Democracy Index 2007

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2007 — 178 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2007 — 178 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	89.6	0.0	+1.6
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	88.1	+0.2	+0.2
3	🇩🇪 Germany	86.4	0.0	+1.0
4	🇳🇴 Norway	86.4	0.0	+1.7
5	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	85.4	+0.3	+1.9
6	🇨🇭 Switzerland	84.2	+0.1	+0.3
7	🇨🇱 Chile	84.2	+0.3	+5.8
8	🇫🇮 Finland	84.2	0.0	+1.0
9	🇺🇸 United States of America	84.0	+3.9	+2.9
10	🇵🇹 Portugal	83.9	0.0	+2.3
11	🇦🇺 Australia	83.9	+0.1	−0.2
12	🇧🇪 Belgium	82.8	+1.0	+1.6
13	🇨🇿 Czechia	82.4	+0.3	+0.8
14	🇳🇱 Netherlands	82.3	+0.6	+1.8
15	🇺🇾 Uruguay	82.3	0.0	+2.8
16	🇳🇿 New Zealand	82.2	0.0	−0.3
17	🇮🇪 Ireland	81.5	+0.9	+1.3
18	🇪🇪 Estonia	81.1	0.0	+0.5
19	🇪🇸 Spain	80.8	−0.4	−1.2
20	🇫🇷 France	80.7	+0.5	+0.7
21	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	80.7	0.0	+6.1
22	🇬🇷 Greece	80.5	+0.2	+0.7
23	🇵🇱 Poland	80.3	−0.4	+1.1
24	🇦🇹 Austria	80.2	+1.4	+2.2
25	🇮🇸 Iceland	78.7	+0.6	+0.4
26	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	78.7	0.0	+0.3
27	🇮🇹 Italy	78.2	+0.7	+2.4
28	🇯🇵 Japan	77.3	0.0	+1.6
29	🇧🇷 Brazil	76.9	−0.1	+5.8
30	🇭🇺 Hungary	76.5	+2.3	+0.8
31	🇱🇹 Lithuania	76.2	+0.1	+0.4
32	🇰🇷 South Korea	75.9	−0.3	+12.1
33	🇨🇦 Canada	75.9	+0.2	−0.1
34	🇸🇮 Slovenia	73.8	+0.4	−2.4
35	🇸🇰 Slovakia	73.6	+1.3	+19.6
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	72.4	+1.1	+8.8
37	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	69.6	+0.3	+0.4
38	🇱🇻 Latvia	68.5	−1.8	−0.9
39	🇮🇱 Israel	68.4	−0.3	−1.2
40	🇹🇼 Taiwan	67.9	0.0	+19.6
41	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	66.6	+0.1	+2.0
42	🇿🇦 South Africa	66.2	+0.1	+10.2
43	🇧🇧 Barbados	65.0	+0.2	+0.3
44	🇵🇪 Peru	64.7	−0.5	+52.2
45	🇸🇷 Suriname	64.5	−0.4	−0.7
46	🇲🇺 Mauritius	64.5	0.0	+2.8
47	🇯🇲 Jamaica	64.4	+1.1	+14.5
48	🇭🇷 Croatia	64.2	+1.2	+38.3
49	🇬🇭 Ghana	63.6	+0.2	+13.1
50	🇧🇼 Botswana	62.3	0.0	+2.2
51	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	61.1	+0.1	+0.2
52	🇦🇷 Argentina	61.0	−0.4	−2.4
53	🇲🇹 Malta	59.6	−0.3	−0.3
54	🇮🇳 India	56.9	0.0	−2.2
55	🇲🇳 Mongolia	56.6	0.0	−3.2
56	🇵🇦 Panama	54.7	0.0	+1.3
57	🇳🇦 Namibia	54.4	−0.7	−0.9
58	🇮🇩 Indonesia	53.7	+0.3	+48.5
59	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	52.7	+0.1	+3.5
60	🇷🇸 Serbia	52.7	+0.3	+33.9
61	🇧🇯 Benin	52.4	−1.1	+2.4
62	🇸🇳 Senegal	52.3	−1.3	+5.1
63	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	51.4	0.0	−0.4
64	🇱🇷 Liberia	50.6	+0.8	+37.7
65	🇷🇴 Romania	48.4	+1.3	+4.6
66	🇨🇴 Colombia	46.1	+1.2	+3.2
67	🇹🇷 Türkiye	46.1	−2.2	+7.0
68	🇧🇴 Bolivia	45.8	−0.4	−6.0
69	🇲🇽 Mexico	45.4	−2.4	+10.8
70	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	45.4	+4.9	—
71	🇦🇱 Albania	44.6	+0.2	+13.5
72	🇵🇾 Paraguay	44.6	+1.3	+6.3
73	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	43.8	−1.3	+7.6
74	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	43.4	+7.3	+2.5
75	🇳🇪 Niger	42.7	+0.1	+19.9
76	🇿🇲 Zambia	42.0	+0.2	+4.6
77	🇱🇸 Lesotho	41.9	−3.2	+16.1
78	🇲🇱 Mali	41.3	−0.5	+2.1
79	🇪🇨 Ecuador	40.7	−4.4	−4.3
80	🇺🇦 Ukraine	40.0	+2.4	+10.1
81	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	39.6	−2.1	−1.8
82	🇹🇿 Tanzania	39.3	−0.2	−1.0
83	🇲🇪 Montenegro	39.2	+1.0	—
84	🇬🇹 Guatemala	38.6	+1.2	+10.4
85	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	37.6	−0.2	+1.9
86	🇽🇰 Kosovo	37.0	+0.6	—
87	🇬🇪 Georgia	36.9	−0.9	+16.2
88	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.9	−4.0	+2.9
89	🇸🇨 Seychelles	36.8	+1.6	+11.0
90	🇬🇾 Guyana	36.6	−0.3	+6.2
91	🇲🇼 Malawi	36.5	+0.1	−7.4
92	🇰🇪 Kenya	35.6	−0.2	+14.7
93	🇸🇻 El Salvador	35.1	+0.3	+6.9
94	🇵🇭 Philippines	34.6	0.0	−7.0
95	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	34.6	−0.4	+25.2
96	🇲🇩 Moldova	34.6	+0.3	−6.6
97	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	33.5	−0.5	+7.8
98	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	32.4	0.0	+0.2
99	🇭🇳 Honduras	31.5	+0.3	+0.8
100	🇲🇿 Mozambique	31.3	0.0	+1.2
101	🇸🇬 Singapore	31.1	0.0	+0.7
102	🇭🇹 Haiti	29.9	+8.8	+1.2
103	🇳🇬 Nigeria	29.7	+0.3	+20.0
104	🇰🇼 Kuwait	28.6	−0.2	+1.7
105	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	28.3	+0.2	+4.4
106	🇳🇵 Nepal	27.7	+6.7	−3.4
107	🇲🇬 Madagascar	27.4	+0.7	−0.5
108	🇮🇶 Iraq	26.1	+2.8	+19.1
109	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	25.9	−0.1	+5.8
110	🇱🇧 Lebanon	25.8	+0.3	+7.0
111	🇺🇬 Uganda	24.6	+0.3	+0.7
112	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	24.0	−0.3	−10.6
113	Somaliland	23.9	0.0	+10.8
114	🇲🇷 Mauritania	23.7	+11.5	+10.5
115	🇰🇲 Comoros	23.5	−0.2	+2.7
116	Zanzibar	22.8	+0.1	+2.6
117	🇲🇦 Morocco	22.7	+0.1	+3.4
118	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	21.6	−10.6	−19.3
119	🇲🇾 Malaysia	21.0	0.0	+4.9
120	🇯🇴 Jordan	20.4	0.0	+0.9
121	🇬🇦 Gabon	20.4	0.0	+0.1
122	🇹🇬 Togo	19.4	+1.4	+2.7
123	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	19.3	+0.1	+17.1
124	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	19.1	0.0	−2.9
125	🇦🇲 Armenia	18.8	+0.3	−3.6
126	🇵🇰 Pakistan	18.5	−0.2	−1.1
127	🇧🇮 Burundi	18.3	−0.3	+3.4
128	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	18.1	−1.7	+0.9
129	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	18.1	−13.2	−9.5
130	🇹🇭 Thailand	18.0	+1.4	−16.8
131	🇧🇹 Bhutan	16.9	+0.7	+3.8
132	🇩🇿 Algeria	16.6	−0.2	+1.3
133	🇻🇪 Venezuela	16.2	−0.6	−44.1
134	🇾🇪 Yemen	15.3	−0.1	+1.6
135	🇨🇲 Cameroon	15.3	−0.2	+0.9
136	🇪🇬 Egypt	15.2	−0.1	−0.3
137	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	15.2	0.0	−7.7
138	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	14.9	+3.3	+12.3
139	🇷🇺 Russia	14.6	−0.4	−13.8
140	🇲🇻 Maldives	12.8	+0.2	+7.0
141	🇮🇷 Iran	12.7	+0.1	−2.2
142	🇴🇲 Oman	12.5	−0.2	+3.9
143	🇰🇭 Cambodia	12.3	0.0	−1.4
144	🇬🇳 Guinea	12.3	+0.5	+1.6
145	🇷🇼 Rwanda	12.3	−0.1	+0.1
146	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	12.2	+0.1	−1.4
147	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.5	0.0	+0.5
148	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	11.3	+0.2	+0.2
149	🇬🇲 The Gambia	11.2	−0.2	−1.4
150	🇻🇳 Vietnam	10.5	+0.1	+2.3
151	🇫🇯 Fiji	10.5	−16.2	−29.9
152	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	10.3	−11.1	−17.2
153	🇶🇦 Qatar	9.7	+0.1	+1.0
154	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	9.6	−0.1	+3.0
155	🇹🇳 Tunisia	9.5	0.0	+0.4
156	🇧🇾 Belarus	9.5	+0.1	−4.4
157	🇸🇴 Somalia	9.5	+0.2	+6.8
158	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.5	−0.1	−0.3
159	🇹🇩 Chad	9.4	−0.1	−0.2
160	🇧🇭 Bahrain	9.1	−0.5	—
161	Palestine/Gaza	8.9	—	—
162	🇦🇴 Angola	8.8	+0.2	+1.2
163	🇱🇦 Laos	8.8	0.0	+0.1
164	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	8.0	+0.8	+1.0
165	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	7.1	−0.1	−1.3
166	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	6.8	−0.1	+1.0
167	🇸🇩 Sudan	6.3	+0.2	+3.7
168	🇨🇳 China	5.7	0.0	−1.1
169	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5.3	−0.1	+0.2
170	🇸🇾 Syria	5.0	0.0	+1.3
171	🇱🇾 Libya	4.5	0.0	−0.3
172	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.3	0.0	+0.4
173	🇨🇺 Cuba	4.1	0.0	+0.3
174	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.3	+0.1	−0.7
175	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.3	+0.8	−0.1
176	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.7	−0.1	0.0
177	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
178	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0.6	0.0	−3.3

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 178 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 2007, with the highest score of 89.6 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2007?

In 2007, the top three of 178 ranked countries are Denmark (89.6), Sweden (88.1), and Germany (86.4).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2007?

Eritrea ranks #178 of 178 with a score of 0.6.

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

Peru shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 52.2 points over the past decade, standing at 64.7 (rank #44) in 2007.

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 2007 edition covers 178 countries.