Israel and Vietnam
Who says their country is democratic?
Who says their country is democratic?
| # | Country | Share who say their country is democratic (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 83 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 81 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 United States | 57 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷 France | 46 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 44 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 43 | 2024 |
Israel leads this card at 83, with Greece at 43. The gap is 40 %. Israel is 1.93 times Greece.
Israel (83%) and Vietnam (81%) are the two highest shares in the 2024 index. The United States is at 57%, France at 46%, Japan at 44%, and Greece at 43%. A 7 to 10 counts. Latana says that where speech is restricted, that can strongly influence the answers. Vietnam is one of those cases. The same release labels Greece, France, Japan, and the United States free, and Vietnam less free, using Freedom House 2024.
Source: Latana and the Alliance of Democracies, Democracy Perception Index 2024. Online sample of 62,953 people in 53 countries, 20 Feb to 15 Apr 2024. Nationally representative by age, gender, and education. Average margin of error about 2.9 points. Think about your country today. How democratic do you think it is? A 7 to 10 on the 0 to 10 scale counts as democratic. See the source.
Pop 2100
🇨🇳 China has a projected population of 633.37 million people. What is 🇮🇳 India's?
| Country | Population in 2100 (million people) |
|---|---|
| 🇨🇳 China | 633.37 |
| 🇮🇳 India | 1,505.25 |
In the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant, India is 1,505 million in 2100 and China is 633 million. India is already the larger country, and this projection keeps it that way. It is a projection, not a count.
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, population in 2100. The same series as the Most-Populous Top 1. See the source.
The Gap
Where is the gap between wanting democracy and saying the country is democratic widest?
| # | Country | Democracy is important, minus my country is democratic (percentage points) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 51 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 50 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 50 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇫🇷 France | 38 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇨🇳 China | 13 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 11 | 2024 |
The release's own deficit is widest in Greece, at 51 points: 94% say democracy is important and 43% say the country is democratic. Hungary is 50. The release puts Venezuela at 50 as well. France is 38, China is 13, and Israel and Switzerland are 11. Greece is in the file's free group. For 14 countries the published deficit is 1 point off the difference of the rounded shares.
Source: Latana and the Alliance of Democracies, Democracy Perception Index 2024. Online sample of 62,953 people in 53 countries, 20 Feb to 15 Apr 2024. Nationally representative by age, gender, and education. Average margin of error about 2.9 points. In your opinion, how important is it for your country to be a democracy? A 7 to 10 on the 0 to 10 scale counts as important. Think about your country today. How democratic do you think it is? A 7 to 10 on the 0 to 10 scale counts as democratic. See the source.