Democracy Index 1992

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 1992 — 172 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 1992 — 172 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	88.1	0.0	0.0
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	87.7	−0.1	+0.4
3	🇩🇪 Germany	85.3	0.0	+2.9
4	🇦🇺 Australia	85.1	0.0	+1.6
5	🇳🇴 Norway	84.5	0.0	+1.7
6	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	84.1	0.0	+5.5
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	83.0	−0.2	+1.8
8	🇫🇮 Finland	82.2	−0.1	+3.5
9	🇳🇱 Netherlands	81.4	0.0	0.0
10	🇪🇸 Spain	81.1	0.0	+2.0
11	🇺🇸 United States of America	80.9	+0.4	+1.8
12	🇳🇿 New Zealand	80.9	0.0	+3.4
13	🇧🇪 Belgium	80.8	+1.0	+2.6
14	🇨🇿 Czechia	80.5	+0.9	+74.8
15	🇵🇱 Poland	80.4	+2.1	+68.5
16	🇵🇹 Portugal	80.3	0.0	+2.5
17	🇫🇷 France	80.3	+0.1	+1.0
18	🇬🇷 Greece	78.9	+0.1	+3.8
19	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	78.5	0.0	+0.5
20	🇮🇪 Ireland	78.2	+0.3	+5.2
21	🇦🇹 Austria	78.1	+0.2	+1.6
22	🇮🇸 Iceland	77.6	0.0	+3.2
23	🇸🇮 Slovenia	76.4	+4.8	—
24	🇺🇾 Uruguay	76.2	0.0	+71.6
25	🇭🇺 Hungary	75.7	0.0	+65.7
26	🇯🇵 Japan	75.4	0.0	+0.2
27	🇨🇦 Canada	75.0	−0.4	+0.3
28	🇨🇱 Chile	75.0	0.0	+70.5
29	🇮🇹 Italy	74.7	+0.9	+3.9
30	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	74.2	0.0	+1.6
31	🇱🇹 Lithuania	73.1	+1.7	—
32	🇧🇷 Brazil	69.9	+0.7	+56.5
33	🇮🇱 Israel	68.3	−0.7	+0.3
34	🇧🇧 Barbados	64.6	0.0	+2.0
35	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	64.4	+0.9	+7.2
36	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	63.5	+6.6	+37.4
37	🇨🇾 Cyprus	63.2	+0.8	+10.7
38	🇦🇷 Argentina	63.1	+0.1	+58.0
39	🇸🇷 Suriname	62.6	+25.2	+48.4
40	🇻🇪 Venezuela	60.9	−0.9	+2.2
41	🇲🇺 Mauritius	60.9	+0.4	+0.8
42	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	59.8	+9.0	+54.1
43	🇲🇹 Malta	58.2	+2.5	+11.0
44	🇧🇼 Botswana	57.7	0.0	+4.8
45	🇮🇳 India	57.2	+1.1	+7.5
46	🇱🇻 Latvia	56.1	+6.6	—
47	🇲🇳 Mongolia	53.3	+13.8	+47.4
48	🇵🇦 Panama	51.8	+1.1	+44.8
49	🇰🇷 South Korea	51.2	+1.2	+39.6
50	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	51.2	−5.8	−7.2
51	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	49.3	+9.0	+33.4
52	🇧🇯 Benin	49.1	+13.0	+40.6
53	🇳🇦 Namibia	49.0	0.0	+41.9
54	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	47.8	+0.7	+40.9
55	🇪🇨 Ecuador	46.6	−0.1	+2.6
56	🇧🇴 Bolivia	46.2	+0.6	+34.4
57	🇯🇲 Jamaica	45.1	+0.3	+8.1
58	🇧🇾 Belarus	44.3	+7.5	—
59	🇨🇴 Colombia	42.8	+3.8	+15.2
60	🇵🇭 Philippines	42.5	−0.8	+36.3
61	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	41.8	−0.7	−1.9
62	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	41.4	0.0	−0.6
63	🇸🇳 Senegal	39.6	+0.7	+4.3
64	🇪🇪 Estonia	38.4	−13.6	—
65	🇹🇷 Türkiye	36.9	+0.8	+30.8
66	🇲🇩 Moldova	36.6	+3.6	—
67	🇷🇴 Romania	36.3	+3.5	+32.1
68	🇵🇾 Paraguay	35.0	+13.5	+30.5
69	🇲🇱 Mali	34.4	+19.0	+21.8
70	🇿🇲 Zambia	34.4	+9.6	+19.7
71	🇦🇲 Armenia	33.8	−1.0	—
72	🇦🇱 Albania	33.3	+7.3	+27.7
73	🇹🇿 Tanzania	33.1	+5.3	+8.9
74	🇬🇲 The Gambia	33.0	−0.2	+1.3
75	🇺🇦 Ukraine	32.6	+5.8	—
76	🇳🇵 Nepal	32.1	+1.2	+21.8
77	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	31.7	+4.2	+11.3
78	🇷🇺 Russia	29.9	+17.0	+27.1
79	🇸🇬 Singapore	29.7	−0.4	+1.3
80	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	28.4	+1.0	−5.0
81	🇫🇯 Fiji	27.6	+12.8	−14.4
82	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	27.2	+1.9	+14.6
83	🇭🇳 Honduras	26.7	+0.4	+9.5
84	🇹🇼 Taiwan	25.9	+2.1	+16.1
85	🇬🇾 Guyana	25.6	+4.0	+8.2
86	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	25.6	+0.1	—
87	🇰🇼 Kuwait	23.6	+12.1	−2.9
88	🇳🇪 Niger	23.5	−1.9	+14.9
89	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	22.5	0.0	−0.3
90	🇸🇨 Seychelles	21.3	+3.3	+4.7
91	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	21.2	+9.8	+10.6
92	🇲🇽 Mexico	20.8	+1.2	+7.2
93	🇬🇹 Guatemala	20.8	0.0	+15.8
94	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	20.6	+11.1	—
95	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	20.6	+3.6	—
96	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	20.3	0.0	−6.8
97	🇰🇲 Comoros	20.1	+0.4	+10.8
98	🇹🇭 Thailand	20.0	+4.2	−0.1
99	🇬🇦 Gabon	19.7	+0.8	+9.5
100	🇵🇰 Pakistan	19.6	0.0	+13.7
101	🇯🇴 Jordan	19.6	−0.1	+7.8
102	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	19.6	+2.1	+16.4
103	🇱🇧 Lebanon	19.3	0.0	+0.3
104	🇷🇼 Rwanda	19.3	+1.3	+4.2
105	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	19.2	+0.1	+5.1
106	🇺🇬 Uganda	19.0	+0.1	+9.3
107	🇰🇪 Kenya	18.6	+5.4	+8.0
108	🇭🇷 Croatia	18.0	+2.0	—
109	🇱🇷 Liberia	17.9	+0.2	+13.6
110	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	17.9	+0.8	—
111	🇲🇦 Morocco	17.8	+0.1	+2.9
112	🇲🇾 Malaysia	16.2	0.0	−1.3
113	🇪🇬 Egypt	15.7	0.0	−1.4
114	🇱🇸 Lesotho	15.7	+0.3	+3.5
115	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	15.2	+2.1	+8.8
116	🇾🇪 Yemen	15.1	+0.1	+9.1
117	🇹🇬 Togo	15.0	+2.4	+8.8
118	🇷🇸 Serbia	15.0	+4.7	+1.5
119	🇿🇦 South Africa	14.9	+0.1	+5.3
120	🇲🇬 Madagascar	14.8	+0.8	+5.7
121	🇨🇲 Cameroon	14.4	+0.7	+5.4
122	🇸🇻 El Salvador	14.1	+5.2	+9.5
123	🇲🇿 Mozambique	13.8	+0.6	+9.0
124	🇧🇹 Bhutan	12.9	+0.1	+0.3
125	Zanzibar	12.2	−0.1	+1.1
126	🇵🇪 Peru	11.5	−27.5	−33.6
127	🇬🇭 Ghana	11.4	+1.7	+3.8
128	🇳🇬 Nigeria	10.8	+0.8	−15.0
129	🇮🇷 Iran	10.8	−0.3	+1.8
130	🇲🇷 Mauritania	10.7	+5.8	+6.6
131	🇩🇯 Djibouti	10.5	+2.4	+2.3
132	🇸🇿 Eswatini	10.4	0.0	−0.5
133	🇧🇮 Burundi	9.9	+1.5	+0.2
134	🇬🇪 Georgia	9.8	−4.2	—
135	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	9.4	+1.8	+7.8
136	🇹🇳 Tunisia	9.3	0.0	−6.5
137	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.3	—	—
138	🇲🇼 Malawi	8.4	+0.6	+0.7
139	🇴🇲 Oman	8.4	+1.5	+2.0
140	🇭🇹 Haiti	8.3	−8.3	+4.8
141	🇱🇦 Laos	8.3	−0.4	+1.5
142	Somaliland	8.2	0.0	—
143	🇩🇿 Algeria	8.1	−7.6	−3.3
144	🇶🇦 Qatar	8.0	0.0	+0.5
145	🇬🇳 Guinea	7.9	+0.5	+4.2
146	🇻🇳 Vietnam	7.7	+0.2	+1.8
147	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	7.7	+0.5	0.0
148	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	7.7	−5.2	—
149	🇦🇴 Angola	7.6	+2.1	+3.1
150	🇨🇳 China	6.5	0.0	−0.2
151	🇮🇶 Iraq	6.0	0.0	−0.6
152	🇲🇻 Maldives	5.8	0.0	−0.1
153	🇹🇩 Chad	5.8	+0.1	+2.9
154	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	5.7	−1.5	—
155	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	5.5	0.0	+0.7
156	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.4	−0.1	+2.1
157	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	5.4	+0.6	+0.9
158	🇮🇩 Indonesia	5.2	−0.5	−0.6
159	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	4.9	−1.1	−3.4
160	🇱🇾 Libya	4.8	0.0	+0.2
161	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.8	−0.1	+2.0
162	🇰🇭 Cambodia	4.1	+1.3	+2.1
163	🇪🇷 Eritrea	4.0	+1.2	+3.1
164	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	3.9	+0.2	+0.2
165	🇸🇾 Syria	3.7	0.0	+0.2
166	🇨🇺 Cuba	3.4	+0.1	+0.2
167	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	3.3	−0.8	−1.2
168	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	3.0	−1.3	—
169	🇸🇴 Somalia	2.6	−1.1	−1.4
170	🇸🇩 Sudan	2.0	+0.8	−5.4
171	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.7	0.0	−1.0
172	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 172 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 1992, with the highest score of 88.1 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 1992?

In 1992, the top three of 172 ranked countries are Denmark (88.1), Sweden (87.7), and Germany (85.3).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 1992?

North Korea ranks #172 of 172 with a score of 1.4.

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

Czechia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 74.8 points over the past decade, standing at 80.5 (rank #14) in 1992.

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 1992 edition covers 172 countries.