Democracy Index 1969

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 1969 — 154 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 1969 — 154 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	87.6	+0.2	+0.3
2	🇩🇪 Germany	79.5	−0.1	+1.0
3	🇦🇺 Australia	79.0	0.0	+1.3
4	🇳🇴 Norway	78.8	+0.1	+3.9
5	🇳🇱 Netherlands	78.0	+1.1	+5.2
6	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	76.9	+0.1	+2.4
7	🇫🇮 Finland	76.3	−0.7	−0.2
8	🇧🇪 Belgium	76.2	0.0	+11.4
9	🇳🇿 New Zealand	75.3	0.0	+4.2
10	🇯🇵 Japan	75.0	0.0	+0.2
11	🇸🇪 Sweden	72.7	0.0	+0.6
12	🇨🇦 Canada	72.6	−0.3	+6.2
13	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	72.2	+0.1	+2.8
14	🇫🇷 France	71.9	+4.7	+8.9
15	🇮🇸 Iceland	71.7	−0.2	+1.6
16	🇮🇪 Ireland	70.3	−0.3	+3.0
17	🇦🇹 Austria	70.3	0.0	+1.9
18	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	64.4	0.0	+0.7
19	🇮🇹 Italy	62.4	+0.4	+2.9
20	🇺🇸 United States of America	60.7	+0.5	+8.0
21	🇧🇧 Barbados	60.4	+1.0	+23.4
22	🇮🇱 Israel	58.3	+0.4	+8.1
23	🇨🇭 Switzerland	56.8	0.0	+0.6
24	🇲🇺 Mauritius	55.5	+1.5	+22.3
25	🇻🇪 Venezuela	54.5	+2.7	+7.0
26	🇲🇹 Malta	51.8	0.0	+33.0
27	🇮🇳 India	50.6	0.0	−0.8
28	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	49.9	0.0	+2.0
29	🇧🇼 Botswana	48.8	+0.5	+38.4
30	🇺🇾 Uruguay	48.3	−0.9	−18.2
31	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	48.1	+0.6	+11.6
32	🇨🇱 Chile	43.9	0.0	+6.5
33	🇸🇷 Suriname	42.7	0.0	+0.1
34	🇹🇷 Türkiye	39.5	−0.1	+19.5
35	🇯🇲 Jamaica	38.6	+0.5	+3.1
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	33.3	0.0	+24.4
37	🇫🇯 Fiji	31.2	0.0	+12.2
38	🇬🇲 The Gambia	29.9	0.0	+15.9
39	🇸🇳 Senegal	28.3	+0.8	+16.0
40	🇵🇭 Philippines	26.9	−0.8	−1.5
41	🇸🇬 Singapore	26.5	+0.1	−2.8
42	🇰🇼 Kuwait	26.1	0.0	+15.1
43	🇨🇴 Colombia	25.3	0.0	+1.4
44	🇹🇿 Tanzania	24.0	0.0	+12.9
45	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	23.6	0.0	+4.4
46	🇱🇧 Lebanon	22.9	0.0	+2.0
47	🇬🇾 Guyana	22.0	−3.2	+0.2
48	🇿🇲 Zambia	20.6	−0.8	+9.9
49	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	20.5	0.0	+10.8
50	Republic of Vietnam	19.7	0.0	+3.1
51	🇪🇨 Ecuador	19.3	+4.1	+0.2
52	🇬🇭 Ghana	18.9	+8.8	−9.9
53	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	18.2	0.0	+0.8
54	🇸🇨 Seychelles	18.1	0.0	+3.1
55	🇷🇼 Rwanda	17.2	+0.2	+14.2
56	🇲🇾 Malaysia	16.3	−4.6	−5.8
57	🇯🇴 Jordan	15.9	0.0	−0.2
58	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	15.2	0.0	0.0
59	🇰🇭 Cambodia	15.0	0.0	−0.1
60	🇹🇳 Tunisia	14.8	0.0	+4.0
61	🇱🇸 Lesotho	14.5	−10.3	+5.3
62	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	14.0	0.0	+5.2
63	🇪🇬 Egypt	13.9	0.0	+3.6
64	🇸🇿 Eswatini	13.6	+0.2	+6.3
65	🇰🇷 South Korea	13.5	0.0	−1.1
66	🇵🇱 Poland	13.2	+0.1	−0.3
67	🇧🇯 Benin	13.1	+1.0	+4.3
68	🇱🇦 Laos	13.0	0.0	−2.8
69	🇲🇬 Madagascar	12.9	0.0	+4.0
70	🇳🇪 Niger	12.8	0.0	+2.8
71	🇰🇪 Kenya	12.7	−1.2	+6.2
72	🇧🇹 Bhutan	12.2	0.0	+0.5
73	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	12.1	−0.3	−5.4
74	🇷🇸 Serbia	11.7	0.0	+2.0
75	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	11.6	0.0	−4.0
76	🇲🇷 Mauritania	11.5	0.0	−0.3
77	🇲🇽 Mexico	10.6	+0.2	+0.3
78	🇹🇭 Thailand	10.6	+1.9	+2.3
79	🇸🇴 Somalia	10.6	−12.0	−6.7
80	🇱🇷 Liberia	10.5	0.0	0.0
81	🇬🇦 Gabon	10.1	0.0	+2.1
82	🇲🇱 Mali	9.9	−5.8	+0.6
83	🇺🇬 Uganda	9.8	−0.5	−3.2
84	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	9.7	0.0	+3.1
85	🇭🇺 Hungary	9.5	+0.3	+1.7
86	🇿🇦 South Africa	9.3	0.0	−0.9
87	South Yemen	9.3	0.0	−9.5
88	🇵🇰 Pakistan	8.9	−4.0	+0.6
89	🇹🇩 Chad	8.9	0.0	−0.9
90	🇲🇼 Malawi	8.8	+0.2	+4.7
91	🇬🇹 Guatemala	8.7	0.0	+0.8
92	🇲🇦 Morocco	8.6	−0.2	+1.4
93	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	8.6	0.0	+0.3
94	🇳🇬 Nigeria	8.5	0.0	—
95	🇦🇷 Argentina	8.4	−0.2	−26.3
96	🇮🇷 Iran	8.3	0.0	+1.8
97	🇳🇵 Nepal	8.2	0.0	−5.1
98	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	8.2	0.0	+5.2
99	🇵🇹 Portugal	7.8	+0.4	+0.5
100	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	7.8	+0.1	−3.1
101	🇱🇾 Libya	7.3	−6.2	−5.6
102	🇻🇳 Vietnam	7.2	0.0	−0.4
103	🇪🇸 Spain	7.1	0.0	+0.9
104	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	7.1	0.0	—
105	🇨🇲 Cameroon	7.0	0.0	—
106	🇲🇻 Maldives	6.9	+0.7	+0.6
107	🇧🇷 Brazil	6.8	−0.3	−19.7
108	🇵🇦 Panama	6.8	−4.2	−13.5
109	🇮🇩 Indonesia	6.7	+0.1	−11.1
110	🇸🇻 El Salvador	6.6	−0.1	−0.1
111	🇧🇮 Burundi	6.6	0.0	+1.0
112	🇬🇷 Greece	6.6	0.0	−24.2
113	🇮🇶 Iraq	6.5	−0.5	−1.4
114	🇩🇿 Algeria	6.3	0.0	+2.8
115	🇹🇼 Taiwan	6.1	0.0	+0.6
116	German Democratic Republic	6.0	0.0	−0.6
117	🇰🇲 Comoros	5.9	0.0	+0.3
118	🇲🇳 Mongolia	5.8	0.0	+0.6
119	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	5.7	−0.1	−5.7
120	🇳🇦 Namibia	5.7	0.0	+0.1
121	🇶🇦 Qatar	5.6	0.0	+0.6
122	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	5.6	0.0	+0.1
123	🇸🇩 Sudan	5.5	−5.3	+0.4
124	🇦🇱 Albania	5.4	0.0	+0.1
125	🇭🇳 Honduras	5.4	0.0	−3.4
126	🇨🇿 Czechia	5.4	−0.5	+1.0
127	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.5	−1.9	+2.6
128	🇸🇾 Syria	4.3	−0.2	−2.1
129	🇧🇴 Bolivia	4.2	−0.4	−7.0
130	🇵🇾 Paraguay	4.2	0.0	+1.4
131	🇷🇴 Romania	4.2	−0.1	+0.9
132	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.2	0.0	+0.4
133	🇹🇬 Togo	4.0	−0.1	−5.5
134	Zanzibar	4.0	0.0	−6.7
135	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.8	0.0	+0.3
136	🇾🇪 Yemen	3.7	0.0	+0.8
137	🇵🇪 Peru	3.7	−13.3	−22.0
138	🇬🇳 Guinea	3.6	−0.1	−2.1
139	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	3.6	−0.2	−10.1
140	🇩🇯 Djibouti	3.6	0.0	+0.2
141	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3.5	0.0	+0.2
142	🇦🇴 Angola	3.5	+0.1	+0.1
143	🇨🇳 China	3.5	−0.1	−0.2
144	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	3.4	0.0	+0.1
145	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	3.4	0.0	0.0
146	🇭🇹 Haiti	3.0	0.0	0.0
147	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.5	0.0	−6.6
148	🇨🇺 Cuba	2.5	+0.2	−3.8
149	🇷🇺 Russia	2.3	0.0	−0.1
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 1969, with the highest score of 87.6 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 1969?

In 1969, the top three of 154 ranked countries are Denmark (87.6), Germany (79.5), and Australia (79.0).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 1969?

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 38.4 points over the past decade, standing at 48.8 (rank #29) in 1969.

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 1969 edition covers 154 countries.