Table 3.4
Confidence in Congress| Country | Confidence in Congress, Average 1996-2004 (percent) | Confidence in Congress, 2004 (percent) | Effectiveness of law-making bodies, 2004-2005 (1=very ineffective; 7=very effective) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 36.0 |
29.7 |
3.7 |
||
| Brazil | 24.9 |
34.8 |
3.1 |
||
| Uruguay | 38.2 |
30.0 |
2.7 |
||
| Colombia | 20.3 |
24.4 |
2.7 |
||
| Honduras | 30.8 |
31.1 |
2.6 |
||
| Costa Rica | 29.9 |
35.3 |
2.2 |
||
| Paraguay | 25.0 |
19.5 |
2.2 |
||
| El Salvador | 27.7 |
21.8 |
2.1 |
||
| Dominican Republic | n.a. |
43.6 |
2.0 |
||
| Mexico | 27.4 |
23.1 |
2.0 |
||
| Panama | 22.5 |
24.8 |
1.8 |
||
| Guatemala | 19.9 |
19.2 |
1.8 |
||
| Bolivia | 19.9 |
15.5 |
1.8 |
||
| Peru | 22.1 |
14.5 |
1.7 |
||
| Ecuador | 13.3 |
8.3 |
1.7 |
||
| Argentina | 20.5 |
20.7 |
1.6 |
||
| Nicaragua | 23.1 |
16.1 |
1.6 |
||
| Venezuela | 27.8 |
30.6 |
1.4 |
||
n.a.: not applicable. As the Dominican Republic was included only in the 2004 survey, no average is shown. Note: The first and second columns are the average percent of respondents from 1996 to 2004 and the percentage of respondents in 2004 in the Latinobarometer survey who stated that they had “a lot” or “some” confidence in the congress. The third column is the mean score given by business executives in the 2002-2005 World Economic Forum survey to the question: “How effective is your national parliament/congress as a lawmaking and oversight institution?” Source: Latinobarometer (1996-2004) and World Economic Forum (2005). |
|||||