Support for Democracy (Latinobarómetro)

Share who say democracy is preferable to any other form of government. Latinobarómetro 2024 report, 1995–2024.

Source: Latinobarómetro (Informe 2024) Licence: Latinobarómetro — public report aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-07-03 Open source ↗

Period: 1995–2024 (waves; no fieldwork in some years). Method: Country aggregates as published in the Informe 2024 (report tables, weighted national samples ~1,000–1,200 per country).

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Avg (2024)
51.4%
+3.7pp vs 2023
Improving
12
of 17 tracked
Declining
3
period over period
Stable
2
±0.5pp band

Democracy preferable

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 1995–2024.

46%50.4%54.9%59.3%63.7% 199519982002200520082011201620202024
Americas

Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇽 Mexico 49% +14.0pp
🇦🇷 Argentina 75% +13.0pp
🇵🇦 Panama 54% +8.0pp
🇨🇷 Costa Rica 63% +7.0pp
🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 55% +7.0pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇵🇪 Peru 44% -6.0pp
🇧🇴 Bolivia 47% -4.0pp
🇧🇷 Brazil 45% -1.0pp

By group

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Americas +3.7pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 17 51.4% +3.7pp