Editing Direct democracy (section)

=== Direct democracy by country ===
{{Main|Referendums by country}}
The strength of direct democracy in individual countries can be quantitatively compared by the Citizen-initiated component of direct popular vote index in [[V-Dem Democracy indices]].<ref name="v-dem">[http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3066654 Sigman, Rachel, and Staffan I. Lindberg. "Neopatrimonialism and democracy: An empirical investigation of Africa's political regimes." V-Dem Working Paper 56 (2017).]</ref> A higher index indicates more direct democracy popular initiatives and referendums, shown below for individual countries. Only countries with index above 0 are shown.
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! Country !! Citizen-initiated component of direct popular vote index for 2021<ref name="v-dem"/>
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| {{flaglist| Albania }}  || 0.077
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| {{flaglist| Bolivia }}  || 0.078
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| {{flaglist| Bulgaria }}  || 0.292
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| {{flaglist| Cape Verde }}  || 0.072
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| {{flaglist| Colombia }}  || 0.041
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| {{flaglist| Costa Rica }}  || 0.087
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| {{flaglist| Croatia }}  || 0.262
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| {{flaglist| Ecuador }}  || 0.073
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| {{flaglist| Georgia }}  || 0.054
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| {{flaglist| Hungary }}  || 0.242
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| {{flaglist| Italy }}  || 0.409
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| {{flaglist| Kazakhstan }}  || 0.032
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| {{flaglist| Kenya }}  || 0.042
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| {{flaglist| Kyrgyzstan }}  || 0.033
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| {{flaglist| Latvia }}  || 0.155
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| {{flaglist| Lithuania }}  || 0.191
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| {{flaglist| Luxembourg }}  || 0.038
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| {{flaglist| Malta }}  || 0.374
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| {{flaglist| Mexico }}  || 0.091
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| {{flaglist| Moldova }}  || 0.033
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| {{flaglist| Montenegro }}  || 0.048
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| {{flaglist| New Zealand }}  || 0.178
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| {{flaglist| North Macedonia }}  || 0.133
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| {{flaglist| Peru }}  || 0.249
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| {{flaglist| Philippines }}  || 0.094
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| {{flaglist| Romania }}  || 0.416
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| {{flaglist| Serbia }}  || 0.099
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| {{flaglist| Slovakia }}  || 0.334
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| {{flaglist| Slovenia }}  || 0.444
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| {{flaglist| Switzerland }}  || 0.841
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| {{flaglist| Taiwan }}  || 0.445
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| {{flaglist| Togo }}  || 0.037
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| {{flaglist| Uganda }}  || 0.048
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| {{flaglist| Ukraine }}  || 0.048
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| {{flaglist| Uruguay }}  || 0.766
|}