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GSoD: Representative Government

0-1 index · higher is better · 162 countries

International IDEA, Global State of Democracy Indices and Voter Turnout DatabaseInternational IDEA: non-commercial terms of use (https://www.idea.int/terms-use); GSoD Indices and Voter Turnout Databaseupdated 2020
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  1. 1Costa Rica0.97
  2. 2Greece0.91
  3. 3Chile0.91
  4. 4Sweden0.89
  5. 5Spain0.89
  6. 6Germany0.89
  7. 7Portugal0.87
  8. 8Uruguay0.87
  9. 9Netherlands0.87
  10. 10Denmark0.86
  11. 11New Zealand0.86
  12. 12France0.86
  13. 13Taiwan0.86
  14. 14Belgium0.85
  15. 15Japan0.85
  16. 16Italy0.85
  17. 17Switzerland0.84
  18. 18United States0.84
  19. 19Finland0.84
  20. 20Austria0.83
  21. 21Norway0.83
  22. 22Estonia0.83
  23. 23Argentina0.83
  24. 24Croatia0.83
  25. 25Slovak Republic0.83
  26. 26Cyprus0.83
  27. 27Slovenia0.83
  28. 28Canada0.83
  29. 29Romania0.82
  30. 30Korea, Rep.0.82
  31. 31Australia0.82
  32. 32Cabo Verde0.82
  33. 33United Kingdom0.82
  34. 34Ireland0.81
  35. 35Panama0.81
  36. 36Brazil0.8
  37. 37Luxembourg0.79
  38. 38Lithuania0.79
  39. 39Trinidad and Tobago0.79
  40. 40Peru0.79
  41. 41Czechia0.78
  42. 42Barbados0.77
  43. 43Jamaica0.76
  44. 44Poland0.74
  45. 45Sri Lanka0.73
  46. 46Colombia0.73
  47. 47Moldova0.73
  48. 48El Salvador0.73
  49. 49Senegal0.72
  50. 50Iceland0.72
  51. 51Ghana0.72
  52. 52Mexico0.72
  53. 53Bulgaria0.72
  54. 54Timor-Leste0.72
  55. 55Dominican Republic0.71
  56. 56South Africa0.71
  57. 57Solomon Islands0.71
  58. 58North Macedonia0.71
  59. 59Israel0.7
  60. 60Georgia0.69
  61. 61Liberia0.69
  62. 62Indonesia0.69
  63. 63Guatemala0.68
  64. 64Ecuador0.68
  65. 65Mauritius0.67
  66. 66Hungary0.67
  67. 67Lesotho0.66
  68. 68Tunisia0.66
  69. 69Albania0.66
  70. 70Paraguay0.66
  71. 71Mongolia0.66
  72. 72Nepal0.65
  73. 73Sierra Leone0.62
  74. 74Burkina Faso0.62
  75. 75India0.61
  76. 76Latvia0.61
  77. 77Malawi0.61
  78. 78Botswana0.61
  79. 79Philippines0.6
  80. 80Guinea-Bissau0.59
  81. 81Namibia0.59
  82. 82Nigeria0.58
  83. 83Montenegro0.58
  84. 84Benin0.58
  85. 85Bolivia0.57
  86. 86Niger0.56
  87. 87Ukraine0.55
  88. 88Bosnia and Herzegovina0.55
  89. 89Singapore0.55
  90. 90Malaysia0.54
  91. 91Armenia0.54
  92. 92Gambia, The0.54
  93. 93Mali0.53
  94. 94Serbia0.53
  95. 95Pakistan0.52
  96. 96Zambia0.51
  97. 97Kenya0.51
  98. 98Lebanon0.51
  99. 99Myanmar0.51
  100. 100Madagascar0.5
  101. 101Kyrgyz Republic0.5
  102. 102Papua New Guinea0.49
  103. 103Honduras0.49
  104. 104Togo0.48
  105. 105Tanzania0.47
  106. 106Fiji0.46
  107. 107Morocco0.46
  108. 108Iraq0.45
  109. 109Cote d'Ivoire0.45
  110. 110Turkiye0.45
  111. 111Jordan0.44
  112. 112Mozambique0.43
  113. 113Haiti0.43
  114. 114Angola0.42
  115. 115Gabon0.42
  116. 116Central African Republic0.42
  117. 117Kuwait0.41
  118. 118Afghanistan0.41
  119. 119Guinea0.41
  120. 120Russian Federation0.4
  121. 121Congo, Dem. Rep.0.4
  122. 122Cameroon0.39
  123. 123Nicaragua0.39
  124. 124Zimbabwe0.39
  125. 125Mauritania0.38
  126. 126Ethiopia0.38
  127. 127Oman0.37
  128. 128Algeria0.36
  129. 129Uganda0.35
  130. 130Bangladesh0.35
  131. 131Kazakhstan0.34
  132. 132Belarus0.33
  133. 133Uzbekistan0.32
  134. 134Rwanda0.32
  135. 135Chad0.31
  136. 136Azerbaijan0.3
  137. 137Cambodia0.3
  138. 138Burundi0.29
  139. 139Tajikistan0.29
  140. 140Eswatini0.27
  141. 141Thailand0.27
  142. 142Egypt, Arab Rep.0.27
  143. 143Bahrain0.27
  144. 144Iran, Islamic Rep.0.26
  145. 145Venezuela, RB0.25
  146. 146Viet Nam0.25
  147. 147Turkmenistan0.24
  148. 148Equatorial Guinea0.22
  149. 149Cuba0.19
  150. 150Lao PDR0.17
  151. 151Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.15
  152. 152United Arab Emirates0.09
  153. 153Syrian Arab Republic0
  154. 153Somalia, Fed. Rep.0
  155. 153Qatar0
  156. 153Yemen, Rep.0
  157. 153China0
  158. 153Eritrea0
  159. 153Saudi Arabia0
  160. 153Libya0
  161. 153Sudan0
  162. 153South Sudan0

GSoD: Representative Government