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Annual change in Local Democracy Index (IDEA)

Percentage points · higher is better · 153 countries

Gapminder (CC BY 4.0); some upstream series are third-partyCC BY 4.0updated 2021
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League table

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  1. 1Croatia82.7
  2. 2Bolivia65.7
  3. 3El Salvador54
  4. 4Honduras14.3
  5. 5Lao PDR10.4
  6. 6Botswana8.6
  7. 7Indonesia8.2
  8. 8India6.4
  9. 9Tanzania6.4
  10. 10Congo, Rep.6
  11. 11Moldova6
  12. 12Mozambique5.6
  13. 13Latvia5.3
  14. 14Georgia4
  15. 15Nepal3.8
  16. 16Ghana3.5
  17. 17Congo, Dem. Rep.3.4
  18. 18Israel3
  19. 19Chad1.9
  20. 20Bulgaria1.7
  21. 21Bhutan1.6
  22. 22Sudan1.2
  23. 23Syrian Arab Republic1.1
  24. 24France0.54
  25. 25Rwanda0.32
  26. 26China0.2
  27. 27Jamaica0.09
  28. 28Tajikistan0.08
  29. 29Ecuador0.08
  30. 30Kazakhstan0.03
  31. 31Korea, Rep.0
  32. 31Serbia0
  33. 31Burundi0
  34. 31Italy0
  35. 31Belgium0
  36. 31Sierra Leone0
  37. 31Austria0
  38. 31Mauritania0
  39. 31Guinea0
  40. 31Iceland0
  41. 31Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  42. 31Solomon Islands0
  43. 31Suriname0
  44. 31Gabon0
  45. 31Singapore0
  46. 31Azerbaijan0
  47. 31Japan0
  48. 31Slovak Republic0
  49. 31Saudi Arabia0
  50. 31Slovenia0
  51. 31Czechia0
  52. 31Gambia, The0
  53. 31Mali0
  54. 31Australia0
  55. 31Bahrain0
  56. 31Malta0
  57. 31Bosnia and Herzegovina0
  58. 31Cambodia0
  59. 31Finland0
  60. 31Sweden0
  61. 31Belarus0
  62. 31Qatar0
  63. 31Mongolia0
  64. 31Guinea-Bissau0
  65. 31West Bank and Gaza0
  66. 31Kuwait0
  67. 31Paraguay0
  68. 31Portugal0
  69. 31Estonia0
  70. 31Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  71. 31Barbados0
  72. 31Lebanon0
  73. 31Argentina0
  74. 31Papua New Guinea0
  75. 31Liberia0
  76. 31Eritrea0
  77. 31Philippines0
  78. 31Libya0
  79. 31Costa Rica0
  80. 31Equatorial Guinea0
  81. 31Central African Republic0
  82. 31Peru0
  83. 31Egypt, Arab Rep.0
  84. 31Albania0
  85. 31Sri Lanka0
  86. 31Panama0
  87. 31Canada0
  88. 31Lesotho0
  89. 31Cyprus0
  90. 31Switzerland0
  91. 31Oman0
  92. 31Greece0
  93. 31Mauritius0
  94. 31Angola0
  95. 31New Zealand0
  96. 31Luxembourg0
  97. 31Comoros0
  98. 31Norway0
  99. 31Taiwan0
  100. 31Cote d'Ivoire0
  101. 31Morocco0
  102. 31Dominican Republic0
  103. 31Guatemala0
  104. 31Hungary0
  105. 31Germany0
  106. 31Netherlands0
  107. 31Nigeria0
  108. 31Denmark0
  109. 31North Macedonia0
  110. 31Niger0
  111. 31Guyana0
  112. 31Haiti0
  113. 31Djibouti0
  114. 31Namibia0
  115. 31South Africa0
  116. 31Malawi0
  117. 31Malaysia0
  118. 31Colombia0
  119. 32Algeria-0.07
  120. 33South Sudan-0.21
  121. 34Afghanistan-0.21
  122. 35Benin-0.38
  123. 36Ethiopia-0.68
  124. 37Jordan-0.69
  125. 38Armenia-0.8
  126. 39Cameroon-0.85
  127. 40Poland-1
  128. 41Iran, Islamic Rep.-1.3
  129. 42Bangladesh-1.5
  130. 43Maldives-2.4
  131. 44Iraq-3.7
  132. 45Romania-4.5
  133. 46Nicaragua-4.8
  134. 47Kenya-5
  135. 48Pakistan-5.1
  136. 49Senegal-5.2
  137. 50Brazil-5.3
  138. 51Ireland-5.6
  139. 52Cuba-6.1
  140. 53Montenegro-6.2
  141. 54Mexico-6.2
  142. 55Cabo Verde-7.8
  143. 56Kyrgyz Republic-9.7
  144. 57Russian Federation-11.3
  145. 58Chile-13.3
  146. 59Burkina Faso-15.5
  147. 60Myanmar-16.4
  148. 61Spain-19.8
  149. 62Fiji-21.9
  150. 63Madagascar-26.6
  151. 64Eswatini-49.3
  152. 65Lithuania-76.1

Annual change in Local Democracy Index (IDEA)