Satisfaction with Democracy

QoG code: cses_sd

On the whole, are you very satisfied, fairly satisfied, not very satisfied, or not at all satisfied with the way democracy works in [COUNTRY]?

  1. Not at all satisfied.
  2. Not very satisfied.
  3. Fairly satisfied.
  4. Very satisfied.

Note: Refused to answer, Don't know and similar answers were coded as missing, and the average are based on the remaining answers.

Dataset
CSES datasets
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-11-25
Last updated by source
2024-02-27

Categories

Political System

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Basic Cross-section - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original dataset
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section 24
Standard cross-section 24
Standard time-series 56
Dataset Available for years
Standard time-series 1996-2021

Country coverage

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  • Albania
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, South
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • United States
  • Uruguay

Year coverage

This variable has information from 1996 to 2021.