Countries With the Lowest Civil Society Participation

Every country with a figure for civil society participation, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Korea, Dem. People's Rep. (0.028), Eritrea (0.033) and Afghanistan (0.043). The middle country of the 175 has 0.694.

What this measures

Civil society participation index, in index (0-1). Source: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. For this measure, higher is better.

How far governments consult civic groups, and how widely people take part in them. A part of the participatory democracy index.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2025–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on civil society participation

• Countries With the Highest Civil Society Participation
• Civil society participation by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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• Countries With the Lowest Corruption Perceptions Index
• Countries With the Lowest Political Rights (FH)
• Countries With the Lowest Civil Liberties (FH)
• Countries With the Lowest Trust in Government
• Countries With the Lowest Pre-trial Detainee Shares
• Countries With the Lowest Refugees Originating
• Countries With the Lowest Electoral Democracy
• Countries With the Lowest Liberal Democracy

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.