020s 0.6558 0.6595 0.0037 United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher participatory political institutions index, Costa Rica or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 0.642 against 0.64 in Costa Rica as of 2025.
What is the difference in participatory political institutions index between Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
0.002, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United Kingdom?
188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do Costa Rica and United Kingdom rank globally for participatory political institutions index?
Costa Rica ranks 26th and United Kingdom ranks 24th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Participatory Political Institutions Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Participatory Political Institutions Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,844 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.