Soft/Governance & Integrity/Political Institutions & Civic Participation

Citizen Participation & Civic Space

The capacity to keep participation open between elections: consultation and petition machinery, associational freedom in practice and the civic space in which citizens organise, volunteer and dissent.
factbase.org/cap/B5B7X7P80H
World mean
8.6
of 20 · median 9.0
Range
0–18
middle half 5.0–11.0
Panel SD
±0.35
round 1 ±1.10 — the honest estimate
Leader
18
Finland, Sweden, Switzerland

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 3
Advanced 19
Established 27
Transitional 55
Foundational 35
Nascent 41
Inception 17

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇫🇮Finland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 18 Frontier ±0.50
3 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.43
4 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
5 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.83
6 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.43
7 🇳🇴Norway Europe 17 Advanced ±0.43
8 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 16 Advanced ±0.43
10 🇨🇦Canada Americas 16 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇩🇪Germany Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
13 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 16 Advanced ±0.50
16 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 16 Advanced ±0.50
17 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
18 🇫🇷France Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
19 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 15 Advanced ±0.43
20 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 15 Advanced ±0.00
21 🇺🇸United States Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
22 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 15 Advanced ±0.43
23 🇨🇱Chile Americas 14 Established ±0.50
24 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 14 Established ±0.50
25 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 14 Established ±0.43
26 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 14 Established ±0.50
27 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.71
28 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
29 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 14 Established ±0.71
30 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 14 Established ±0.43
31 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 14 Established ±0.00
32 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 14 Established ±0.00
33 🇪🇸Spain Europe 14 Established ±0.43
34 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 13 Established ±0.50
35 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 13 Established ±0.43
36 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 13 Established ±0.43
37 🇮🇹Italy Europe 13 Established ±0.43
38 🇲🇹Malta Europe 13 Established ±0.00
39 🇵🇱Poland Europe 13 Established ±0.43
40 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 13 Established ±0.43
41 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 13 Established ±0.00
42 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 13 Established ±0.71
43 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 12 Established ±0.43
44 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 12 Established ±0.50
45 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 12 Established ±0.00
46 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 12 Established ±0.43
47 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 12 Established ±0.43
48 🇬🇷Greece Europe 12 Established ±0.00
49 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 12 Established ±0.43
50 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 11 Transitional ±0.71
51 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 11 Transitional ±0.83
52 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
53 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
54 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 11 Transitional ±0.50
55 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.50
56 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
57 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
58 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
59 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 11 Transitional ±0.43
60 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
61 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 11 Transitional ±0.00
62 🇷🇴Romania Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
63 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
64 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 11 Transitional ±0.71
65 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
66 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
67 🇦🇱Albania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
68 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.43
69 🇧🇿Belize Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
70 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
71 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 10 Transitional ±0.50
72 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
73 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
74 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
75 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.00
76 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
77 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
78 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
79 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.00
80 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
81 🇵🇦Panama Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
82 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
83 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
84 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 10 Transitional ±0.00
85 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.50
86 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.71
87 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 10 Transitional ±0.43
88 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 10 Transitional ±0.50
89 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
90 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
91 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 9 Transitional ±0.50
92 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
93 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
94 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
95 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
96 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 9 Transitional ±0.43
97 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 9 Transitional ±0.00
98 🇵🇪Peru Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
99 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.00
100 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.83
101 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
102 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
103 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.50
104 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.71
105 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
106 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
107 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
108 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.00
109 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.71
110 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
111 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
112 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
113 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
114 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
115 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 8 Foundational ±0.00
116 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±1.23
117 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.71
118 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.43
119 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
120 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
121 🇧🇯Benin Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
122 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
123 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 7 Foundational ±0.00
124 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
125 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
126 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.43
127 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
128 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
129 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.00
130 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.43
131 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 7 Foundational ±0.00
132 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 6 Foundational ±0.50
133 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
134 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
135 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.00
136 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
137 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
138 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
139 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 6 Foundational ±0.43
140 🇦🇴Angola Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
141 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.71
142 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
145 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
146 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.00
147 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
148 🇹🇬Togo Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
149 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 5 Nascent ±0.50
150 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
151 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
152 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
153 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.50
154 🇨🇬Congo Africa 4 Nascent ±0.50
155 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
156 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
157 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
158 🇲🇱Mali Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
159 🇳🇪Niger Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
160 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 4 Nascent ±0.71
161 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
162 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
163 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
164 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
165 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
166 🇹🇩Chad Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
167 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 3 Nascent ±0.50
168 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
169 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
170 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
171 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
172 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
173 🇱🇾Libya Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
174 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.43
175 🇷🇺Russia Europe 3 Nascent ±0.50
176 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.71
177 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
178 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 3 Nascent ±0.50
179 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
180 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
181 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
182 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 2 Inception ±0.50
183 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
184 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 2 Inception ±1.12
185 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
186 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
190 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
191 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
192 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
193 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.43
194 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
195 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
196 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Political Institutions & Civic Participation

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Electoral Management & Integrity9.80–18Australia, Canada, Denmark
Legislature & Deliberative Institutions8.71–18Germany, United Kingdom, United States