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Citizen satisfaction with democracy

· higher is better · 131 countries

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League table

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  1. 1Denmark3
  2. 2Switzerland2.6
  3. 3Viet Nam2.4
  4. 4Luxembourg2.1
  5. 5Norway2
  6. 6Azerbaijan1.8
  7. 7Singapore1.8
  8. 8Tanzania1.7
  9. 9Netherlands1.7
  10. 10Finland1.6
  11. 11Sweden1.4
  12. 12Austria1.3
  13. 13Ghana1.3
  14. 14Ireland1.3
  15. 15Germany1.1
  16. 16Namibia1.1
  17. 17Burundi1.1
  18. 18Thailand1.1
  19. 19Malaysia1
  20. 20Portugal0.98
  21. 21Philippines0.96
  22. 22Canada0.93
  23. 23Sri Lanka0.84
  24. 24Indonesia0.84
  25. 25Senegal0.82
  26. 26New Zealand0.8
  27. 27Botswana0.79
  28. 28Sierra Leone0.78
  29. 29Suriname0.76
  30. 30Malta0.73
  31. 31Burkina Faso0.71
  32. 32Australia0.69
  33. 33Egypt, Arab Rep.0.63
  34. 34India0.6
  35. 35Belgium0.52
  36. 36Taiwan0.51
  37. 37Mauritius0.46
  38. 38Cambodia0.41
  39. 39Benin0.41
  40. 40Czechia0.39
  41. 41Korea, Rep.0.36
  42. 42Zambia0.35
  43. 43Iceland0.34
  44. 44United States0.34
  45. 45Israel0.34
  46. 46Estonia0.32
  47. 47Poland0.3
  48. 48Uganda0.27
  49. 49Uruguay0.25
  50. 50United Kingdom0.23
  51. 51Cyprus0.23
  52. 52Hungary0.21
  53. 53Lithuania0.2
  54. 54Algeria0.18
  55. 55China0.15
  56. 56Turkiye0.13
  57. 57Kenya0.11
  58. 58Guyana0.11
  59. 59Japan0.11
  60. 60Costa Rica0.09
  61. 61Bangladesh0.08
  62. 62Trinidad and Tobago0.06
  63. 63Pakistan0.04
  64. 64Italy0.02
  65. 65Russian Federation-0.03
  66. 66Nigeria-0.03
  67. 67France-0.08
  68. 68Slovak Republic-0.09
  69. 69Jordan-0.09
  70. 70Lesotho-0.15
  71. 71Belize-0.16
  72. 72South Africa-0.19
  73. 73Liberia-0.21
  74. 74Morocco-0.21
  75. 75Cote d'Ivoire-0.23
  76. 76Belarus-0.25
  77. 77Kazakhstan-0.25
  78. 78Malawi-0.26
  79. 79Ecuador-0.26
  80. 80Niger-0.29
  81. 81Spain-0.3
  82. 82Mozambique-0.3
  83. 83Tunisia-0.31
  84. 84North Macedonia-0.31
  85. 85Nicaragua-0.32
  86. 86Chile-0.33
  87. 87Zimbabwe-0.33
  88. 88Romania-0.35
  89. 89Mali-0.35
  90. 90Dominican Republic-0.36
  91. 91Latvia-0.39
  92. 92Montenegro-0.43
  93. 93Paraguay-0.46
  94. 94Argentina-0.48
  95. 95Guinea-0.51
  96. 96Kyrgyz Republic-0.54
  97. 97Honduras-0.56
  98. 98Hong Kong SAR, China-0.56
  99. 99Bolivia-0.57
  100. 100Serbia-0.59
  101. 101Mongolia-0.61
  102. 102Sudan-0.69
  103. 103Cameroon-0.73
  104. 104Guatemala-0.75
  105. 105Croatia-0.75
  106. 106Greece-0.79
  107. 107Panama-0.83
  108. 108Albania-0.84
  109. 109Eswatini-0.85
  110. 110Jamaica-0.88
  111. 111Slovenia-0.88
  112. 112Brazil-0.92
  113. 113Colombia-0.92
  114. 114Mexico-0.93
  115. 115El Salvador-0.96
  116. 116Nepal-0.97
  117. 117Venezuela, RB-1.1
  118. 118Peru-1.1
  119. 119Georgia-1.1
  120. 120Haiti-1.1
  121. 121Cabo Verde-1.2
  122. 122Bulgaria-1.3
  123. 123Uzbekistan-1.3
  124. 124Togo-1.4
  125. 125Moldova-1.5
  126. 126Bosnia and Herzegovina-1.7
  127. 127Sao Tome and Principe-1.7
  128. 128Armenia-1.8
  129. 129Gabon-2.2
  130. 130Ukraine-2.3
  131. 131Madagascar-2.4

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