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Liberal Democracy (V-Dem)

Liberal Democracy. 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)
0.4
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.10.20.40.50.6 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Two dimensions at once

Liberal democracy × clean government

FijiTanzaniaW. SaharaCanadaUnited States of AmericaKazakhstanUzbekistanPapua New GuineaIndonesiaArgentinaChileDem. Rep. CongoSomaliaKenyaSudanChadHaitiDominican Rep.RussiaBahamasFalkland Is.NorwayGreenlandFr. S. Antarctic LandsTimor-LesteSouth AfricaLesothoMexicoUruguayBrazilBoliviaPeruColombiaPanamaCosta RicaNicaraguaHondurasEl SalvadorGuatemalaBelizeVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFranceEcuadorPuerto RicoJamaicaCubaZimbabweBotswanaNamibiaSenegalMaliMauritaniaBeninNigerNigeriaCameroonTogoGhanaCôte d'IvoireGuineaGuinea-BissauLiberiaSierra LeoneBurkina FasoCentral African Rep.CongoGabonEq. GuineaZambiaMalawiMozambiqueeSwatiniAngolaBurundiIsraelLebanonMadagascarPalestineGambiaTunisiaAlgeriaJordanUnited Arab EmiratesQatarKuwaitIraqOmanVanuatuCambodiaThailandLaosMyanmarVietnamNorth KoreaSouth KoreaMongoliaIndiaBangladeshBhutanNepalPakistanAfghanistanTajikistanKyrgyzstanTurkmenistanIranSyriaArmeniaSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumNetherlandsPortugalSpainIrelandNew CaledoniaSolomon Is.New ZealandAustraliaSri LankaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomIcelandAzerbaijanGeorgiaPhilippinesMalaysiaBruneiSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaEritreaJapanParaguayYemenSaudi ArabiaAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprusMoroccoEgyptLibyaEthiopiaDjiboutiSomalilandUgandaRwandaBosnia and Herz.MacedoniaSerbiaMontenegroKosovoTrinidad and TobagoS. Sudan
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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.6 +0.27pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.6 +0.12pp
🇰🇷 South Korea 0.7 +0.11pp
🇧🇼 Botswana 0.5 +0.05pp
🇬🇭 Ghana 0.6 +0.05pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇺🇸 United States of America 0.6 -0.18pp
🇻🇺 Vanuatu 0.6 -0.06pp
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 0.7 -0.06pp
🇹🇿 Tanzania 0.3 -0.06pp
🇪🇨 Ecuador 0.4 -0.06pp

By group

Change by group, latest period.

Americas 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Americas 27 0.5 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.5 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.4 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.3 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.3 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.3 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.2 0.00pp

Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityLiberal DemocracyChange
1🇩🇰 Denmark0.9-0.00pp
2🇸🇪 Sweden0.9+0.01pp
3🇳🇴 Norway0.80.00pp
4🇨🇭 Switzerland0.80.00pp
5🇪🇪 Estonia0.8-0.01pp
6🇮🇪 Ireland0.8-0.01pp
7🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.80.00pp
8🇫🇮 Finland0.8+0.03pp
9🇫🇷 France0.80.00pp
10🇧🇪 Belgium0.8-0.02pp
11🇨🇿 Czechia0.8-0.02pp
12🇦🇺 Australia0.8-0.00pp
13🇺🇾 Uruguay0.8+0.02pp
14🇳🇿 New Zealand0.8-0.02pp
15🇩🇪 Germany0.8+0.00pp
16🇨🇱 Chile0.8-0.01pp
17🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.8-0.00pp
18🇳🇱 Netherlands0.8+0.01pp
19🇦🇹 Austria0.8-0.01pp
20🇱🇻 Latvia0.8-0.01pp
21🇪🇸 Spain0.7-0.00pp
22🇰🇷 South Korea0.7+0.11pp
23🇨🇦 Canada0.7-0.01pp
24🇯🇵 Japan0.7-0.00pp
25🇮🇸 Iceland0.7-0.04pp
26🇵🇹 Portugal0.7-0.04pp
27🇱🇹 Lithuania0.7-0.02pp
28🇧🇷 Brazil0.7-0.01pp
29🇹🇼 Taiwan0.7-0.00pp
30🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.7-0.06pp
31🇸🇨 Seychelles0.7+0.03pp
32🇯🇲 Jamaica0.7+0.00pp
33🇧🇧 Barbados0.7-0.01pp
34🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.7+0.02pp
35🇨🇾 Cyprus0.7+0.01pp
36🇵🇱 Poland0.6+0.03pp
37🇮🇹 Italy0.6-0.05pp
38🇲🇺 Mauritius0.6+0.27pp
39🇿🇦 South Africa0.6-0.02pp
40🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.6-0.01pp
41🇸🇷 Suriname0.6-0.01pp
42🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.6-0.06pp
43🇲🇹 Malta0.60.00pp
44🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.6+0.12pp
45🇬🇭 Ghana0.6+0.05pp
46🇭🇷 Croatia0.6-0.01pp
47🇸🇮 Slovenia0.6-0.04pp
48🇮🇱 Israel0.6-0.01pp
49🇵🇦 Panama0.6-0.00pp
50🇸🇰 Slovakia0.6-0.02pp
51🇺🇸 United States of America0.6-0.18pp
52🇬🇷 Greece0.6+0.00pp
53🇨🇴 Colombia0.6+0.00pp
54🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.5+0.00pp
55🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.5+0.00pp
56🇦🇷 Argentina0.5-0.03pp
57🇬🇹 Guatemala0.5+0.03pp
58🇬🇲 The Gambia0.5+0.01pp
59🇧🇼 Botswana0.5+0.05pp
60🇳🇦 Namibia0.5+0.00pp
61🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.50.00pp
62🇱🇸 Lesotho0.5+0.01pp
63🇵🇪 Peru0.5+0.01pp
64🇳🇵 Nepal0.5-0.02pp
65🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.5+0.01pp
66🇲🇪 Montenegro0.50.00pp
67🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.5-0.03pp
68🇸🇳 Senegal0.5+0.02pp
69🇷🇴 Romania0.5+0.02pp
70🇲🇼 Malawi0.5-0.01pp
71🇽🇰 Kosovo0.5-0.01pp
72🇧🇹 Bhutan0.50.00pp
73🇲🇩 Moldova0.4-0.05pp
74🇰🇪 Kenya0.4+0.01pp
75🇲🇳 Mongolia0.4+0.04pp
76🇱🇷 Liberia0.4+0.02pp
77🇲🇻 Maldives0.4-0.02pp
78🇫🇯 Fiji0.4-0.01pp
79🇪🇨 Ecuador0.4-0.06pp
80🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.4+0.00pp
81🇦🇱 Albania0.4-0.02pp
82🇭🇳 Honduras0.4-0.00pp
83🇵🇾 Paraguay0.4-0.01pp
84🇿🇲 Zambia0.4-0.02pp
85🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.4+0.00pp
86🇦🇲 Armenia0.4-0.04pp
87🇸🇬 Singapore0.4+0.01pp
88🇲🇾 Malaysia0.4-0.00pp
89🇧🇴 Bolivia0.4+0.04pp
90🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.3-0.02pp
91🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3+0.00pp
92🇬🇾 Guyana0.3+0.01pp
93🇧🇯 Benin0.30.00pp
94🇭🇺 Hungary0.3-0.01pp
95🇹🇭 Thailand0.3+0.01pp
96🇳🇬 Nigeria0.3-0.00pp
97🇹🇿 Tanzania0.3-0.06pp
98Somaliland0.3+0.02pp
99🇮🇩 Indonesia0.3-0.04pp
100🇵🇭 Philippines0.3-0.01pp
101🇬🇪 Georgia0.3-0.05pp
102🇯🇴 Jordan0.3+0.00pp
103🇱🇧 Lebanon0.3+0.04pp
104🇹🇳 Tunisia0.3-0.01pp
105🇮🇳 India0.3-0.02pp
106Zanzibar0.3+0.01pp
107🇲🇦 Morocco0.3-0.00pp
108🇺🇦 Ukraine0.2+0.01pp
109🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.2-0.02pp
110🇲🇽 Mexico0.2-0.02pp
111🇮🇶 Iraq0.2+0.01pp
112🇷🇸 Serbia0.2-0.02pp
113🇲🇬 Madagascar0.2-0.01pp
114🇬🇦 Gabon0.2+0.03pp
115🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.2-0.01pp
116🇳🇪 Niger0.2-0.01pp
117🇵🇰 Pakistan0.2-0.02pp
118🇲🇿 Mozambique0.2-0.01pp
119🇺🇬 Uganda0.2-0.00pp
120🇦🇴 Angola0.2+0.00pp
121🇹🇬 Togo0.2-0.01pp
122🇲🇱 Mali0.2+0.01pp
123🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.1-0.01pp
124🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.10.00pp
125🇴🇲 Oman0.1+0.00pp
126🇰🇲 Comoros0.1+0.01pp
127🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.1-0.00pp
128🇸🇴 Somalia0.1+0.00pp
129🇲🇷 Mauritania0.1-0.01pp
130🇰🇼 Kuwait0.1-0.05pp
131🇩🇿 Algeria0.1+0.00pp
132🇩🇯 Djibouti0.10.00pp
133🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.1+0.02pp
134🇪🇬 Egypt0.1-0.01pp
135🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1-0.01pp
136🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.1-0.00pp
137🇨🇲 Cameroon0.1-0.01pp
138🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.1-0.00pp
139🇹🇷 Türkiye0.1+0.00pp
140🇱🇦 Laos0.1-0.01pp
141🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.1-0.02pp
142🇮🇷 Iran0.1+0.01pp
143🇻🇳 Vietnam0.1-0.01pp
144🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.1+0.00pp
145🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.1+0.01pp
146🇭🇹 Haiti0.1-0.00pp
147🇱🇾 Libya0.1-0.01pp
148🇸🇿 Eswatini0.1-0.00pp
149🇬🇳 Guinea0.1+0.02pp
150🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.1-0.05pp
151🇶🇦 Qatar0.1-0.00pp
152🇸🇻 El Salvador0.10.00pp
153🇷🇼 Rwanda0.1-0.00pp
154🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.1+0.01pp
155🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.10.00pp
156🇸🇸 South Sudan0.1-0.01pp
157🇹🇩 Chad0.1+0.01pp
158🇧🇭 Bahrain0.10.00pp
159🇧🇮 Burundi0.1-0.00pp
160Palestine/Gaza0.1+0.00pp
161🇨🇺 Cuba0.1+0.00pp
162🇷🇺 Russia0.1-0.00pp
163🇸🇾 Syria0.10.00pp
164🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.10.00pp
165🇰🇭 Cambodia0.1+0.00pp
166🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0-0.00pp
167🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia00.00pp
168🇾🇪 Yemen0-0.00pp
169🇹🇯 Tajikistan0+0.00pp
170🇻🇪 Venezuela0-0.00pp
171🇨🇳 China0+0.00pp
172🇧🇾 Belarus0+0.00pp
173🇸🇩 Sudan0+0.00pp
174🇹🇲 Turkmenistan00.00pp
175🇳🇮 Nicaragua0-0.00pp
176🇦🇫 Afghanistan0+0.00pp
177🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar00.00pp
178🇰🇵 North Korea00.00pp
179🇪🇷 Eritrea00.00pp

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