# Satisfaction with democracy: Share of people aged 16+ who are fairly or very satisfied with how democracy works in Germany
# Source: Zentrum für Sozialforschung Halle (ZSH), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for East Germany), Deutschland-Monitor '25: Gesellschaftliche und politische Einstellungen. Themenschwerpunkt: Wie veränderungsbereit ist Deutschland? (Hauptbericht, 2026) (Section 4.1.1, Abb. 26 (p. 104); trust: section 4.1.2, Abb. 29 (pp. 110–111)), https://deutschland-monitor.info/fileadmin/Reports/Deutschland-Monitor-2025-Hauptbericht.pdf, accessed 2026-11-04, © the editors and authors; no open licence stated in the report. Figures quoted with attribution.
# Compiled by Germany Divided, CC BY 4.0. Side: former East/West by 1949-1990 border; Berlin shown separately.
snapshot,reference_year,level,code,name,side,value_%
now,2025,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,51
now,2025,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,62
now,2025,aggregate,germany,Germany,,60
then,2023,aggregate,east,Former East (excl. Berlin),east,43
then,2023,aggregate,west,Former West (excl. Berlin),west,61
then,2023,aggregate,germany,Germany,,58