Liberal democracy index by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 0.57 in 2025, 33rd of 38 OECD members (highest first). 50th of all 175 with data.

Highest: Denmark (0.88, 2025) · Lowest: Eritrea (0.01, 2025) · 175 countries and territories with data.

Expert-based measure (0–1) of free and fair elections combined with the rule of law, judicial and legislative checks on the executive, and the protection of individual liberties (V-Dem). Higher means more liberal-democratic.

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
1Denmark0.882025
2Sweden0.852025
3Norway0.852025
4Switzerland0.842025
5Estonia0.842025
6Ireland0.822025
7Costa Rica0.812025
8Finland0.812025
9France0.802025
10Belgium0.792025
11Czechia0.792025
12Australia0.792025
13Uruguay0.792025
14New Zealand0.792025
15Germany0.782025
16Chile0.782025
17Luxembourg0.782025
18Netherlands0.772025
19Austria0.762025
20Latvia0.752025
21Spain0.742025
22South Korea0.742025
23Canada0.742025
24Japan0.732025
25Iceland0.722025
26Portugal0.722025
27Lithuania0.712025
28Brazil0.702025
29United Kingdom0.692025
30Seychelles0.682025
31Barbados0.682025
32Jamaica0.682025
33Trinidad and Tobago0.672025
34Cyprus0.662025
35Poland0.652025
36Italy0.642025
37Mauritius0.642025
38South Africa0.632025
39Cabo Verde0.632025
40Suriname0.632025
41Vanuatu0.622025
42Malta0.622025
43Sri Lanka0.612025
44Ghana0.612025
45Croatia0.592025
46Slovenia0.592025
47Israel0.592025
48Panama0.572025
49Slovakia0.572025
50United States0.572025
51Greece0.572025
52Colombia0.562025
53Timor-Leste0.552025
54Solomon Islands0.542025
55Argentina0.522025
56Guatemala0.522025
57Gambia0.522025
58Botswana0.522025
59Namibia0.522025
60São Tomé and Príncipe0.522025
61Lesotho0.512025
62Peru0.512025
63Dominican Republic0.512025
64Nepal0.512025
65Montenegro0.502025
66Bulgaria0.502025
67Senegal0.482025
68Romania0.462025
69Malawi0.462025
70Bhutan0.462025
71Kosovo0.462025
72Moldova0.452025
73Kenya0.452025
74Mongolia0.422025
75Liberia0.422025
76Maldives0.422025
77Fiji0.402025
78Ecuador0.392025
79Papua New Guinea0.382025
80Albania0.382025
81Honduras0.382025
82Paraguay0.382025
83Zambia0.382025
84North Macedonia0.372025
85Armenia0.372025
86Singapore0.362025
87Malaysia0.352025
88Bolivia0.352025
89Sierra Leone0.352025
90Bosnia and Herzegovina0.342025
91Guyana0.332025
92Benin0.322025
93Hungary0.322025
94Thailand0.312025
95Nigeria0.312025
96Tanzania0.302025
97Indonesia0.302025
98Philippines0.292025
99Georgia0.282025
100Jordan0.272025
101Lebanon0.272025
102Tunisia0.272025
103India0.262025
104Morocco0.252025
105Ukraine0.242025
106Côte d'Ivoire0.232025
107Mexico0.222025
108Iraq0.222025
109Serbia0.212025
110Madagascar0.192025
111Gabon0.182025
112Kyrgyzstan0.182025
113Niger0.182025
114Pakistan0.182025
115Mozambique0.172025
116Uganda0.172025
117Angola0.162025
118Togo0.162025
119Mali0.152025
120Zimbabwe0.152025
121Hong Kong0.142025
122Oman0.142025
123Comoros0.132025
124Kazakhstan0.132025
125Somalia0.132025
126Kuwait0.132025
127Mauritania0.132025
128Algeria0.132025
129Djibouti0.122025
130Bangladesh0.122025
131DR Congo0.122025
132Republic of the Congo0.122025
133Egypt0.122025
134Cameroon0.112025
135West Bank and Gaza0.112025
136Laos0.112025
137Türkiye0.112025
138Burkina Faso0.102025
139Iran0.102025
140Central African Republic0.102025
141Vietnam0.102025
142Ethiopia0.102025
143Haiti0.102025
144Libya0.102025
145Eswatini0.102025
146Guinea0.102025
147Guinea-Bissau0.102025
148Qatar0.092025
149Rwanda0.092025
150El Salvador0.092025
151Uzbekistan0.082025
152United Arab Emirates0.082025
153South Sudan0.062025
154Bahrain0.062025
155Chad0.062025
156Burundi0.062025
157Cuba0.062025
158Russia0.062025
159Syria0.052025
160Azerbaijan0.052025
161Cambodia0.052025
162Equatorial Guinea0.052025
163Saudi Arabia0.052025
164Tajikistan0.042025
165Yemen0.042025
166Venezuela0.042025
167China0.042025
168Belarus0.042025
169Sudan0.032025
170Turkmenistan0.032025
171Nicaragua0.022025
172Afghanistan0.022025
173Myanmar0.012025
174North Korea0.012025
175Eritrea0.012025

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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