Electoral democracy index by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 0.73 in 2025, 31st of 38 OECD members (highest first). 46th of all 175 with data.

Highest: Denmark (0.91, 2025) · Lowest: Saudi Arabia (0.02, 2025) · 175 countries and territories with data.

Expert-based measure (0–1) of how far free and fair elections, freedom of expression and association, and universal suffrage are in place (V-Dem).

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Denmark0.912025
2Norway0.892025
3Belgium0.892025
4Sweden0.892025
5Estonia0.892025
6Ireland0.892025
7Switzerland0.882025
8Luxembourg0.872025
9France0.862025
10Costa Rica0.862025
11Uruguay0.862025
12Finland0.852025
13Czechia0.852025
14New Zealand0.852025
15Australia0.842025
16Canada0.842025
17Austria0.842025
18Chile0.842025
19Latvia0.832025
20Netherlands0.832025
21Germany0.832025
22Spain0.822025
23Portugal0.822025
24Japan0.822025
25South Korea0.822025
26Iceland0.812025
27Jamaica0.812025
28Barbados0.802025
29Lithuania0.792025
30Trinidad and Tobago0.792025
31Brazil0.782025
32Sri Lanka0.782025
33Malta0.782025
34Suriname0.782025
35Cyprus0.772025
36United Kingdom0.772025
37Poland0.772025
38Seychelles0.762025
39Cabo Verde0.742025
40Italy0.742025
41South Africa0.742025
42Greece0.742025
43Mauritius0.742025
44Timor-Leste0.742025
45Dominican Republic0.732025
46United States0.732025
47Slovakia0.732025
48Vanuatu0.732025
49Panama0.732025
50Ghana0.712025
51Solomon Islands0.702025
52Israel0.692025
53Slovenia0.692025
54Argentina0.692025
55Croatia0.692025
56Colombia0.682025
57Peru0.672025
58Botswana0.672025
59Lesotho0.662025
60Nepal0.662025
61Gambia0.642025
62Guatemala0.642025
63Montenegro0.642025
64Namibia0.632025
65Senegal0.632025
66São Tomé and Príncipe0.632025
67Kosovo0.632025
68Armenia0.612025
69Ecuador0.612025
70Bolivia0.602025
71Romania0.602025
72Bulgaria0.602025
73Liberia0.602025
74Paraguay0.582025
75Bhutan0.572025
76Kenya0.562025
77North Macedonia0.562025
78Malawi0.562025
79Maldives0.562025
80Moldova0.552025
81Mongolia0.542025
82Guyana0.522025
83Honduras0.512025
84Fiji0.512025
85Nigeria0.512025
86Malaysia0.502025
87Bosnia and Herzegovina0.502025
88Zambia0.502025
89Benin0.492025
90Albania0.482025
91Sierra Leone0.472025
92Mexico0.472025
93Papua New Guinea0.472025
94Indonesia0.462025
95Singapore0.432025
96Thailand0.422025
97Hungary0.422025
98Lebanon0.422025
99Georgia0.402025
100Tunisia0.402025
101Côte d'Ivoire0.392025
102Philippines0.392025
103Ukraine0.392025
104India0.382025
105Iraq0.372025
106Tanzania0.362025
107Madagascar0.362025
108Togo0.352025
109Angola0.342025
110Mauritania0.332025
111El Salvador0.322025
112Kyrgyzstan0.312025
113DR Congo0.312025
114Gabon0.302025
115Pakistan0.302025
116Serbia0.302025
117Central African Republic0.292025
118Comoros0.292025
119Türkiye0.292025
120Jordan0.282025
121Mozambique0.282025
122Zimbabwe0.272025
123Algeria0.272025
124Cameroon0.262025
125Kazakhstan0.262025
126Morocco0.262025
127Ethiopia0.262025
128Uganda0.252025
129Guinea-Bissau0.252025
130Djibouti0.252025
131Republic of the Congo0.242025
132Chad0.242025
133Haiti0.242025
134Niger0.232025
135Uzbekistan0.222025
136West Bank and Gaza0.212025
137Bangladesh0.202025
138Libya0.192025
139Rwanda0.192025
140Egypt0.192025
141Guinea0.192025
142Burundi0.182025
143Cambodia0.182025
144Venezuela0.182025
145Cuba0.182025
146Oman0.172025
147Equatorial Guinea0.172025
148Azerbaijan0.172025
149Russia0.172025
150Somalia0.172025
151Mali0.162025
152Belarus0.162025
153Iran0.162025
154Tajikistan0.162025
155Hong Kong0.152025
156Nicaragua0.152025
157Turkmenistan0.152025
158Vietnam0.152025
159Bahrain0.142025
160Kuwait0.142025
161Laos0.142025
162Burkina Faso0.132025
163South Sudan0.132025
164Sudan0.132025
165Eswatini0.132025
166Syria0.132025
167Yemen0.132025
168United Arab Emirates0.102025
169North Korea0.082025
170Myanmar0.082025
171China0.072025
172Afghanistan0.072025
173Eritrea0.072025
174Qatar0.032025
175Saudi Arabia0.022025

Source: V-Dem Institute, V-Dem Country-Year Dataset (V-Dem). License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (data derived from it is shared under the same license). Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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