Share of people who believe civil rights are essential to democracy

percent, 2005–2020

Country	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Albania																55.40
Algeria										25.90
Andorra	64.30	62.99	61.67	60.36	59.05	57.73	56.42	55.11	53.79	52.48	51.17	49.85	48.54	47.23	45.91	44.60
Argentina	61.30	57.08	52.86	48.63	44.41	40.19	35.97	31.74	27.52	23.30	24.43	25.57	26.70	27.83	28.97	30.10
Armenia										37.80	35.50	33.20	30.90	28.60	26.30	24.00
Austria																54.70
Australia	35.10	35.17	35.23	35.30	35.37	35.43	35.50	35.57	35.63	35.70	35.72	35.73	35.75	35.77	35.78	35.80
Azerbaijan										33.10	33.97	34.83	35.70	36.57	37.43	38.30
Bangladesh																43.70
Belarus										29.40	30.82	32.23	33.65	35.07	36.48	37.90
Bolivia																18.30
Bosnia and Herzegovina																53.40
Brazil	28.30	30.00	31.70	33.40	35.10	36.80	38.50	40.20	41.90	43.60	43.60	43.60	43.60	43.60	43.60	43.60
Bulgaria	32.40	32.94	33.48	34.02	34.56	35.10	35.64	36.18	36.72	37.26	37.80	38.34	38.88	39.42	39.96	40.50
Burkina Faso	39.20
Canada	30.30
Chile	31.60	30.82	30.04	29.27	28.49	27.71	26.93	26.16	25.38	24.60	23.12	21.63	20.15	18.67	17.18	15.70
China	38.30	37.36	36.41	35.47	34.52	33.58	32.63	31.69	30.74	29.80	32.80	35.80	38.80	41.80	44.80	47.80
Colombia										14.60	16.28	17.97	19.65	21.33	23.02	24.70
Croatia																44.20
Cyprus	47.40	46.30	45.20	44.10	43.00	41.90	40.80	39.70	38.60	37.50	37.52	37.53	37.55	37.57	37.58	37.60
Czech Republic																28.90
Denmark																43.40
Ecuador										9.00	10.13	11.27	12.40	13.53	14.67	15.80
Egypt	55.50	52.41	49.32	46.23	43.14	40.06	36.97	33.88	30.79	27.70	28.25	28.80	29.35	29.90	30.45	31.00
Estonia										34.20	36.37	38.53	40.70	42.87	45.03	47.20
Ethiopia	27.40	28.98	30.56	32.14	33.72	35.30	36.88	38.46	40.04	41.62	43.20	44.78	46.36	47.94	49.52	51.10
Finland	27.60	27.98	28.36	28.74	29.12	29.50	29.88	30.26	30.64	31.02	31.40	31.78	32.16	32.54	32.92	33.30
France	29.30	28.69	28.07	27.46	26.85	26.23	25.62	25.01	24.39	23.78	23.17	22.55	21.94	21.33	20.71	20.10
Georgia	59.30	55.71	52.12	48.53	44.94	41.36	37.77	34.18	30.59	27.00	28.00	29.00	30.00	31.00	32.00	33.00
Germany	58.30	56.62	54.94	53.27	51.59	49.91	48.23	46.56	44.88	43.20	45.47	47.73	50.00	52.27	54.53	56.80
Ghana										14.40
Greece																41.40
Guatemala																20.90
Haiti										27.60
Hong Kong										22.80	22.02	21.23	20.45	19.67	18.88	18.10
Hungary	34.00	34.64	35.28	35.92	36.56	37.20	37.84	38.48	39.12	39.76	40.40	41.04	41.68	42.32	42.96	43.60
Iceland																48.90
India	48.00	46.20	44.40	42.60	40.80	39.00	37.20	35.40	33.60	31.80
Indonesia	53.50	52.45	51.41	50.36	49.31	48.27	47.22	46.17	45.13	44.08	43.03	41.99	40.94	39.89	38.85	37.80
Iran	30.10	31.61	33.13	34.64	36.15	37.67	39.18	40.69	42.21	43.72	45.23	46.75	48.26	49.77	51.29	52.80
Iraq	42.10	38.61	35.12	31.63	28.14	24.66	21.17	17.68	14.19	10.70	12.72	14.73	16.75	18.77	20.78	22.80
Italy																42.80
Japan	25.50	25.32	25.14	24.97	24.79	24.61	24.43	24.26	24.08	23.90	25.00	26.10	27.20	28.30	29.40	30.50
Jordan	49.20	45.17	41.13	37.10	33.07	29.03	25.00	20.97	16.93	12.90	14.72	16.53	18.35	20.17	21.98	23.80
Kazakhstan										36.80	35.02	33.23	31.45	29.67	27.88	26.10
Kuwait										31.10
Kyrgyzstan										21.40	25.50	29.60	33.70	37.80	41.90	46.00
Lebanon										17.20	16.95	16.70	16.45	16.20	15.95	15.70
Libya										38.60
Lithuania																32.90
Macau																30.70
Malaysia	10.70	12.79	14.88	16.97	19.06	21.14	23.23	25.32	27.41	29.50	25.73	21.97	18.20	14.43	10.67	6.90
Mali	38.90
Mexico	27.60	27.39	27.18	26.97	26.76	26.54	26.33	26.12	25.91	25.70	23.90	22.10	20.30	18.50	16.70	14.90
Moldova	28.50
Montenegro																30.90
Morocco	28.30	29.50	30.70	31.90	33.10	34.30	35.50	36.70	37.90	39.10
Burma (Myanmar)																35.20
Netherlands	38.20	36.87	35.53	34.20	32.87	31.53	30.20	28.87	27.53	26.20	26.25	26.30	26.35	26.40	26.45	26.50
New Zealand										29.30	30.45	31.60	32.75	33.90	35.05	36.20
Nicaragua																32.80
Nigeria										14.60	17.90	21.20	24.50	27.80	31.10	34.40
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)																50.70
Norway	36.40	36.39	36.39	36.38	36.37	36.37	36.36	36.35	36.35	36.34	36.33	36.33	36.32	36.31	36.31	36.30
Pakistan										23.60	27.23	30.87	34.50	38.13	41.77	45.40
Peru	30.40	28.76	27.11	25.47	23.82	22.18	20.53	18.89	17.24	15.60	15.88	16.17	16.45	16.73	17.02	17.30
Philippines										34.20	31.43	28.67	25.90	23.13	20.37	17.60
Poland	42.80	43.46	44.11	44.77	45.42	46.08	46.73	47.39	48.04	48.70	48.63	48.57	48.50	48.43	48.37	48.30
Puerto Rico																58.90
Qatar										27.20
Romania	58.60	57.74	56.89	56.03	55.18	54.32	53.47	52.61	51.76	50.90	51.27	51.63	52.00	52.37	52.73	53.10
Russia	65.30	62.48	59.66	56.83	54.01	51.19	48.37	45.54	42.72	39.90	39.77	39.63	39.50	39.37	39.23	39.10
Rwanda	28.10	27.46	26.81	26.17	25.52	24.88	24.23	23.59	22.94	22.30
Serbia																32.90
Serbia and Montenegro	33.90
Singapore										10.50
Slovakia																25.60
Slovenia	31.70	31.80	31.90	32.00	32.10	32.20	32.30	32.40	32.50	32.60	33.23	33.87	34.50	35.13	35.77	36.40
South Africa	30.50	29.09	27.68	26.27	24.86	23.44	22.03	20.62	19.21	17.80
South Korea	30.90	29.69	28.48	27.27	26.06	24.84	23.63	22.42	21.21	20.00	18.00	16.00	14.00	12.00	10.00	8.00
Spain	38.00	37.76	37.51	37.27	37.02	36.78	36.53	36.29	36.04	35.80	35.38	34.97	34.55	34.13	33.72	33.30
Sweden	65.50	64.26	63.01	61.77	60.52	59.28	58.03	56.79	55.54	54.30	54.33	54.37	54.40	54.43	54.47	54.50
Switzerland	49.20	49.12	49.04	48.96	48.88	48.80	48.72	48.64	48.56	48.48	48.40	48.32	48.24	48.16	48.08	48.00
Taiwan	41.20	40.83	40.47	40.10	39.73	39.37	39.00	38.63	38.27	37.90	36.92	35.93	34.95	33.97	32.98	32.00
Tajikistan																32.50
Thailand	6.60	8.64	10.69	12.73	14.78	16.82	18.87	20.91	22.96	25.00	22.95	20.90	18.85	16.80	14.75	12.70
Trinidad and Tobago	35.90	34.50	33.10	31.70	30.30	28.90	27.50	26.10	24.70	23.30
Tunisia										41.90	40.37	38.83	37.30	35.77	34.23	32.70
Turkey	42.90	41.92	40.94	39.97	38.99	38.01	37.03	36.06	35.08	34.10	32.97	31.83	30.70	29.57	28.43	27.30
Ukraine	32.40	33.73	35.07	36.40	37.73	39.07	40.40	41.73	43.07	44.40	44.50	44.60	44.70	44.80	44.90	45.00
United Kingdom	24.50	24.56	24.62	24.68	24.74	24.80	24.86	24.92	24.98	25.04	25.10	25.16	25.22	25.28	25.34	25.40
United States	41.30	40.26	39.21	38.17	37.12	36.08	35.03	33.99	32.94	31.90	32.80	33.70	34.60	35.50	36.40	37.30
Uruguay	35.20	33.69	32.18	30.67	29.16	27.64	26.13	24.62	23.11	21.60
Uzbekistan										41.70
Vietnam	58.50	56.33	54.15	51.98	49.81	47.63	45.46	43.29	41.11	38.94	36.77	34.59	32.42	30.25	28.07	25.90
West Bank and Gaza										12.90
Yemen										38.30
Zambia	33.90
Zimbabwe										32.90	35.07	37.23	39.40	41.57	43.73	45.90

Percent of people who rate “civil rights protect people’s liberty against oppression” as an essential characteristic of democracy. The scale is from 1 (not an essential characteristic of democracy) to 10 (an essential characteristic of democracy).

Source: World Values Survey

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