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Effective parliament Index (IDEA)
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Percent
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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2021
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East Asia & Pacific
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All income groups
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Country
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Value
↕
1
Sweden
100
2
Norway
94
3
Denmark
92.7
4
Chile
91.8
5
Germany
91.6
6
Peru
91.5
7
Finland
88.6
8
Tunisia
88.4
9
Costa Rica
86.6
10
Australia
84.6
11
Lithuania
83.8
12
Italy
83.4
13
Netherlands
82.5
14
Israel
82.1
15
United Kingdom
81.8
16
Estonia
81
17
Slovak Republic
80.3
18
Korea, Rep.
80.1
19
Luxembourg
78.7
20
New Zealand
78.3
21
Portugal
77.6
22
Czechia
77.5
23
Malawi
76.7
24
Switzerland
73.6
25
Japan
73.4
26
Belgium
73.4
27
Uruguay
73.2
28
Austria
72.8
29
Slovenia
71.9
30
Ireland
71.7
31
Cabo Verde
71.5
32
France
71.4
33
Ghana
71.2
34
Kenya
70.7
35
Nepal
70
36
Bulgaria
68.8
37
Jamaica
68.3
38
Spain
68.2
39
Trinidad and Tobago
67.5
40
Kuwait
67.4
41
Bhutan
66.6
42
Suriname
66.2
43
Burkina Faso
66.1
44
United States
65.5
45
Lesotho
65.2
46
Croatia
65.1
47
Moldova
64.6
48
Vanuatu
64.6
49
South Africa
64.5
50
Taiwan
64.4
51
Brazil
63.7
52
Albania
63.3
53
Canada
63.1
54
Mauritius
62.9
55
Cyprus
62.7
56
Argentina
62.7
57
Niger
62.7
58
Latvia
62.5
59
Haiti
62.3
60
Iceland
61.9
61
Zambia
61.2
62
India
60.7
63
Barbados
59.9
64
Greece
59.6
65
Namibia
59.5
66
Sierra Leone
59.1
67
Iraq
59
68
Zimbabwe
58.6
69
Romania
58.4
70
Botswana
58.4
71
Mongolia
58.3
72
Maldives
58.2
73
Montenegro
58.2
74
Senegal
58
75
Tanzania
57.8
76
Paraguay
57.6
77
Colombia
57.2
78
Panama
57
79
Georgia
56.9
80
Malta
56.8
81
Timor-Leste
56.1
82
Morocco
56
83
North Macedonia
55.9
84
Jordan
55.5
85
Libya
55.4
86
Liberia
55.1
87
Thailand
54.6
88
Nigeria
54.5
89
Indonesia
54.5
90
Papua New Guinea
54.1
91
Ecuador
54
92
Solomon Islands
53.7
93
Armenia
53.6
94
Uganda
53.5
95
Kyrgyz Republic
52.8
96
Pakistan
52.6
97
Poland
52.1
98
Lebanon
52.1
99
Gambia, The
52.1
100
Hungary
52
101
Ukraine
51.8
102
Philippines
50.7
103
Guatemala
50.5
104
Fiji
48.6
105
Bosnia and Herzegovina
48.5
106
Mexico
48.5
107
Guinea-Bissau
48.1
108
Mozambique
47.4
109
Singapore
46.7
110
Malaysia
46.5
111
Eswatini
45.9
112
Viet Nam
45.2
113
Bolivia
45
114
Iran, Islamic Rep.
45
115
Central African Republic
44
116
Rwanda
44
117
Togo
43.8
118
Serbia
43.7
119
Madagascar
42.5
120
Sri Lanka
41.7
121
El Salvador
41.7
122
Algeria
41.6
123
Lao PDR
41.6
124
Congo, Rep.
41.6
125
Benin
41.4
126
Congo, Dem. Rep.
40.8
127
Guyana
40.8
128
Mauritania
40.7
129
Dominican Republic
39.4
130
Honduras
39.2
131
Angola
39.1
132
Oman
38.5
133
Turkiye
37.9
134
Burundi
36.5
135
Egypt, Arab Rep.
36.2
136
Kazakhstan
36.2
137
Cote d'Ivoire
35.5
138
Russian Federation
35.3
139
Djibouti
34.8
140
Ethiopia
34.4
141
Cameroon
33.7
142
Cuba
33.7
143
Bangladesh
33.6
144
Venezuela, RB
32.6
145
Gabon
32.1
146
Equatorial Guinea
31.7
147
United Arab Emirates
30.9
148
Cambodia
29.8
149
Syrian Arab Republic
29.2
150
Uzbekistan
28.7
151
Sudan
27.9
152
Bahrain
27.7
153
Azerbaijan
27.6
154
Comoros
25.5
155
Tajikistan
25.5
156
Qatar
25.2
157
Turkmenistan
24.9
158
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
22.5
159
Nicaragua
22.1
160
Belarus
21
161
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
6.3
162
Myanmar
5.9
163
Mali
5.9
164
China
5.9
165
Guinea
5.2
166
Afghanistan
5.2
167
Eritrea
5.2
168
Chad
5.2
169
South Sudan
1.1
170
Yemen, Rep.
1.1
171
West Bank and Gaza
1.1
172
Saudi Arabia
0
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