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Regulation of political participation score by country

Countries reporting
167
Highest
5
Australia
Lowest
1
Somalia
Median
3
Years covered
232
1789–2020
Data points
17,813

What the numbers show

Regulation of political participation score is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 5 in Australia; the lowest is 1 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3, and the mean is 3.2.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Papua New Guinea (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 60.0%).

Regulation of political participation score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 5 2018 unchanged flat
1 Austria 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Canada 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 5 2018 unchanged flat
1 Chile 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Cape Verde 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Costa Rica 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Cyprus 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Germany 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Denmark 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Spain 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Finland 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 France 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Greece 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Hungary 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Ireland 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Italy 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Japan 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Luxembourg 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Mongolia 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Mauritius 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Netherlands 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Norway 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 New Zealand 5 2018 unchanged flat
1 Panama 5 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Poland 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Portugal 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Slovakia 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Slovenia 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Sweden 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Uruguay 5 2018 unchanged rising
1 Taiwan 5 2018 unchanged rising
34 United Arab Emirates 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Azerbaijan 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Bahrain 4 2018 up 33.3% falling
34 Belarus 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 China 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Cameroon 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Cuba 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Egypt 4 2018 up 33.3% flat
34 Eritrea 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Equatorial Guinea 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Iran 4 2018 up 33.3% falling
34 Kuwait 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Laos 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Libya 4 2010 unchanged flat
34 Oman 4 2018 unchanged volatile
34 North Korea 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Qatar 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Saudi Arabia 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Singapore 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Eswatini 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Syria 4 2018 unchanged rising
34 Turkmenistan 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Turkey 4 2018 up 33.3% falling
34 Uzbekistan 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 Vietnam 4 2018 unchanged flat
34 USSR 4 1991 unchanged flat
34 Vatican 4 1870 unchanged flat
61 Angola 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Burundi 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Burkina Faso 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Bangladesh 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 1991 down 25.0% rising
61 Central African Republic 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Cote d'Ivoire 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Democratic Republic of Congo 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Congo 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Comoros 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Dominican Republic 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Algeria 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Ecuador 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Gabon 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Georgia 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Guinea-Bissau 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Guatemala 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Guyana 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Haiti 3 2018 unchanged volatile
61 Israel 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Jordan 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Kazakhstan 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Cambodia 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Liberia 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Sri Lanka 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Lesotho 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Morocco 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Mali 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Mozambique 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Niger 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Nigeria 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Nicaragua 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Nepal 3 2018 unchanged flat
61 Russia 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Rwanda 3 2018 unchanged flat
61 Sudan 3 2018 unchanged flat
61 Solomon Islands 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Sierra Leone 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Serbia 3 2018 unchanged flat
61 Suriname 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Chad 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Thailand 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Tajikistan 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 East Timor 3 2018 up 50.0% rising
61 Tanzania 3 2018 unchanged falling
61 Uganda 3 2018 unchanged rising
61 Ukraine 3 2018 up 50.0% falling
61 Venezuela 3 2018 up 50.0% rising
61 Zimbabwe 3 2018 unchanged falling
110 Albania 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Argentina 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Armenia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Belgium 2 2018 unchanged rising
110 Benin 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Bulgaria 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Bolivia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Brazil 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Bhutan 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Botswana 2 2018 unchanged flat
110 Colombia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Czechia 2 2018 unchanged rising
110 Djibouti 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Estonia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Ethiopia 2 2018 down 33.3% falling
110 Fiji 2 2018 down 33.3% rising
110 United Kingdom 2 2018 down 60.0% rising
110 Ghana 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Guinea 2 2018 down 33.3% falling
110 Gambia 2 2018 down 50.0% falling
110 Honduras 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Croatia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Indonesia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 India 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Iraq 2 2018 down 33.3% rising
110 Jamaica 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Kenya 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Kyrgyzstan 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 South Korea 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Lebanon 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Latvia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Moldova 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Madagascar 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Mexico 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 North Macedonia 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Myanmar 2 2018 down 50.0% flat
110 Montenegro 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Mauritania 2 2018 down 50.0% falling
110 Malawi 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Malaysia 2 2018 unchanged rising
110 Namibia 2 2018 unchanged flat
110 Pakistan 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Peru 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Philippines 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Papua New Guinea 2 2018 up 100.0% rising
110 Paraguay 2 2018 down 33.3% falling
110 Romania 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Senegal 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 El Salvador 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Togo 2 2018 down 33.3% falling
110 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Tunisia 2 2018 down 33.3% falling
110 United States 2 2020 down 60.0% rising
110 Yemen 2 2013 down 33.3% falling
110 South Africa 2 2018 unchanged falling
110 Zambia 2 2018 unchanged falling
166 Afghanistan 1 2018 — rising
166 Somalia 1 2018 unchanged volatile

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Indicator
Regulation of political participation score
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
167 places, 17,813 data points, 1789–2020
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