Democracy Index 1993

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 1993 — 173 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 1993 — 173 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	0.0	+0.3
3	🇩🇪 Germany	85.3	0.0	+3.3
4	🇦🇺 Australia	84.9	−0.2	+1.5
5	🇳🇴 Norway	84.6	+0.1	+1.8
6	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	84.1	0.0	+5.4
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	83.4	+0.4	+2.1
8	🇫🇮 Finland	83.1	+0.9	+3.5
9	🇨🇿 Czechia	81.9	+1.4	+76.2
10	🇪🇸 Spain	81.8	+0.7	+1.4
11	🇳🇱 Netherlands	81.4	0.0	+0.1
12	🇳🇿 New Zealand	81.4	+0.5	+3.6
13	🇪🇪 Estonia	80.9	+42.5	—
14	🇵🇱 Poland	80.8	+0.4	+68.5
15	🇧🇪 Belgium	80.8	0.0	+2.6
16	🇺🇸 United States of America	80.5	−0.4	+1.0
17	🇵🇹 Portugal	80.3	0.0	+0.3
18	🇫🇷 France	79.8	−0.5	+0.5
19	🇬🇷 Greece	79.0	+0.1	+3.9
20	🇮🇪 Ireland	78.8	+0.6	+5.4
21	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	78.5	0.0	+0.5
22	🇦🇹 Austria	78.2	+0.1	+1.8
23	🇮🇸 Iceland	77.6	0.0	+3.5
24	🇺🇾 Uruguay	76.2	0.0	+71.6
25	🇸🇮 Slovenia	76.1	−0.3	—
26	🇭🇺 Hungary	75.7	0.0	+65.7
27	🇯🇵 Japan	75.5	+0.1	+0.3
28	🇨🇦 Canada	75.2	+0.2	+0.1
29	🇮🇹 Italy	74.9	+0.2	+3.7
30	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	74.7	+0.5	+2.3
31	🇨🇱 Chile	74.6	−0.4	+69.9
32	🇱🇹 Lithuania	74.1	+1.0	—
33	🇧🇷 Brazil	70.4	+0.5	+55.8
34	🇮🇱 Israel	68.3	0.0	+0.3
35	🇧🇧 Barbados	64.6	0.0	+2.0
36	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	64.4	0.0	+7.2
37	🇸🇷 Suriname	63.5	+0.9	+49.4
38	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	63.5	0.0	+37.4
39	🇨🇾 Cyprus	63.3	+0.1	+8.5
40	🇦🇷 Argentina	63.0	−0.1	+42.4
41	🇱🇻 Latvia	62.9	+6.8	—
42	🇸🇰 Slovakia	62.8	—	—
43	🇲🇺 Mauritius	61.9	+1.0	+1.8
44	🇻🇪 Venezuela	61.4	+0.5	+2.7
45	🇰🇷 South Korea	60.7	+9.5	+48.8
46	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	59.3	−0.5	+53.6
47	🇲🇹 Malta	58.6	+0.4	+11.4
48	🇧🇼 Botswana	57.7	0.0	+4.8
49	🇮🇳 India	57.6	+0.4	+7.8
50	🇲🇳 Mongolia	56.9	+3.6	+51.0
51	🇵🇦 Panama	52.2	+0.4	+45.2
52	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	51.2	0.0	−7.2
53	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	50.1	+0.8	+34.2
54	🇧🇯 Benin	49.1	0.0	+40.6
55	🇳🇦 Namibia	49.0	0.0	+43.7
56	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	48.2	+0.4	+41.2
57	🇯🇲 Jamaica	47.3	+2.2	+10.1
58	🇧🇴 Bolivia	46.9	+0.7	+26.8
59	🇪🇨 Ecuador	45.6	−1.0	+1.7
60	🇸🇳 Senegal	44.8	+5.2	+8.1
61	🇧🇾 Belarus	44.0	−0.3	—
62	🇨🇴 Colombia	42.7	−0.1	+11.1
63	🇲🇱 Mali	42.6	+8.2	+30.1
64	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	41.3	−0.5	−2.5
65	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	41.3	−0.1	−0.7
66	🇵🇭 Philippines	40.6	−1.9	+34.4
67	🇳🇪 Niger	39.9	+16.4	+31.3
68	🇫🇯 Fiji	39.5	+11.9	−2.4
69	🇷🇴 Romania	39.2	+2.9	+35.0
70	🇹🇷 Türkiye	36.8	−0.1	+23.2
71	🇲🇩 Moldova	36.7	+0.1	—
72	🇵🇾 Paraguay	36.4	+1.4	+31.9
73	🇱🇸 Lesotho	36.0	+20.3	+23.8
74	🇿🇲 Zambia	35.5	+1.1	+20.8
75	🇺🇦 Ukraine	34.9	+2.3	—
76	🇹🇿 Tanzania	33.6	+0.5	+9.4
77	🇬🇭 Ghana	33.4	+22.0	+25.7
78	🇦🇲 Armenia	32.7	−1.1	—
79	🇳🇵 Nepal	32.6	+0.5	+22.3
80	🇦🇱 Albania	32.1	−1.2	+26.5
81	🇬🇲 The Gambia	31.8	−1.2	−0.4
82	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	31.8	+0.1	+11.4
83	🇹🇭 Thailand	30.3	+10.3	+8.8
84	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	30.1	+10.5	+26.9
85	🇸🇬 Singapore	29.7	0.0	+1.3
86	🇬🇾 Guyana	29.6	+4.0	+12.2
87	🇷🇺 Russia	29.4	−0.5	+26.7
88	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	28.4	0.0	−2.4
89	🇹🇼 Taiwan	27.5	+1.6	+17.6
90	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	26.9	−0.3	+16.2
91	🇰🇼 Kuwait	26.7	+3.1	+0.2
92	🇭🇳 Honduras	26.4	−0.3	+7.8
93	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	26.0	+0.4	—
94	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	25.6	+4.4	+14.2
95	🇲🇬 Madagascar	25.2	+10.4	+16.0
96	🇸🇨 Seychelles	24.8	+3.5	+8.1
97	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	22.5	0.0	−0.3
98	🇬🇹 Guatemala	21.6	+0.8	+16.6
99	🇲🇽 Mexico	21.5	+0.7	+7.3
100	🇭🇷 Croatia	21.3	+3.3	—
101	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	21.2	+6.0	+14.7
102	🇸🇻 El Salvador	20.7	+6.6	+15.9
103	🇰🇪 Kenya	20.7	+2.1	+10.4
104	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	20.4	+1.2	+6.3
105	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	20.4	−0.2	—
106	🇵🇰 Pakistan	20.1	+0.5	+14.2
107	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	20.1	−0.2	−6.6
108	🇯🇴 Jordan	19.8	+0.2	+8.0
109	🇬🇦 Gabon	19.7	0.0	+9.5
110	🇺🇬 Uganda	19.5	+0.5	+10.2
111	🇱🇧 Lebanon	19.0	−0.3	0.0
112	🇲🇦 Morocco	18.4	+0.6	+3.5
113	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	18.1	+0.2	—
114	🇷🇸 Serbia	18.1	+3.1	+4.6
115	🇱🇷 Liberia	18.0	+0.1	+13.7
116	🇧🇮 Burundi	16.4	+6.5	+4.2
117	🇲🇾 Malaysia	16.2	0.0	−1.1
118	🇾🇪 Yemen	16.1	+1.0	+10.1
119	🇹🇬 Togo	16.0	+1.0	+9.8
120	🇿🇦 South Africa	15.9	+1.0	+6.3
121	🇪🇬 Egypt	15.8	+0.1	−1.2
122	🇬🇪 Georgia	15.8	+6.0	—
123	🇰🇲 Comoros	15.8	−4.3	+6.5
124	🇲🇿 Mozambique	15.4	+1.6	+10.6
125	🇳🇬 Nigeria	14.8	+4.0	−6.8
126	🇨🇲 Cameroon	14.8	+0.4	+5.1
127	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	13.7	−6.9	—
128	🇧🇹 Bhutan	13.1	+0.2	+0.5
129	🇷🇼 Rwanda	12.9	−6.4	−2.2
130	Zanzibar	12.6	+0.4	+1.5
131	🇲🇷 Mauritania	12.1	+1.4	+8.0
132	Somaliland	12.0	+3.8	—
133	🇮🇷 Iran	11.8	+1.0	+3.3
134	🇲🇼 Malawi	11.0	+2.6	+3.3
135	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.0	+0.5	+2.8
136	🇰🇭 Cambodia	10.4	+6.3	+8.3
137	🇸🇿 Eswatini	10.4	0.0	−0.5
138	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	9.7	+0.3	+8.1
139	🇵🇪 Peru	9.5	−2.0	−35.7
140	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.3	0.0	—
141	🇹🇳 Tunisia	9.2	−0.1	−6.7
142	🇭🇹 Haiti	8.9	+0.6	+6.6
143	🇱🇦 Laos	8.7	+0.4	+1.9
144	🇴🇲 Oman	8.4	0.0	+2.0
145	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	8.3	+0.6	+0.6
146	🇬🇳 Guinea	8.1	+0.2	+4.4
147	🇶🇦 Qatar	8.0	0.0	+0.5
148	🇩🇿 Algeria	7.9	−0.2	−3.5
149	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	7.8	+2.4	+3.3
150	🇻🇳 Vietnam	7.6	−0.1	+1.7
151	🇦🇴 Angola	7.5	−0.1	+3.0
152	🇹🇩 Chad	6.9	+1.1	+3.5
153	🇨🇳 China	6.7	+0.2	0.0
154	🇮🇶 Iraq	6.0	0.0	−0.6
155	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5.9	−1.8	—
156	🇲🇻 Maldives	5.8	0.0	−0.1
157	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	5.5	0.0	+0.7
158	🇮🇩 Indonesia	5.2	0.0	−0.6
159	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5.1	+0.3	+1.3
160	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	4.9	−0.8	—
161	🇱🇾 Libya	4.8	0.0	+0.2
162	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	3.9	0.0	+0.3
163	🇸🇾 Syria	3.7	0.0	0.0
164	🇨🇺 Cuba	3.7	+0.3	+0.5
165	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	3.5	−1.9	+0.2
166	🇪🇷 Eritrea	3.5	−0.5	+2.6
167	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	3.2	−1.7	−5.1
168	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.8	−0.2	—
169	🇸🇴 Somalia	2.6	0.0	−1.4
170	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	2.3	−1.0	−2.2
171	🇸🇩 Sudan	1.8	−0.2	−6.0
172	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.7	0.0	−1.0
173	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 173 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 1993, with the highest score of 88.1 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 1993?

In 1993, the top three of 173 ranked countries are Denmark (88.1), Sweden (87.7), and Germany (85.3).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 1993?

North Korea ranks #173 of 173 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 76.2 points over the past decade, standing at 81.9 (rank #9) in 1993.

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 1993 edition covers 173 countries.