Civil Liberties (V-Dem)

Civil Liberties. V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy, 2018–2025.

Source: V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)

0.7

0.00pp vs 2024

Improving

0

of 179 tracked

Declining

0

period over period

Stable

179

±0.5pp band

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

Entity	Now	Change
🇸🇾 Syria	0.3	+0.19pp
🇲🇺 Mauritius	0.9	+0.17pp
🇰🇷 South Korea	0.9	+0.08pp
🇧🇩 Bangladesh	0.6	+0.07pp
Palestine/Gaza	0.2	+0.06pp

Top fallers

Entity	Now	Change
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	0.6	-0.16pp
🇳🇪 Niger	0.7	-0.11pp
🇹🇿 Tanzania	0.7	-0.11pp
🇺🇸 United States of America	0.8	-0.10pp
🇬🇪 Georgia	0.7	-0.08pp

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Americas 0.00pp

Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp

Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp

East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp

South Asia 0.00pp

Advanced / other 0.00pp

Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp

Group	Members	Avg	Change
Americas	27	0.8	0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia	49	0.8	0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa	48	0.6	0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific	23	0.6	0.00pp
South Asia	8	0.6	0.00pp
Advanced / other	4	0.6	0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa	20	0.4	0.00pp

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) — full ranking

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179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#	Entity	Civil Liberties	Change
1	🇪🇪 Estonia	1	0.00pp
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	1	-0.00pp
3	🇩🇰 Denmark	1	-0.00pp
4	🇮🇪 Ireland	1	-0.00pp
5	🇧🇪 Belgium	1	0.00pp
6	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1	-0.00pp
7	🇮🇸 Iceland	1	-0.00pp
8	🇨🇿 Czechia	0.9	-0.00pp
9	🇳🇿 New Zealand	0.9	-0.00pp
10	🇫🇮 Finland	0.9	+0.00pp
11	🇳🇴 Norway	0.9	0.00pp
12	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	0.9	0.00pp
13	🇪🇸 Spain	0.9	-0.01pp
14	🇩🇪 Germany	0.9	+0.00pp
15	🇱🇻 Latvia	0.9	+0.00pp
16	🇺🇾 Uruguay	0.9	+0.01pp
17	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0.9	0.00pp
18	🇹🇼 Taiwan	0.9	-0.00pp
19	🇨🇱 Chile	0.9	-0.00pp
20	🇯🇵 Japan	0.9	0.00pp
21	🇵🇱 Poland	0.9	+0.00pp
22	🇧🇧 Barbados	0.9	-0.00pp
23	🇫🇷 France	0.9	+0.00pp
24	🇲🇹 Malta	0.9	0.00pp
25	🇸🇷 Suriname	0.9	+0.00pp
26	🇱🇹 Lithuania	0.9	-0.01pp
27	🇬🇭 Ghana	0.9	+0.02pp
28	🇰🇷 South Korea	0.9	+0.08pp
29	🇳🇱 Netherlands	0.9	+0.01pp
30	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	0.9	-0.01pp
31	🇦🇹 Austria	0.9	-0.00pp
32	🇦🇺 Australia	0.9	-0.01pp
33	🇸🇨 Seychelles	0.9	0.00pp
34	🇮🇹 Italy	0.9	-0.01pp
35	🇨🇦 Canada	0.9	-0.01pp
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	0.9	+0.00pp
37	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	0.9	0.00pp
38	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	0.9	-0.00pp
39	🇭🇷 Croatia	0.9	-0.01pp
40	🇳🇦 Namibia	0.9	+0.01pp
41	🇸🇮 Slovenia	0.9	-0.01pp
42	🇲🇪 Montenegro	0.9	-0.02pp
43	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	0.9	-0.01pp
44	🇬🇲 The Gambia	0.9	+0.00pp
45	🇬🇷 Greece	0.9	+0.00pp
46	🇷🇴 Romania	0.9	+0.01pp
47	🇯🇲 Jamaica	0.9	-0.00pp
48	🇵🇦 Panama	0.9	-0.01pp
49	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	0.9	0.00pp
50	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	0.9	-0.00pp
51	🇲🇺 Mauritius	0.9	+0.17pp
52	🇦🇱 Albania	0.9	-0.00pp
53	🇧🇷 Brazil	0.9	+0.02pp
54	🇿🇦 South Africa	0.9	-0.01pp
55	🇸🇰 Slovakia	0.9	-0.00pp
56	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	0.9	0.00pp
57	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	0.8	-0.03pp
58	🇬🇾 Guyana	0.8	-0.00pp
59	🇧🇼 Botswana	0.8	+0.00pp
60	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	0.8	-0.04pp
61	🇲🇩 Moldova	0.8	-0.02pp
62	🇱🇷 Liberia	0.8	+0.00pp
63	🇵🇹 Portugal	0.8	-0.07pp
64	🇧🇯 Benin	0.8	+0.00pp
65	🇱🇸 Lesotho	0.8	+0.04pp
66	🇺🇸 United States of America	0.8	-0.10pp
67	🇦🇷 Argentina	0.8	-0.04pp
68	🇭🇳 Honduras	0.8	-0.00pp
69	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	0.8	+0.02pp
70	🇽🇰 Kosovo	0.8	+0.00pp
71	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.8	-0.00pp
72	🇸🇳 Senegal	0.8	+0.01pp
73	🇲🇼 Malawi	0.8	+0.01pp
74	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	0.8	+0.00pp
75	🇵🇾 Paraguay	0.8	+0.01pp
76	🇲🇳 Mongolia	0.8	+0.05pp
77	🇵🇪 Peru	0.8	+0.01pp
78	🇦🇲 Armenia	0.8	-0.02pp
79	🇭🇺 Hungary	0.8	-0.03pp
80	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	0.8	-0.03pp
81	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	0.8	-0.01pp
82	🇬🇦 Gabon	0.8	-0.01pp
83	🇮🇱 Israel	0.8	-0.00pp
84	🇫🇯 Fiji	0.8	+0.01pp
85	🇿🇲 Zambia	0.8	-0.05pp
86	🇬🇹 Guatemala	0.8	+0.03pp
87	🇨🇴 Colombia	0.8	+0.03pp
88	🇭🇹 Haiti	0.7	+0.00pp
89	🇳🇵 Nepal	0.7	-0.03pp
90	🇧🇴 Bolivia	0.7	-0.03pp
91	🇰🇪 Kenya	0.7	-0.00pp
92	🇲🇾 Malaysia	0.7	-0.00pp
93	🇷🇸 Serbia	0.7	-0.05pp
94	🇲🇻 Maldives	0.7	-0.02pp
95	🇸🇬 Singapore	0.7	+0.00pp
96	🇧🇹 Bhutan	0.7	-0.02pp
97	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	0.7	-0.01pp
98	🇬🇪 Georgia	0.7	-0.08pp
99	🇪🇨 Ecuador	0.7	-0.06pp
100	🇱🇧 Lebanon	0.7	+0.02pp
101	🇹🇳 Tunisia	0.7	-0.01pp
102	🇳🇬 Nigeria	0.7	-0.01pp
103	🇹🇿 Tanzania	0.7	-0.11pp
104	🇯🇴 Jordan	0.7	-0.00pp
105	🇲🇬 Madagascar	0.7	-0.04pp
106	🇳🇪 Niger	0.7	-0.11pp
107	Zanzibar	0.6	-0.00pp
108	🇲🇦 Morocco	0.6	-0.01pp
109	🇮🇩 Indonesia	0.6	-0.07pp
110	Somaliland	0.6	+0.01pp
111	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	0.6	+0.07pp
112	🇲🇽 Mexico	0.6	-0.00pp
113	🇦🇴 Angola	0.6	0.00pp
114	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	0.6	-0.01pp
115	🇲🇱 Mali	0.6	0.00pp
116	🇹🇬 Togo	0.6	+0.02pp
117	🇺🇦 Ukraine	0.6	+0.03pp
118	🇵🇭 Philippines	0.6	0.00pp
119	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	0.6	-0.16pp
120	🇮🇳 India	0.5	-0.00pp
121	🇮🇶 Iraq	0.5	+0.01pp
122	🇲🇷 Mauritania	0.5	-0.02pp
123	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	0.5	-0.00pp
124	🇸🇻 El Salvador	0.5	+0.03pp
125	🇨🇲 Cameroon	0.5	-0.03pp
126	🇰🇼 Kuwait	0.5	-0.02pp
127	🇲🇿 Mozambique	0.5	-0.01pp
128	🇹🇭 Thailand	0.5	-0.02pp
129	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	0.5	-0.07pp
130	🇰🇲 Comoros	0.5	+0.01pp
131	🇵🇰 Pakistan	0.5	+0.01pp
132	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	0.5	-0.04pp
133	🇸🇴 Somalia	0.5	+0.03pp
134	🇴🇲 Oman	0.4	+0.00pp
135	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	0.4	+0.00pp
136	🇩🇿 Algeria	0.4	+0.01pp
137	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	0.4	-0.00pp
138	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.4	+0.02pp
139	🇩🇯 Djibouti	0.4	0.00pp
140	🇹🇷 Türkiye	0.4	+0.00pp
141	🇻🇳 Vietnam	0.4	+0.01pp
142	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	0.4	+0.00pp
143	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	0.4	+0.00pp
144	🇶🇦 Qatar	0.4	+0.00pp
145	🇬🇳 Guinea	0.4	+0.03pp
146	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	0.3	-0.01pp
147	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	0.3	-0.01pp
148	🇱🇾 Libya	0.3	-0.01pp
149	🇸🇾 Syria	0.3	+0.19pp
150	🇺🇬 Uganda	0.3	-0.07pp
151	🇻🇪 Venezuela	0.3	-0.03pp
152	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	0.3	+0.02pp
153	🇨🇺 Cuba	0.3	+0.00pp
154	🇧🇭 Bahrain	0.3	0.00pp
155	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	0.3	-0.01pp
156	🇹🇩 Chad	0.3	-0.02pp
157	🇧🇮 Burundi	0.3	+0.02pp
158	🇷🇺 Russia	0.3	+0.01pp
159	🇰🇭 Cambodia	0.3	+0.00pp
160	🇮🇷 Iran	0.2	-0.00pp
161	🇪🇬 Egypt	0.2	-0.01pp
162	🇸🇸 South Sudan	0.2	-0.01pp
163	🇧🇾 Belarus	0.2	+0.01pp
164	🇸🇿 Eswatini	0.2	+0.00pp
165	🇷🇼 Rwanda	0.2	+0.02pp
166	🇾🇪 Yemen	0.2	-0.02pp
167	🇨🇳 China	0.2	+0.00pp
168	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	0.2	+0.01pp
169	🇸🇩 Sudan	0.2	-0.01pp
170	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	0.2	-0.00pp
171	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	0.2	-0.01pp
172	Palestine/Gaza	0.2	+0.06pp
173	🇱🇦 Laos	0.1	-0.00pp
174	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	0.1	-0.00pp
175	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	0.1	0.00pp
176	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	0.1	-0.01pp
177	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0	-0.00pp
178	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	0	-0.00pp
179	🇰🇵 North Korea	0	+0.01pp

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