Table 2.6. Support for democracy as an ideal form of government (%)
	Global regions
Country					North &
	Western	Eastern	Asia	Africa	Central	South	Oceania
	Europe	Europe			America	America
Azerbaijan		97
Croatia		95
Uruguay						94
West Germany	93
Norway	93
Sweden	93
Spain	92
Switzerland	91
East Germany		91
Argentina						90
Dominican Rep.					90
Turkey		89
Japan			88
Yugoslavia		88
USA					88
Nigeria				87
Puerto Rico					87
Lithuania		86
Peru						86
South Africa				85
Estonia		85
Georgia		85
Venezuela						85
South Korea			84
Taiwan			83
Australia							83
Slovenia		82
Latvia		79
Chile						79
Brazil						78
Belarus		75
Finland	75
Armenia		75
Ukraine		75
Philippines			72
Mexico					71
Moldova		71
Russia		51
MEAN	90	81	82	86	84	86	83
Note: The variables 'democracy best form of government' and 'democracy good way of governing' are added to form a seven-point scale, ranging from 1 = low support to 7 = high support.  Proportion of citizens with scale values 5-7 are displayed in the table.
Source: World Values Surveys, 1994/7.
Source: Hans-Dieter Klingemann.  1999.  "Mapping Political Support in the 1990s: A Global Analysis."  Pp. 31-56 in Pippa Norris, ed., Critical Citizens. Global Support for Democratic Governance.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.