Democracy Index 1968

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 1968 — 154 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 1968 — 154 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	87.4	+0.2	+0.1
2	🇩🇪 Germany	79.6	0.0	+1.1
3	🇦🇺 Australia	79.0	+0.2	+1.4
4	🇳🇴 Norway	78.7	0.0	+3.8
5	🇫🇮 Finland	77.0	+0.2	+0.9
6	🇳🇱 Netherlands	76.9	+0.5	+4.3
7	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	76.8	0.0	+3.0
8	🇧🇪 Belgium	76.2	−0.1	+11.4
9	🇳🇿 New Zealand	75.3	0.0	+4.2
10	🇯🇵 Japan	75.0	0.0	+0.7
11	🇨🇦 Canada	72.9	−0.5	+6.3
12	🇸🇪 Sweden	72.7	0.0	+0.6
13	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	72.1	−1.0	+2.8
14	🇮🇸 Iceland	71.9	0.0	+1.9
15	🇮🇪 Ireland	70.6	0.0	+3.4
16	🇦🇹 Austria	70.3	0.0	+1.8
17	🇫🇷 France	67.2	0.0	+4.2
18	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	64.4	0.0	+1.9
19	🇮🇹 Italy	62.0	+0.1	+2.7
20	🇺🇸 United States of America	60.2	0.0	+7.5
21	🇧🇧 Barbados	59.4	0.0	+22.4
22	🇮🇱 Israel	57.9	+0.8	+6.8
23	🇨🇭 Switzerland	56.8	−0.1	+0.7
24	🇲🇺 Mauritius	54.0	+13.6	+22.7
25	🇻🇪 Venezuela	51.8	+0.8	+34.9
26	🇲🇹 Malta	51.8	0.0	+21.5
27	🇮🇳 India	50.6	+0.4	−0.8
28	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	49.9	0.0	+1.3
29	🇺🇾 Uruguay	49.2	−13.8	−17.7
30	🇧🇼 Botswana	48.3	0.0	+38.1
31	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	47.5	−0.1	+11.0
32	🇨🇱 Chile	43.9	+0.6	+12.3
33	🇸🇷 Suriname	42.7	0.0	+0.2
34	🇹🇷 Türkiye	39.6	0.0	+19.6
35	🇯🇲 Jamaica	38.1	−0.2	+2.0
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	33.3	+0.1	+25.0
37	🇫🇯 Fiji	31.2	+8.5	+12.2
38	🇬🇲 The Gambia	29.9	0.0	+15.9
39	🇵🇭 Philippines	27.7	−0.6	−0.7
40	🇸🇳 Senegal	27.5	+1.2	+15.5
41	🇸🇬 Singapore	26.4	+0.2	+4.1
42	🇰🇼 Kuwait	26.1	−0.1	+15.0
43	🇨🇴 Colombia	25.3	+0.3	+7.5
44	🇬🇾 Guyana	25.2	−0.5	+3.4
45	🇱🇸 Lesotho	24.8	0.0	+15.6
46	🇹🇿 Tanzania	24.0	−0.1	+13.8
47	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	23.6	+0.1	+4.4
48	🇱🇧 Lebanon	22.9	−0.1	+2.6
49	🇸🇴 Somalia	22.6	0.0	+5.3
50	🇿🇲 Zambia	21.4	+0.2	+10.7
51	🇲🇾 Malaysia	20.9	−0.4	−1.2
52	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	20.5	0.0	+10.8
53	Republic of Vietnam	19.7	+10.8	+3.1
54	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	18.2	+0.3	+0.8
55	🇸🇨 Seychelles	18.1	0.0	+3.1
56	🇵🇪 Peru	17.0	−16.3	−8.7
57	🇷🇼 Rwanda	17.0	0.0	+13.7
58	🇯🇴 Jordan	15.9	0.0	−0.2
59	🇲🇱 Mali	15.7	−1.0	+7.3
60	🇪🇨 Ecuador	15.2	+3.0	−3.8
61	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	15.2	0.0	0.0
62	🇰🇭 Cambodia	15.0	0.0	−0.1
63	🇹🇳 Tunisia	14.8	0.0	+4.5
64	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	14.0	0.0	+5.2
65	🇪🇬 Egypt	13.9	−0.1	+3.3
66	🇰🇪 Kenya	13.9	−0.2	+7.4
67	🇰🇷 South Korea	13.5	0.0	−1.1
68	🇱🇾 Libya	13.5	−0.1	+0.6
69	🇸🇿 Eswatini	13.4	+0.7	+6.1
70	🇵🇱 Poland	13.1	0.0	−0.4
71	🇱🇦 Laos	13.0	0.0	−3.4
72	🇵🇰 Pakistan	12.9	0.0	+1.8
73	🇲🇬 Madagascar	12.9	0.0	+4.0
74	🇳🇪 Niger	12.8	0.0	+3.2
75	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	12.4	0.0	−5.5
76	🇧🇹 Bhutan	12.2	+0.1	+0.4
77	🇧🇯 Benin	12.1	+1.3	+3.8
78	🇷🇸 Serbia	11.7	0.0	+2.0
79	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	11.6	0.0	−3.2
80	🇲🇷 Mauritania	11.5	0.0	−0.1
81	🇵🇦 Panama	11.0	−8.2	−9.3
82	🇸🇩 Sudan	10.8	+0.6	−4.0
83	🇱🇷 Liberia	10.5	0.0	+0.1
84	🇲🇽 Mexico	10.4	0.0	0.0
85	🇺🇬 Uganda	10.3	+0.3	−2.7
86	🇬🇭 Ghana	10.1	0.0	−19.2
87	🇬🇦 Gabon	10.1	+1.0	+2.1
88	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	9.7	0.0	+3.1
89	🇿🇦 South Africa	9.3	0.0	−0.9
90	South Yemen	9.3	−4.6	−9.5
91	🇭🇺 Hungary	9.2	+0.1	+1.7
92	🇹🇩 Chad	8.9	0.0	−0.2
93	🇲🇦 Morocco	8.8	0.0	+1.6
94	🇹🇭 Thailand	8.7	+0.2	−0.4
95	🇬🇹 Guatemala	8.7	−0.2	+0.8
96	🇦🇷 Argentina	8.6	−0.3	−15.5
97	🇲🇼 Malawi	8.6	0.0	+4.5
98	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	8.6	0.0	+0.3
99	🇳🇬 Nigeria	8.5	0.0	−4.9
100	🇮🇷 Iran	8.3	+0.2	+1.9
101	🇳🇵 Nepal	8.2	0.0	+1.0
102	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	8.2	+0.4	+5.2
103	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	7.7	−3.8	−3.2
104	🇵🇹 Portugal	7.4	0.0	+0.1
105	🇻🇳 Vietnam	7.2	0.0	−0.5
106	🇧🇷 Brazil	7.1	−0.3	−19.2
107	🇪🇸 Spain	7.1	+0.3	+0.9
108	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	7.1	−0.1	—
109	🇮🇶 Iraq	7.0	0.0	−5.8
110	🇨🇲 Cameroon	7.0	0.0	—
111	🇸🇻 El Salvador	6.7	−0.1	0.0
112	🇮🇩 Indonesia	6.6	−0.3	−15.8
113	🇧🇮 Burundi	6.6	0.0	+1.1
114	🇬🇷 Greece	6.6	−3.0	−24.3
115	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	6.4	+1.8	+4.9
116	🇩🇿 Algeria	6.3	0.0	+2.8
117	🇲🇻 Maldives	6.2	+0.5	−0.1
118	🇹🇼 Taiwan	6.1	0.0	+0.6
119	German Democratic Republic	6.0	0.0	−0.6
120	🇰🇲 Comoros	5.9	0.0	+0.3
121	🇨🇿 Czechia	5.9	+0.2	+1.5
122	🇲🇳 Mongolia	5.8	0.0	+0.6
123	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	5.8	−3.4	−5.7
124	🇳🇦 Namibia	5.7	0.0	0.0
125	🇶🇦 Qatar	5.6	+0.1	+0.6
126	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	5.6	0.0	+0.1
127	🇦🇱 Albania	5.4	0.0	0.0
128	🇭🇳 Honduras	5.4	−0.1	−3.5
129	🇧🇴 Bolivia	4.6	0.0	−6.6
130	🇸🇾 Syria	4.5	0.0	−4.7
131	🇷🇴 Romania	4.3	+0.1	+1.0
132	🇵🇾 Paraguay	4.2	−0.1	+0.1
133	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.2	0.0	+0.4
134	🇹🇬 Togo	4.1	−0.3	−4.9
135	Zanzibar	4.0	0.0	−6.7
136	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	3.8	0.0	−10.5
137	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.8	−0.1	+0.4
138	🇾🇪 Yemen	3.7	0.0	+0.8
139	🇬🇳 Guinea	3.7	0.0	−1.7
140	🇨🇳 China	3.6	0.0	−0.1
141	🇩🇯 Djibouti	3.6	+0.3	+0.2
142	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3.5	0.0	+0.2
143	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	3.4	0.0	0.0
144	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	3.4	0.0	0.0
145	🇦🇴 Angola	3.4	0.0	0.0
146	🇭🇹 Haiti	3.0	0.0	−0.1
147	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.5	0.0	−6.6
148	🇷🇺 Russia	2.3	0.0	−0.1
149	🇨🇺 Cuba	2.3	−0.1	−11.6
150	🇴🇲 Oman	2.2	0.0	−0.3
151	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2.0	0.0	0.0
152	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.5	0.0	−0.1
153	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.4	0.0	−25.5
154	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	1.3	0.0	0.0

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 154 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 1968, with the highest score of 87.4 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 1968?

In 1968, the top three of 154 ranked countries are Denmark (87.4), Germany (79.6), and Australia (79.0).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 1968?

Guinea-Bissau ranks #154 of 154 with a score of 1.3.

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

Botswana shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 38.1 points over the past decade, standing at 48.3 (rank #30) in 1968.

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 1968 edition covers 154 countries.