Democracy Index 1964

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 1964 — 153 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 1964 — 153 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	87.4	−0.2	+0.6
2	🇩🇪 Germany	79.9	0.0	+1.8
3	🇦🇺 Australia	78.4	−0.3	+1.7
4	🇳🇴 Norway	78.4	+1.3	+5.6
5	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	76.8	−0.2	+3.0
6	🇧🇪 Belgium	75.9	0.0	+11.3
7	🇫🇮 Finland	75.7	−0.1	−1.0
8	🇳🇿 New Zealand	75.1	−0.2	+5.5
9	🇯🇵 Japan	74.9	−0.2	+5.1
10	🇨🇦 Canada	73.3	0.0	+7.1
11	🇳🇱 Netherlands	73.1	−0.3	+2.7
12	🇸🇪 Sweden	72.8	0.0	+0.4
13	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	71.4	+1.5	+1.6
14	🇮🇪 Ireland	70.6	+1.0	+3.7
15	🇮🇸 Iceland	70.1	−0.1	0.0
16	🇦🇹 Austria	68.9	0.0	+6.5
17	🇫🇷 France	66.6	0.0	+6.5
18	🇺🇾 Uruguay	64.3	−0.6	−1.8
19	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	63.2	0.0	+0.8
20	🇮🇹 Italy	61.9	+0.1	+6.3
21	🇺🇸 United States of America	57.2	+0.2	+5.6
22	🇨🇭 Switzerland	56.8	+0.3	+0.7
23	🇮🇱 Israel	54.4	+0.7	+4.2
24	🇲🇹 Malta	53.3	+3.1	+2.8
25	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	50.6	0.0	+1.1
26	🇻🇪 Venezuela	50.4	−2.1	+45.7
27	🇮🇳 India	49.9	0.0	−0.7
28	🇧🇧 Barbados	46.5	0.0	+18.8
29	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	45.5	+0.4	+18.2
30	🇸🇷 Suriname	42.8	0.0	+2.1
31	🇨🇱 Chile	42.7	+2.4	+13.3
32	🇦🇷 Argentina	42.3	+19.7	+24.0
33	🇯🇲 Jamaica	41.2	0.0	+7.5
34	🇲🇺 Mauritius	39.8	−0.5	+8.9
35	🇵🇪 Peru	33.2	+15.2	+27.7
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	33.1	−0.2	+23.7
37	🇬🇷 Greece	31.7	+1.0	+2.1
38	🇵🇭 Philippines	29.2	0.0	+1.9
39	🇹🇿 Tanzania	27.9	−0.3	+18.6
40	🇸🇬 Singapore	26.6	−3.4	+8.8
41	🇸🇳 Senegal	26.2	−3.0	+14.4
42	🇹🇷 Türkiye	25.2	+0.7	+2.2
43	🇨🇴 Colombia	25.0	−0.1	+15.2
44	🇰🇼 Kuwait	24.8	0.0	+13.7
45	🇸🇴 Somalia	23.6	−0.5	+17.3
46	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	23.1	+2.1	+3.9
47	🇱🇧 Lebanon	23.0	−0.2	+0.9
48	🇺🇬 Uganda	22.5	−0.2	+11.8
49	🇬🇲 The Gambia	21.9	0.0	+8.0
50	🇬🇭 Ghana	21.7	−0.8	+0.3
51	🇫🇯 Fiji	21.7	+0.3	+2.7
52	🇧🇯 Benin	21.4	−0.9	+14.1
53	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	21.3	0.0	+8.3
54	🇲🇾 Malaysia	21.2	−0.6	+7.2
55	🇬🇾 Guyana	21.0	0.0	+5.3
56	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	19.3	+3.6	+9.6
57	🇵🇦 Panama	19.1	−2.1	−0.9
58	🇳🇬 Nigeria	18.9	−0.7	+6.5
59	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	18.6	0.0	+9.7
60	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	18.1	0.0	+0.7
61	🇧🇼 Botswana	17.3	0.0	+7.1
62	🇷🇼 Rwanda	17.3	−0.3	+14.7
63	🇲🇱 Mali	17.1	−0.2	+7.7
64	🇿🇲 Zambia	16.8	+5.1	+6.2
65	South Yemen	16.6	−0.6	−0.1
66	🇯🇴 Jordan	16.2	−0.1	−1.2
67	🇸🇨 Seychelles	15.7	+0.6	+0.7
68	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	15.2	0.0	−0.1
69	🇰🇭 Cambodia	15.1	0.0	+8.0
70	🇹🇳 Tunisia	15.0	+0.2	+11.6
71	🇰🇪 Kenya	14.6	+2.8	+9.5
72	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	14.3	−2.9	−4.3
73	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	14.3	0.0	+6.0
74	🇲🇦 Morocco	13.7	+1.5	+9.1
75	🇰🇷 South Korea	13.6	+2.8	−1.0
76	🇱🇾 Libya	13.6	−0.1	+2.5
77	🇪🇬 Egypt	13.4	+3.3	+4.6
78	🇧🇮 Burundi	13.3	−0.1	+7.9
79	🇲🇼 Malawi	13.3	+2.3	+9.2
80	🇳🇪 Niger	13.2	0.0	+6.0
81	🇵🇱 Poland	13.1	0.0	+2.6
82	🇲🇬 Madagascar	13.1	0.0	+5.6
83	🇧🇷 Brazil	12.9	−14.0	−12.9
84	🇵🇰 Pakistan	12.7	+0.7	−3.0
85	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.6	−0.9	+9.3
86	🇱🇦 Laos	12.4	0.0	−0.3
87	🇲🇷 Mauritania	12.1	0.0	+3.7
88	🇧🇹 Bhutan	12.0	0.0	+1.6
89	🇷🇸 Serbia	11.3	0.0	+1.6
90	🇱🇷 Liberia	10.5	−0.1	−0.3
91	Palestine/Gaza	10.4	0.0	+1.3
92	🇲🇽 Mexico	10.3	−0.1	−0.1
93	🇮🇩 Indonesia	10.3	0.0	−9.4
94	🇱🇸 Lesotho	10.3	0.0	+1.1
95	🇹🇬 Togo	10.2	+0.2	+5.6
96	🇹🇩 Chad	9.9	0.0	+3.5
97	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.6	+2.2	+2.3
98	🇿🇦 South Africa	9.4	0.0	−0.7
99	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	9.2	+2.1	+2.6
100	🇩🇿 Algeria	9.1	−0.1	0.0
101	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	9.1	−7.9	−1.2
102	🇭🇺 Hungary	9.0	+0.7	+0.7
103	🇧🇴 Bolivia	8.6	−2.4	−1.3
104	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	8.6	+0.1	+0.4
105	🇹🇭 Thailand	8.4	0.0	−2.0
106	🇳🇵 Nepal	8.1	+0.1	+1.0
107	🇮🇷 Iran	8.1	+0.9	+1.9
108	🇬🇦 Gabon	7.6	−3.8	+1.4
109	🇵🇹 Portugal	7.4	0.0	+0.1
110	🇻🇳 Vietnam	7.2	+0.1	−1.5
111	🇨🇲 Cameroon	7.1	0.0	—
112	🇸🇻 El Salvador	6.8	0.0	0.0
113	🇸🇩 Sudan	6.7	+1.9	−3.7
114	🇪🇸 Spain	6.6	0.0	+0.5
115	🇮🇶 Iraq	6.5	+1.1	−10.4
116	Republic of Vietnam	6.5	−8.7	0.0
117	🇲🇻 Maldives	6.3	+0.1	0.0
118	🇸🇾 Syria	6.3	−4.3	−7.6
119	🇹🇼 Taiwan	6.2	+0.1	+0.6
120	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	6.2	−14.0	+3.2
121	German Democratic Republic	6.0	0.0	−0.3
122	🇭🇳 Honduras	5.8	−2.0	−6.9
123	🇪🇨 Ecuador	5.8	+0.1	−12.3
124	🇲🇳 Mongolia	5.8	0.0	+0.6
125	🇰🇲 Comoros	5.8	0.0	+0.9
126	🇳🇦 Namibia	5.7	0.0	0.0
127	🇬🇹 Guatemala	5.6	−0.4	−6.2
128	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	5.6	0.0	0.0
129	🇶🇦 Qatar	5.5	0.0	+0.4
130	🇨🇿 Czechia	5.5	0.0	+2.5
131	🇦🇱 Albania	5.4	0.0	0.0
132	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.5	+0.8	+3.0
133	🇾🇪 Yemen	4.4	+0.2	+1.5
134	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.2	0.0	+0.4
135	🇷🇴 Romania	4.1	0.0	+0.9
136	🇵🇾 Paraguay	3.9	0.0	−0.5
137	🇬🇳 Guinea	3.8	0.0	−0.7
138	🇨🇳 China	3.7	0.0	−0.3
139	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3.5	0.0	+1.1
140	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	3.4	0.0	+0.5
141	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	3.4	0.0	0.0
142	🇦🇴 Angola	3.4	0.0	0.0
143	🇩🇯 Djibouti	3.4	0.0	+0.6
144	Zanzibar	3.4	−12.1	−7.1
145	🇭🇹 Haiti	3.0	0.0	−7.9
146	🇨🇺 Cuba	2.6	0.0	−8.9
147	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.5	0.0	−5.9
148	🇴🇲 Oman	2.4	0.0	−0.1
149	🇷🇺 Russia	2.3	0.0	+0.2
150	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2.0	0.0	0.0
151	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.6	−0.2	−26.5
152	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.5	0.0	−0.2
153	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	1.3	+0.1	+0.1

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 153 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 1964, with the highest score of 87.4 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 1964?

In 1964, the top three of 153 ranked countries are Denmark (87.4), Germany (79.9), and Australia (78.4).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 1964?

Guinea-Bissau ranks #153 of 153 with a score of 1.3.

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

Venezuela shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 45.7 points over the past decade, standing at 50.4 (rank #26) in 1964.

How is the liberal democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project; scores are shown here on a 0–100 scale (higher-precision source data runs 0–1). Higher scores are better. The 1964 edition covers 153 countries.