Trend · rank 60 of 250

Citizen participation & deliberative democracy

Governments are making uneven use of citizens' assemblies, consultation and digital participation to build consent for difficult decisions, which strengthens legitimacy only where the results carry real influence over policy.

Governance & IntegrityState capacity & governancepoliticsinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass unchanged. Held by two of the three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
60of 250
Sensitivity
6.7rank 186
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
52.2rank 40
Eigenvector
72.7
Betweenness
3.8
Links
17trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
28.8

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
100
Over a year
+2%Steady
Over three years
+11%
Peak
15115 Mar 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.21
Coverage
14languages · 54 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (14 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English43%104+7%
Spanish30%59−21%
French6%104+23%
German6%95+2%
Russian3%98+18%
Japanese3%87−25%
Italian2%78−6%
Portuguese2%104+13%
Chinese2%81−25%
Polish1%97+9%
Korean1%95+18%
Swedish1%110+39%
Turkish0%63−15%
Dutch0%88−4%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Ireland

Singapore

Belgium

United Kingdom

New Zealand

South Korea

France

Netherlands

Philippines

United States

Australia

Canada

100

47

32

31

27

25

23

22

22

22

21

18

The 12 highest of 54 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English99−11%+12%−5%
EuropeGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish85+11%−16%−33%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean85−9%−3%−15%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country73+7%−41%−46%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Turkish63−17%−15%−51%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese66−7%−36%−45%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian98+23%+18%−11%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese88+22%−22%−32%
CanadaGoogle81−47%+18%−7%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French63+5%−7%−54%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German88+18%−18%−36%
IndiaGoogle73+7%−41%−46%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian88+22%−34%−30%
JapanWikipedia in Japanese87−1%−25%−10%
South KoreaWikipedia in Korean95−9%+18%−8%
MexicoGoogle52−23%−66%−48%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian98+23%+18%−11%
TürkiyeWikipedia in Turkish63−17%−15%−51%
United KingdomGoogle95−0%−10%+14%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English101−5%+12%−5%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
1 · Very lowAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
1 · Very lowA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highRule of law & judicial independenceState capacity & governance3
5 · Very highExecutive overreach & emergency powersState capacity & governance4
5 · Very highPolarisation & populismState capacity & governance15
4 · HighState capacity & deliveryState capacity & governance1
4 · HighCorruption & state captureState capacity & governance5
4 · HighRegulatory capture & lobbying powerState capacity & governance8
4 · HighErosion of rights & civic freedomsState capacity & governance14
4 · HighCivil unrest & protest mobilisationState capacity & governance25
4 · HighElection integrity & interferenceInformation & trust57
3 · ModerateCivil service capability & payState capacity & governance2
3 · ModerateDeclining institutional trustInformation & trust7
3 · ModerateFiscal rules & budget credibilityState capacity & governance17
3 · ModerateOfficial statistics & data capacityState capacity & governance21
3 · ModerateDecline of independent journalismInformation & trust29
3 · ModerateCentral bank independence under pressureState capacity & governance64
3 · ModeratePublic-sector AI adoptionState capacity & governance75
3 · ModerateAlgorithmic accountability & biasState capacity & governance135