Political participation

scale 0-10, 2006–2019

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    2006 Ranking
    1. Norway 10.00
    2. Sweden 10.00
    3. Netherlands 9.44
    4. Denmark 8.89
    5. Iceland 8.89
    6. New Zealand 8.33
    7. Luxembourg 7.78
    8. Finland 7.78
    9. Ireland 7.78
    10. Israel 7.78
    11. Switzerland 7.78
    12. Canada 7.78
    13. Germany 7.78
    14. West Bank and Gaza 7.78
    15. Australia 7.78
    16. Austria 7.78
    17. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 7.22
    18. South Korea 7.22
    19. South Africa 7.22
    20. United States 7.22
    21. Czech Republic 7.22
    22. Namibia 6.67
    23. Cyprus 6.67
    24. Slovenia 6.67
    25. Bulgaria 6.67
    26. Greece 6.67
    27. France 6.67
    28. Lithuania 6.67
    29. Belgium 6.67
    30. Taiwan 6.67
    31. Romania 6.11
    32. Slovakia 6.11
    33. Italy 6.11
    34. Portugal 6.11
    35. Poland 6.11
    36. Malta 6.11
    37. Costa Rica 6.11
    38. Spain 6.11
    39. Moldova 6.11
    40. Lebanon 6.11
    41. Trinidad and Tobago 6.11
    42. Croatia 6.11
    43. Latvia 6.11
    44. Kenya 5.56
    45. Argentina 5.56
    46. Japan 5.56
    47. Venezuela 5.56
    48. Iraq 5.56
    49. Madagascar 5.56
    50. India 5.56
    51. Sri Lanka 5.56
    52. Peru 5.56
    53. Panama 5.56
    54. Ukraine 5.56
    55. Russia 5.56
    56. Tanzania 5.06
    57. Jamaica 5.00
    58. Indonesia 5.00
    59. Hong Kong 5.00
    60. Liberia 5.00
    61. Montenegro 5.00
    62. Hungary 5.00
    63. Ethiopia 5.00
    64. Mexico 5.00
    65. Ecuador 5.00
    66. Uruguay 5.00
    67. United Kingdom 5.00
    68. Botswana 5.00
    69. Timor Leste 5.00
    70. Cape Verde 5.00
    71. Chile 5.00
    72. Colombia 5.00
    73. Thailand 5.00
    74. Serbia 5.00
    75. Philippines 5.00
    76. Estonia 5.00
    77. Paraguay 5.00
    78. Mauritius 5.00
    79. Guyana 4.44
    80. Malaysia 4.44
    81. Bangladesh 4.44
    82. Uganda 4.44
    83. Turkey 4.44
    84. Bolivia 4.44
    85. Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.44
    86. Lesotho 4.44
    87. Suriname 4.44
    88. Brazil 4.44
    89. Albania 4.44
    90. Mozambique 4.44
    91. Ghana 4.44
    92. Papua New Guinea 4.44
    93. Gambia 4.44
    94. Nigeria 4.44
    95. Comoros 4.44
    96. Honduras 4.44
    97. Mongolia 3.89
    98. Zimbabwe 3.89
    99. Jordan 3.89
    100. Armenia 3.89
    101. Malawi 3.89
    102. Benin 3.89
    103. Cuba 3.89
    104. Burundi 3.89
    105. Mali 3.89
    106. Iran 3.89
    107. El Salvador 3.89
    108. Georgia 3.33
    109. Senegal 3.33
    110. Guinea Bissau 3.33
    111. Azerbaijan 3.33
    112. Belarus 3.33
    113. Ivory Coast 3.33
    114. Fiji 3.33
    115. Nicaragua 3.33
    116. Kazakhstan 3.33
    117. Dominican Republic 3.33
    118. Zambia 3.33
    119. Singapore 2.78
    120. Cambodia 2.78
    121. Cameroon 2.78
    122. Congo (Kinshasa) 2.78
    123. Burkina Faso 2.78
    124. Egypt 2.78
    125. Turkmenistan 2.78
    126. Guatemala 2.78
    127. Haiti 2.78
    128. Bahrain 2.78
    129. Uzbekistan 2.78
    130. Vietnam 2.78
    131. Kyrgyzstan 2.78
    132. Yemen 2.78
    133. Morocco 2.78
    134. China 2.78
    135. Tunisia 2.22
    136. Swaziland 2.22
    137. Tajikistan 2.22
    138. Algeria 2.22
    139. Mauritania 2.22
    140. Congo (Brazzaville) 2.22
    141. Rwanda 2.22
    142. Nepal 2.22
    143. Guinea 2.22
    144. Gabon 2.22
    145. Afghanistan 2.22
    146. Sierra Leone 2.22
    147. Qatar 1.67
    148. Oman 1.67
    149. Central African Republic 1.67
    150. Sudan 1.67
    151. Syria 1.67
    152. Niger 1.67
    153. Libya 1.11
    154. Laos 1.11
    155. Kuwait 1.11
    156. Angola 1.11
    157. Equatorial Guinea 1.11
    158. Saudi Arabia 1.11
    159. Bhutan 1.11
    160. Eritrea 1.11
    161. United Arab Emirates 1.11
    162. Pakistan 0.56
    163. North Korea 0.56
    164. Djibouti 0.56
    165. Togo 0.56
    166. Burma (Myanmar) 0.56
    2019 Ranking
    1. Norway 10.00
    2. United Kingdom 8.89
    3. New Zealand 8.89
    4. Israel 8.89
    5. Finland 8.89
    6. Iceland 8.89
    7. Germany 8.33
    8. Netherlands 8.33
    9. Denmark 8.33
    10. Sweden 8.33
    11. South Africa 8.33
    12. Austria 8.33
    13. Ireland 8.33
    14. Spain 7.78
    15. United States 7.78
    16. France 7.78
    17. Australia 7.78
    18. Switzerland 7.78
    19. Canada 7.78
    20. Italy 7.78
    21. West Bank and Gaza 7.78
    22. Mexico 7.22
    23. Tunisia 7.22
    24. South Korea 7.22
    25. Bulgaria 7.22
    26. Philippines 7.22
    27. Cyprus 6.67
    28. Czech Republic 6.67
    29. Slovenia 6.67
    30. Suriname 6.67
    31. Kyrgyzstan 6.67
    32. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 6.67
    33. Luxembourg 6.67
    34. Kenya 6.67
    35. Estonia 6.67
    36. Malaysia 6.67
    37. Panama 6.67
    38. Greece 6.67
    39. India 6.67
    40. Japan 6.67
    41. Costa Rica 6.67
    42. Cape Verde 6.67
    43. Ukraine 6.67
    44. Namibia 6.67
    45. Iraq 6.67
    46. Lesotho 6.67
    47. Lebanon 6.67
    48. Ghana 6.67
    49. Bangladesh 6.11
    50. Poland 6.11
    51. Indonesia 6.11
    52. Guyana 6.11
    53. Hong Kong 6.11
    54. Argentina 6.11
    55. Madagascar 6.11
    56. Moldova 6.11
    57. Montenegro 6.11
    58. Armenia 6.11
    59. Uruguay 6.11
    60. Portugal 6.11
    61. Georgia 6.11
    62. Brazil 6.11
    63. Trinidad and Tobago 6.11
    64. Thailand 6.11
    65. Botswana 6.11
    66. Latvia 6.11
    67. Dominican Republic 6.11
    68. Ecuador 6.11
    69. Taiwan 6.11
    70. El Salvador 6.11
    71. Lithuania 6.11
    72. Malta 6.11
    73. Serbia 6.11
    74. Fiji 6.11
    75. Liberia 5.56
    76. Slovakia 5.56
    77. Sudan 5.56
    78. Mauritius 5.56
    79. Mongolia 5.56
    80. Angola 5.56
    81. Romania 5.56
    82. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.56
    83. Colombia 5.56
    84. Timor Leste 5.56
    85. Croatia 5.56
    86. Ethiopia 5.56
    87. Morocco 5.56
    88. Peru 5.56
    89. Sri Lanka 5.56
    90. Mozambique 5.00
    91. Nepal 5.00
    92. Russia 5.00
    93. Mauritania 5.00
    94. Singapore 5.00
    95. Paraguay 5.00
    96. Malawi 5.00
    97. Venezuela 5.00
    98. Algeria 5.00
    99. Belgium 5.00
    100. Hungary 5.00
    101. Bolivia 5.00
    102. Tanzania 5.00
    103. Turkey 5.00
    104. Chile 5.00
    105. Zambia 4.44
    106. Benin 4.44
    107. Senegal 4.44
    108. Burkina Faso 4.44
    109. Uganda 4.44
    110. Albania 4.44
    111. Gabon 4.44
    112. Guinea 4.44
    113. Honduras 4.44
    114. Iran 4.44
    115. Jamaica 4.44
    116. Kazakhstan 4.44
    117. Zimbabwe 4.44
    118. Vietnam 3.89
    119. Yemen 3.89
    120. Afghanistan 3.89
    121. Papua New Guinea 3.89
    122. Mali 3.89
    123. Djibouti 3.89
    124. Congo (Brazzaville) 3.89
    125. Comoros 3.89
    126. Guatemala 3.89
    127. Haiti 3.89
    128. Kuwait 3.89
    129. Jordan 3.89
    130. Nicaragua 3.89
    131. Sierra Leone 3.33
    132. Egypt 3.33
    133. Equatorial Guinea 3.33
    134. China 3.33
    135. Cameroon 3.33
    136. Gambia 3.33
    137. Nigeria 3.33
    138. Cambodia 3.33
    139. Ivory Coast 3.33
    140. Togo 3.33
    141. Burundi 3.33
    142. Niger 3.33
    143. Cuba 3.33
    144. Bhutan 2.78
    145. Burma (Myanmar) 2.78
    146. Belarus 2.78
    147. Bahrain 2.78
    148. Azerbaijan 2.78
    149. Syria 2.78
    150. Guinea Bissau 2.78
    151. Oman 2.78
    152. Swaziland 2.78
    153. Rwanda 2.78
    154. Libya 2.78
    155. Saudi Arabia 2.22
    156. Pakistan 2.22
    157. Turkmenistan 2.22
    158. Qatar 2.22
    159. United Arab Emirates 2.22
    160. Uzbekistan 2.22
    161. North Korea 1.67
    162. Congo (Kinshasa) 1.67
    163. Tajikistan 1.67
    164. Chad 1.67
    165. Eritrea 1.67
    166. Laos 1.67
    167. Central African Republic 1.11

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    The political participation indicator aggregates scores concerning voter participation, participation in political and civic organizations, equal representation in government, and citizens’ engagement with politics.

    Source: Economist Intelligence Unit