The proportion of yes and no votes in referendums varied considerably among the different countries and it is impossible to draw any general conclusions.  Moreover, the raw figures given do not indicate the extent to which citizens voted in line with the wishes of the authorities, at least in countries having popular initiatives or abrogative referendums (in which a yes vote implies in principle a vote against the authorities and a no vote implies confidence in them).  Switzerland, which has held the most number of referendums, has had more no votes than yes votes, but many of these rejections relate to popular initiatives.  In Italy, 19 abrogative referendums have yielded a yes vote and 16 a no vote.  In countries where referendums are held solely on texts submitted by the authorities, there have been 21 yes votes and 7 no votes in Ireland, 10 yes and 2 no in France, and 9 yes and 7 no in Denmark.  In the other countries, referendums are too infrequent to be able to making any meaningful comparisons.  In any event, there is no significant trend towards either a systematic yes or a systematic no vote.