Democracy Index 2024

Every country ranked by the V-Dem liberal democracy index for 2024 — 179 countries scored 0–1 on electoral competition plus liberal checks (rule of law, judicial and legislative constraints, civil liberties). Switch metrics or years below.

Rank	Country	Score	1y change	10y change
1	Denmark	0.883	−0.001	−0.013
2	Estonia	0.850	+0.001	+0.011
3	Switzerland	0.847	+0.006	−0.014
4	Sweden	0.845	±0.000	−0.041
5	Norway	0.839	+0.006	−0.017
6	Ireland	0.830	+0.001	+0.005
7	Czechia	0.817	+0.016	+0.041
8	New Zealand	0.809	−0.016	−0.024
9	Australia	0.808	+0.004	−0.007
10	Costa Rica	0.805	±0.000	−0.051
11	Belgium	0.805	−0.011	−0.038
12	Finland	0.802	−0.023	−0.054
13	France	0.799	−0.011	−0.021
14	Germany	0.792	−0.020	−0.055
15	Chile	0.787	+0.006	−0.062
16	Luxembourg	0.783	−0.011	−0.012
17	Uruguay	0.769	+0.012	−0.076
18	Latvia	0.765	±0.000	+0.013
19	Austria	0.762	−0.015	−0.046
20	Netherlands	0.761	−0.029	−0.071
21	Iceland	0.759	+0.004	−0.019
22	United Kingdom	0.752	−0.016	−0.048
23	Portugal	0.751	−0.006	−0.080
24	United States of America	0.748	−0.023	−0.099
25	Spain	0.745	−0.018	−0.031
26	Canada	0.744	−0.002	+0.001
27	Japan	0.734	−0.008	−0.013
28	Lithuania	0.734	+0.008	−0.040
29	Brazil	0.712	+0.014	−0.072
30	Italy	0.705	−0.027	−0.082
31	Taiwan	0.700	−0.023	+0.019
32	Vanuatu	0.686	−0.015	+0.064
33	Jamaica	0.684	±0.000	+0.001
34	Barbados	0.670	−0.005	+0.006
35	Seychelles	0.659	+0.005	+0.258
36	South Africa	0.652	+0.052	+0.015
37	Cyprus	0.651	+0.006	−0.081
38	Cape Verde	0.649	−0.002	−0.068
39	Suriname	0.637	−0.002	+0.006
40	Malta	0.637	+0.002	+0.045
41	South Korea	0.631	+0.001	+0.029
42	Trinidad and Tobago	0.627	±0.000	−0.003
43	Croatia	0.619	−0.027	−0.090
44	Slovenia	0.619	−0.036	−0.179
45	Israel	0.617	−0.013	−0.046
46	Poland	0.616	+0.164	−0.201
47	Panama	0.584	+0.017	+0.038
48	Slovakia	0.584	−0.146	−0.148
49	Greece	0.576	−0.008	−0.224
50	Ghana	0.567	+0.006	−0.069
51	Sao Tome and Principe	0.565	±0.000	−0.004
52	Colombia	0.557	−0.014	+0.004
53	Argentina	0.553	−0.142	−0.051
54	Timor-Leste	0.549	+0.024	+0.076
55	Nepal	0.522	−0.008	+0.025
56	Solomon Islands	0.519	+0.029	+0.079
57	Moldova	0.518	−0.091	±0.000
58	Lesotho	0.516	−0.013	+0.034
59	Namibia	0.515	+0.012	−0.029
60	Bulgaria	0.508	−0.077	−0.057
61	The Gambia	0.507	−0.010	+0.401
62	Peru	0.493	−0.092	−0.193
63	Sri Lanka	0.486	+0.073	+0.215
64	Malawi	0.482	−0.002	+0.044
65	Botswana	0.478	+0.039	−0.130
66	Montenegro	0.478	+0.007	+0.106
67	Kosovo	0.473	−0.020	+0.066
68	Guatemala	0.469	+0.166	+0.056
69	Senegal	0.462	−0.004	−0.122
70	Bhutan	0.454	+0.001	−0.027
71	Dominican Republic	0.450	+0.019	+0.140
72	Ecuador	0.446	−0.014	+0.181
73	Romania	0.445	−0.055	−0.122
74	Kenya	0.432	−0.025	+0.010
75	Maldives	0.423	−0.025	+0.215
76	Armenia	0.414	−0.005	+0.210
77	Fiji	0.414	−0.001	+0.269
78	Liberia	0.404	−0.019	−0.048
79	Albania	0.396	−0.002	−0.047
80	Zambia	0.392	−0.040	+0.008
81	Mongolia	0.389	−0.032	−0.167
82	Paraguay	0.388	−0.031	−0.023
83	Papua New Guinea	0.384	+0.007	+0.044
84	Honduras	0.382	−0.010	+0.115
85	North Macedonia	0.374	+0.008	+0.099
86	Tanzania	0.368	+0.002	−0.029
87	Mauritius	0.368	+0.015	−0.251
88	Malaysia	0.362	+0.005	+0.150
89	Sierra Leone	0.348	−0.033	+0.036
90	Singapore	0.343	+0.012	+0.018
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.342	+0.005	−0.033
92	Benin	0.329	+0.008	−0.156
93	Georgia	0.328	−0.126	−0.168
94	Indonesia	0.326	−0.030	−0.191
95	Hungary	0.318	−0.005	−0.200
96	Nigeria	0.315	+0.001	−0.071
97	Guyana	0.315	−0.001	−0.075
98	Bolivia	0.314	−0.031	−0.075
99	Philippines	0.308	+0.009	−0.120
100	India	0.291	+0.018	−0.201
101	Thailand	0.289	+0.049	+0.171
102	Jordan	0.274	+0.025	+0.052
103	Somaliland	0.271	+0.021	+0.025
104	Kuwait	0.266	−0.036	−0.021
105	Zanzibar	0.261	+0.019	+0.010
106	Tunisia	0.258	−0.033	−0.379
107	Mexico	0.251	−0.056	−0.173
108	Ivory Coast	0.251	+0.007	−0.069
109	Morocco	0.247	−0.001	+0.016
110	Ukraine	0.233	−0.004	+0.021
111	Iraq	0.228	+0.005	−0.028
112	Madagascar	0.221	−0.019	−0.002
113	Serbia	0.220	−0.027	−0.136
114	Lebanon	0.207	−0.033	−0.102
115	Uganda	0.201	−0.014	−0.050
116	Pakistan	0.199	−0.012	−0.087
117	Kyrgyzstan	0.183	−0.005	−0.131
118	Niger	0.180	−0.105	−0.312
119	Togo	0.173	−0.028	−0.085
120	Mozambique	0.171	−0.048	−0.129
121	Angola	0.164	+0.007	+0.041
122	Zimbabwe	0.156	−0.016	−0.053
123	Gabon	0.155	−0.034	−0.073
124	Guinea-Bissau	0.149	−0.093	−0.130
125	Mali	0.147	−0.002	−0.179
126	Cameroon	0.140	+0.011	−0.015
127	Oman	0.140	+0.001	−0.003
128	Mauritania	0.135	−0.046	−0.041
129	Kazakhstan	0.134	−0.007	+0.024
130	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.133	+0.001	±0.000
131	Hong Kong	0.133	+0.009	−0.176
132	Egypt	0.129	+0.001	+0.044
133	Burkina Faso	0.129	−0.053	−0.295
134	Somalia	0.126	−0.007	+0.007
135	Vietnam	0.124	+0.011	+0.006
136	Djibouti	0.121	±0.000	+0.006
137	Türkiye	0.117	+0.004	−0.142
138	Republic of the Congo	0.117	−0.005	+0.011
139	Palestine/West Bank	0.117	−0.007	−0.047
140	Algeria	0.116	+0.001	−0.048
141	Comoros	0.107	+0.004	−0.190
142	Libya	0.106	+0.003	−0.067
143	Laos	0.102	+0.011	+0.028
144	Central African Republic	0.100	−0.004	−0.071
145	Ethiopia	0.098	−0.011	−0.006
146	Eswatini	0.097	+0.002	+0.001
147	El Salvador	0.092	−0.017	−0.378
148	Iran	0.092	+0.016	−0.030
149	Rwanda	0.090	−0.008	−0.046
150	Qatar	0.080	−0.005	−0.011
151	Haiti	0.079	+0.011	−0.167
152	Uzbekistan	0.078	−0.002	+0.040
153	United Arab Emirates	0.078	−0.001	−0.009
154	Guinea	0.075	−0.005	−0.081
155	South Sudan	0.072	±0.000	+0.005
156	Burundi	0.072	+0.009	−0.028
157	Bangladesh	0.068	−0.028	−0.040
158	Russia	0.056	−0.006	−0.052
159	Cambodia	0.056	+0.002	−0.056
160	Cuba	0.055	±0.000	−0.002
161	Syria	0.054	+0.006	+0.028
162	Azerbaijan	0.054	−0.008	−0.011
163	Chad	0.054	+0.005	−0.038
164	Palestine/Gaza	0.053	−0.018	−0.016
165	Bahrain	0.052	−0.001	+0.008
166	Tajikistan	0.050	+0.009	−0.004
167	Venezuela	0.049	−0.005	−0.052
168	Equatorial Guinea	0.049	−0.004	−0.004
169	Yemen	0.047	+0.002	−0.070
170	Saudi Arabia	0.047	+0.001	+0.001
171	Sudan	0.038	−0.008	−0.024
172	Belarus	0.036	+0.001	−0.063
173	China	0.036	±0.000	−0.015
174	Turkmenistan	0.033	−0.001	+0.008
175	Nicaragua	0.019	−0.002	−0.107
176	Burma/Myanmar	0.016	+0.001	−0.149
177	Afghanistan	0.016	±0.000	−0.185
178	North Korea	0.014	±0.000	±0.000
179	Eritrea	0.009	−0.001	+0.002

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 2024, with the highest score of 0.883 on a 0–1 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2024?

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.883), Estonia (0.850), and Switzerland (0.847).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2024?

Eritrea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.009.

Which country changed most on liberal democracy index over the last decade?

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 0.401 points over the past decade, standing at 0.507 (rank #61) in 2024.

How is the liberal democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and runs from 0 to 1. Higher scores are better. The 2024 edition covers 179 countries.