Participatory Political Institutions Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.882
Switzerland
Lowest
0.016
Eritrea
Median
0.531
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,844
What the numbers show
Participatory Political Institutions Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.882 in Switzerland; the lowest is 0.016 in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.531, and the mean is 0.4617.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 55.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 138.6%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 69.8%).
Participatory Political Institutions Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 0.882 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Uruguay | 0.815 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Taiwan | 0.799 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 0.741 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 5 | Ecuador | 0.738 | 2025 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Australia | 0.729 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 7 | Denmark | 0.713 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Slovenia | 0.699 | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0.668 | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Germany | 0.661 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Latvia | 0.659 | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Moldova | 0.658 | 2025 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mexico | 0.651 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 13 | Sweden | 0.651 | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Norway | 0.65 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 16 | Belgium | 0.647 | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 16 | Romania | 0.647 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Iceland | 0.646 | 2025 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 18 | Zambia | 0.646 | 2025 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 20 | United States | 0.645 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 21 | Bolivia | 0.644 | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Colombia | 0.644 | 2025 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Slovakia | 0.644 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 0.642 | 2025 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 25 | Canada | 0.641 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 0.64 | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 0.638 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 28 | Spain | 0.636 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Austria | 0.634 | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 30 | Estonia | 0.632 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 32 | France | 0.626 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | Peru | 0.625 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Poland | 0.622 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Gabon | 0.62 | 2025 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 0.619 | 2025 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.618 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 0.616 | 2025 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.616 | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 0.615 | 2025 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 42 | New Zealand | 0.614 | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 43 | Guatemala | 0.607 | 2025 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 43 | South Korea | 0.607 | 2025 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 0.606 | 2025 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 0.606 | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 0.605 | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Israel | 0.599 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Mauritius | 0.594 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 49 | Netherlands | 0.594 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 51 | Czechia | 0.586 | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 0.584 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Suriname | 0.584 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 54 | Sierra Leone | 0.583 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 55 | Jamaica | 0.581 | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 56 | Senegal | 0.58 | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 57 | Gambia | 0.577 | 2025 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Nigeria | 0.575 | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Montenegro | 0.573 | 2025 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.57 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 61 | Indonesia | 0.569 | 2025 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Portugal | 0.569 | 2025 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.568 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 0.564 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 64 | South Africa | 0.564 | 2025 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 0.563 | 2025 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Japan | 0.563 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Philippines | 0.563 | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 66 | East Timor | 0.563 | 2025 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Tanzania | 0.558 | 2025 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Argentina | 0.557 | 2025 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 71 | Honduras | 0.557 | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Niger | 0.557 | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Vietnam | 0.557 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.554 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 0.553 | 2025 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Bhutan | 0.552 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 0.55 | 2025 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 80 | Serbia | 0.549 | 2025 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Ukraine | 0.549 | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Lesotho | 0.546 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 83 | India | 0.542 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 0.539 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 84 | Togo | 0.539 | 2025 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 0.538 | 2025 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Mali | 0.538 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Mozambique | 0.532 | 2025 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Mauritania | 0.531 | 2025 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 0.531 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 91 | Congo | 0.53 | 2025 | up 55.0% | rising |
| 92 | Malaysia | 0.526 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.522 | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Kenya | 0.522 | 2025 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Albania | 0.517 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0.515 | 2025 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Papua New Guinea | 0.511 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Comoros | 0.51 | 2025 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Tunisia | 0.507 | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.493 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Maldives | 0.489 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Iraq | 0.487 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Benin | 0.486 | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Georgia | 0.481 | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Madagascar | 0.474 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Pakistan | 0.474 | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Namibia | 0.47 | 2025 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 108 | Botswana | 0.468 | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Venezuela | 0.463 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Guyana | 0.462 | 2025 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 111 | Liberia | 0.456 | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 112 | Burundi | 0.437 | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 113 | Fiji | 0.434 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mongolia | 0.431 | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Armenia | 0.421 | 2025 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Lebanon | 0.42 | 2025 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 117 | Uganda | 0.412 | 2025 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Turkey | 0.4 | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Ghana | 0.398 | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 120 | Laos | 0.396 | 2025 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 0.393 | 2025 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Russia | 0.391 | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Rwanda | 0.391 | 2025 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Djibouti | 0.372 | 2025 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.372 | 2025 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Oman | 0.372 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 127 | Eswatini | 0.371 | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 128 | Guinea | 0.362 | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 129 | El Salvador | 0.35 | 2025 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 130 | Burkina Faso | 0.344 | 2025 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Chad | 0.337 | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.326 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Thailand | 0.326 | 2025 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Seychelles | 0.32 | 2025 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 0.318 | 2025 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 0.318 | 2025 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Haiti | 0.31 | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 0.31 | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Jordan | 0.308 | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 140 | Barbados | 0.298 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Somalia | 0.291 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Central African Republic | 0.289 | 2025 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Bangladesh | 0.283 | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 144 | Kazakhstan | 0.246 | 2025 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Libya | 0.24 | 2025 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 146 | Yemen | 0.23 | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Egypt | 0.207 | 2025 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 148 | Cameroon | 0.203 | 2025 | down 46.0% | flat |
| 148 | Algeria | 0.203 | 2025 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 150 | Uzbekistan | 0.198 | 2025 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Palestine | 0.192 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 152 | Afghanistan | 0.184 | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Syria | 0.179 | 2025 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 154 | Angola | 0.164 | 2025 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Tajikistan | 0.163 | 2025 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Bahrain | 0.157 | 2025 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | 0.154 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Cambodia | 0.152 | 2025 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Sudan | 0.152 | 2025 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 160 | North Korea | 0.15 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Belarus | 0.142 | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Myanmar | 0.139 | 2025 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Singapore | 0.138 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 164 | South Sudan | 0.136 | 2025 | down 47.9% | rising |
| 165 | Cuba | 0.134 | 2025 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Hong Kong | 0.131 | 2025 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 167 | Qatar | 0.128 | 2025 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 168 | China | 0.125 | 2025 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Iran | 0.101 | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Saudi Arabia | 0.101 | 2025 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | 0.097 | 2025 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 0.091 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.091 | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Turkmenistan | 0.077 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Vatican | 0.036 | 1870 | down 48.6% | falling |
| 176 | Eritrea | 0.016 | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which citizens can engage in regional and local government, civil society organizations, and direct democracy.