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Electoral Democracy (V-Dem)

Electoral 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)
0.5
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

Electoral Democracy

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.20.30.40.60.7 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.7 +0.24pp
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 0.8 +0.11pp
🇰🇷 South Korea 0.8 +0.09pp
🇬🇦 Gabon 0.3 +0.07pp
🇱🇧 Lebanon 0.4 +0.07pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇺🇸 United States of America 0.7 -0.11pp
🇬🇪 Georgia 0.4 -0.08pp
🇻🇺 Vanuatu 0.7 -0.07pp
🇲🇩 Moldova 0.6 -0.07pp
🇰🇼 Kuwait 0.1 -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 0.6 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.6 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.5 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.4 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.4 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.4 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.2 0.00pp

Electoral 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.
#EntityElectoral DemocracyChange
1🇩🇰 Denmark0.9-0.00pp
2🇳🇴 Norway0.9+0.00pp
3🇸🇪 Sweden0.9+0.01pp
4🇧🇪 Belgium0.9-0.00pp
5🇮🇪 Ireland0.9-0.01pp
6🇪🇪 Estonia0.9-0.01pp
7🇨🇭 Switzerland0.90.00pp
8🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.90.00pp
9🇫🇷 France0.9+0.00pp
10🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.90.00pp
11🇺🇾 Uruguay0.9+0.02pp
12🇫🇮 Finland0.9+0.03pp
13🇨🇿 Czechia0.8-0.02pp
14🇳🇿 New Zealand0.8-0.02pp
15🇦🇺 Australia0.8-0.00pp
16🇨🇦 Canada0.8-0.00pp
17🇨🇱 Chile0.8-0.01pp
18🇦🇹 Austria0.8-0.00pp
19🇱🇻 Latvia0.80.00pp
20🇳🇱 Netherlands0.8+0.01pp
21🇩🇪 Germany0.8+0.00pp
22🇵🇹 Portugal0.8-0.01pp
23🇪🇸 Spain0.8-0.00pp
24🇯🇵 Japan0.8-0.00pp
25🇰🇷 South Korea0.8+0.09pp
26🇮🇸 Iceland0.8-0.03pp
27🇯🇲 Jamaica0.8+0.01pp
28🇹🇼 Taiwan0.8-0.00pp
29🇧🇧 Barbados0.8-0.01pp
30🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.8+0.01pp
31🇱🇹 Lithuania0.8-0.01pp
32🇧🇷 Brazil0.8-0.02pp
33🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.8+0.11pp
34🇲🇹 Malta0.80.00pp
35🇸🇷 Suriname0.8+0.01pp
36🇨🇾 Cyprus0.8-0.00pp
37🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.8-0.06pp
38🇵🇱 Poland0.8+0.04pp
39🇸🇨 Seychelles0.8+0.02pp
40🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.7-0.01pp
41🇮🇹 Italy0.7-0.04pp
42🇿🇦 South Africa0.7+0.01pp
43🇬🇷 Greece0.7-0.00pp
44🇲🇺 Mauritius0.7+0.24pp
45🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.7+0.00pp
46🇺🇸 United States of America0.7-0.11pp
47🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.7+0.03pp
48🇸🇰 Slovakia0.7-0.01pp
49🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.7-0.07pp
50🇵🇦 Panama0.70.00pp
51🇬🇭 Ghana0.7+0.05pp
52🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.7+0.01pp
53🇮🇱 Israel0.7-0.01pp
54🇸🇮 Slovenia0.7-0.03pp
55🇦🇷 Argentina0.7-0.03pp
56🇭🇷 Croatia0.7-0.02pp
57🇨🇴 Colombia0.7-0.02pp
58🇵🇪 Peru0.7+0.03pp
59🇧🇼 Botswana0.7+0.07pp
60🇱🇸 Lesotho0.7+0.01pp
61🇳🇵 Nepal0.7-0.01pp
62🇬🇲 The Gambia0.6+0.01pp
63🇬🇹 Guatemala0.6+0.03pp
64🇲🇪 Montenegro0.6-0.00pp
65🇸🇳 Senegal0.6+0.03pp
66🇳🇦 Namibia0.6+0.01pp
67🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.60.00pp
68🇽🇰 Kosovo0.6-0.02pp
69🇦🇲 Armenia0.6-0.01pp
70🇪🇨 Ecuador0.6-0.03pp
71🇧🇴 Bolivia0.6+0.03pp
72🇷🇴 Romania0.6-0.02pp
73🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.6-0.05pp
74🇱🇷 Liberia0.6-0.01pp
75🇵🇾 Paraguay0.60.00pp
76🇧🇹 Bhutan0.6+0.00pp
77🇰🇪 Kenya0.6+0.01pp
78🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.6+0.01pp
79🇲🇼 Malawi0.6-0.01pp
80🇲🇻 Maldives0.6-0.02pp
81🇲🇩 Moldova0.6-0.07pp
82🇲🇳 Mongolia0.5+0.04pp
83🇬🇾 Guyana0.5+0.02pp
84🇭🇳 Honduras0.5-0.03pp
85🇫🇯 Fiji0.5-0.01pp
86🇳🇬 Nigeria0.5+0.01pp
87🇲🇾 Malaysia0.5-0.01pp
88🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.5-0.01pp
89🇿🇲 Zambia0.5-0.02pp
90🇧🇯 Benin0.5+0.00pp
91🇦🇱 Albania0.5-0.03pp
92🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.50.00pp
93🇲🇽 Mexico0.5-0.03pp
94🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.5+0.01pp
95🇮🇩 Indonesia0.5-0.03pp
96Somaliland0.4+0.03pp
97🇸🇬 Singapore0.4+0.02pp
98🇹🇭 Thailand0.4+0.01pp
99🇭🇺 Hungary0.4-0.02pp
100🇱🇧 Lebanon0.4+0.07pp
101🇬🇪 Georgia0.4-0.08pp
102🇹🇳 Tunisia0.4-0.03pp
103🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.4-0.03pp
104🇵🇭 Philippines0.4-0.02pp
105🇺🇦 Ukraine0.4-0.00pp
106🇮🇳 India0.4-0.00pp
107🇮🇶 Iraq0.4+0.01pp
108🇹🇿 Tanzania0.4-0.05pp
109🇲🇬 Madagascar0.4-0.04pp
110🇹🇬 Togo0.4+0.00pp
111🇦🇴 Angola0.3+0.00pp
112🇲🇷 Mauritania0.3-0.01pp
113🇸🇻 El Salvador0.3-0.01pp
114🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.3-0.01pp
115Zanzibar0.3+0.02pp
116🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3-0.00pp
117🇵🇰 Pakistan0.3-0.01pp
118🇬🇦 Gabon0.3+0.07pp
119🇷🇸 Serbia0.3-0.02pp
120🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.3-0.01pp
121🇹🇷 Türkiye0.3+0.00pp
122🇰🇲 Comoros0.3+0.02pp
123🇯🇴 Jordan0.3+0.01pp
124🇲🇿 Mozambique0.3-0.03pp
125🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.3-0.00pp
126🇩🇿 Algeria0.3+0.01pp
127🇨🇲 Cameroon0.3-0.02pp
128🇲🇦 Morocco0.3-0.00pp
129🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.3-0.01pp
130🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.3-0.00pp
131🇺🇬 Uganda0.3-0.01pp
132🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.3-0.03pp
133🇩🇯 Djibouti0.30.00pp
134🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.2-0.01pp
135🇹🇩 Chad0.2+0.04pp
136🇭🇹 Haiti0.2+0.00pp
137🇳🇪 Niger0.2-0.01pp
138🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.2+0.00pp
139🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.2+0.00pp
140🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.2-0.03pp
141🇱🇾 Libya0.2-0.00pp
142🇷🇼 Rwanda0.2-0.01pp
143🇪🇬 Egypt0.2+0.00pp
144🇬🇳 Guinea0.2+0.03pp
145🇧🇮 Burundi0.2+0.01pp
146🇰🇭 Cambodia0.2-0.00pp
147🇻🇪 Venezuela0.2-0.02pp
148🇨🇺 Cuba0.2-0.00pp
149🇴🇲 Oman0.20.00pp
150🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0.2-0.00pp
151🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.2-0.00pp
152🇷🇺 Russia0.2-0.00pp
153🇸🇴 Somalia0.20.00pp
154🇲🇱 Mali0.2-0.03pp
155🇧🇾 Belarus0.2+0.00pp
156🇮🇷 Iran0.2-0.01pp
157🇹🇯 Tajikistan0.2-0.01pp
158🇳🇮 Nicaragua0.20.00pp
159🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.2-0.01pp
160🇹🇲 Turkmenistan0.1-0.00pp
161🇻🇳 Vietnam0.1-0.01pp
162🇧🇭 Bahrain0.1+0.00pp
163🇰🇼 Kuwait0.1-0.06pp
164🇱🇦 Laos0.10.00pp
165🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.1-0.02pp
166🇸🇸 South Sudan0.1-0.02pp
167🇸🇩 Sudan0.1-0.01pp
168🇸🇾 Syria0.1-0.01pp
169🇸🇿 Eswatini0.1-0.00pp
170Palestine/Gaza0.1+0.03pp
171🇾🇪 Yemen0.1+0.00pp
172🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.10.00pp
173🇰🇵 North Korea0.1-0.00pp
174🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar0.10.00pp
175🇨🇳 China0.1-0.00pp
176🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.1-0.01pp
177🇪🇷 Eritrea0.10.00pp
178🇶🇦 Qatar0-0.05pp
179🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0+0.00pp

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