Democracy Index 2011

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2011 — 179 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2011 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	89.4	−0.1	+1.5
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	88.1	0.0	+0.5
3	🇳🇴 Norway	86.9	0.0	+1.1
4	🇩🇪 Germany	86.4	+0.2	+0.4
5	🇦🇺 Australia	85.7	+0.1	+1.3
6	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	85.6	−0.1	+1.5
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	85.2	+0.2	+1.6
8	🇺🇾 Uruguay	84.7	0.0	+4.5
9	🇺🇸 United States of America	84.5	−0.3	+7.6
10	🇫🇮 Finland	84.3	+0.1	+0.9
11	🇨🇱 Chile	83.9	+0.2	+2.8
12	🇳🇿 New Zealand	83.7	−0.2	+1.0
13	🇧🇪 Belgium	83.5	+0.1	+1.6
14	🇪🇪 Estonia	83.2	+0.3	+2.4
15	🇵🇹 Portugal	82.9	−0.9	+1.3
16	🇵🇱 Poland	82.7	0.0	+2.1
17	🇳🇱 Netherlands	82.7	−0.1	+1.9
18	🇮🇪 Ireland	82.1	+0.1	+1.2
19	🇪🇸 Spain	82.1	−0.4	+0.4
20	🇫🇷 France	81.8	+0.2	+2.0
21	🇬🇷 Greece	81.4	+0.2	+1.2
22	🇨🇿 Czechia	80.8	+0.3	+0.7
23	🇦🇹 Austria	80.4	+0.1	+2.2
24	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	80.1	−0.1	+0.9
25	🇮🇸 Iceland	79.5	−0.4	+1.5
26	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	79.2	0.0	+0.5
27	🇱🇹 Lithuania	79.1	−0.3	+3.4
28	🇸🇮 Slovenia	78.9	−0.7	+4.7
29	🇮🇹 Italy	78.6	+1.1	+4.0
30	🇧🇷 Brazil	78.1	+0.5	+6.4
31	🇯🇵 Japan	77.8	0.0	+1.6
32	🇸🇰 Slovakia	75.5	+0.3	+0.5
33	🇭🇷 Croatia	74.4	+1.4	+12.2
34	🇨🇦 Canada	74.0	−1.5	−1.2
35	🇨🇾 Cyprus	73.4	0.0	+5.6
36	🇱🇻 Latvia	72.3	+1.9	+2.1
37	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	70.2	+0.7	+2.5
38	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	68.7	+0.1	+5.4
39	🇮🇱 Israel	67.5	0.0	−1.3
40	🇵🇪 Peru	67.0	+1.2	+10.3
41	🇹🇼 Taiwan	66.8	0.0	−1.4
42	🇧🇧 Barbados	66.7	0.0	+1.3
43	🇿🇦 South Africa	66.6	0.0	+3.7
44	🇰🇷 South Korea	66.5	0.0	−9.2
45	🇬🇭 Ghana	66.3	0.0	+4.1
46	🇲🇺 Mauritius	65.6	+0.1	+1.4
47	🇯🇲 Jamaica	65.1	−0.5	+10.2
48	🇭🇺 Hungary	63.9	−3.8	−11.1
49	🇸🇷 Suriname	62.7	−0.5	−3.5
50	🇧🇼 Botswana	62.4	+0.2	+1.7
51	🇲🇹 Malta	62.3	0.0	+2.6
52	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	61.9	0.0	+10.1
53	🇦🇷 Argentina	57.3	−0.5	−10.1
54	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	56.5	−0.3	−3.0
55	🇲🇳 Mongolia	56.3	−0.2	+2.2
56	🇲🇩 Moldova	56.2	+5.4	+21.2
57	🇵🇦 Panama	55.4	0.0	−0.4
58	🇷🇴 Romania	55.3	+0.3	+12.9
59	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	54.0	+0.4	+2.9
60	🇨🇴 Colombia	53.9	+4.1	+11.7
61	🇮🇩 Indonesia	53.8	−0.1	+3.3
62	🇳🇦 Namibia	53.3	+0.5	−0.4
63	🇸🇳 Senegal	53.2	0.0	+9.1
64	🇮🇳 India	53.2	0.0	−5.2
65	🇧🇹 Bhutan	50.8	+0.1	+35.6
66	🇵🇾 Paraguay	50.3	−0.6	+11.2
67	🇷🇸 Serbia	50.1	−0.2	+2.0
68	🇱🇷 Liberia	48.7	−0.2	+32.7
69	🇧🇯 Benin	48.6	−3.0	−1.3
70	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	47.8	0.0	+24.8
71	🇳🇵 Nepal	47.2	+0.7	+18.9
72	🇲🇽 Mexico	46.8	+0.3	−1.6
73	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	44.5	+0.5	+26.1
74	🇦🇱 Albania	44.1	+0.1	+7.5
75	🇱🇸 Lesotho	43.0	+0.5	+17.1
76	🇸🇻 El Salvador	42.5	+0.3	+9.9
77	🇿🇲 Zambia	42.0	−0.7	+2.6
78	🇵🇭 Philippines	41.3	+1.8	+0.4
79	🇲🇼 Malawi	41.0	+0.4	+2.4
80	🇲🇪 Montenegro	41.0	−0.1	+6.2
81	🇲🇱 Mali	40.7	+0.2	+3.7
82	🇹🇿 Tanzania	40.4	+0.7	+3.1
83	🇧🇴 Bolivia	39.8	−0.2	−12.2
84	🇬🇹 Guatemala	39.3	−0.4	+3.1
85	🇲🇻 Maldives	39.2	−0.3	+33.4
86	🇳🇪 Niger	39.0	+20.5	−1.7
87	🇸🇨 Seychelles	37.7	+0.4	+11.8
88	🇽🇰 Kosovo	37.3	−1.3	+21.1
89	🇹🇭 Thailand	37.3	+4.3	−3.9
90	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.0	0.0	−5.4
91	🇬🇾 Guyana	36.9	0.0	+1.6
92	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	36.6	−0.4	−4.9
93	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	36.4	−0.7	−2.7
94	🇰🇪 Kenya	36.2	+0.1	+10.8
95	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	35.4	+0.3	+2.9
96	🇹🇷 Türkiye	35.4	−0.6	−7.7
97	🇳🇬 Nigeria	34.8	+2.9	+2.1
98	🇬🇪 Georgia	34.4	+0.4	+13.5
99	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	34.0	−3.3	+0.7
100	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	33.3	+7.3	+16.2
101	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	32.8	0.0	+24.0
102	🇸🇬 Singapore	32.4	+1.0	+1.5
103	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	32.2	−0.1	−0.3
104	🇪🇨 Ecuador	30.4	−0.5	−14.1
105	🇲🇿 Mozambique	29.6	+0.3	−0.1
106	🇵🇰 Pakistan	28.3	−0.2	+19.2
107	🇰🇼 Kuwait	28.2	−0.2	+2.3
108	🇱🇧 Lebanon	27.7	+0.6	+7.0
109	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	27.5	−0.9	−1.1
110	🇺🇦 Ukraine	26.4	0.0	+3.1
111	🇭🇹 Haiti	26.2	−1.3	−0.8
112	Somaliland	26.1	+1.2	+12.0
113	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	26.0	−0.2	+2.8
114	🇰🇲 Comoros	25.6	+1.3	+16.0
115	🇮🇶 Iraq	25.1	0.0	+18.2
116	Zanzibar	25.0	+0.9	+3.3
117	🇭🇳 Honduras	24.8	+0.9	−7.8
118	🇹🇳 Tunisia	24.7	+14.4	+15.5
119	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	24.3	−0.1	−7.6
120	🇹🇬 Togo	23.8	+0.3	+7.1
121	🇲🇦 Morocco	23.4	+0.3	+1.4
122	🇺🇬 Uganda	23.3	−0.5	+1.1
123	🇲🇷 Mauritania	22.8	0.0	+8.8
124	🇲🇾 Malaysia	21.6	0.0	+5.0
125	🇯🇴 Jordan	21.5	+0.5	+8.4
126	🇬🇦 Gabon	20.6	0.0	+0.6
127	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	20.1	+0.1	+3.7
128	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	19.2	0.0	+16.4
129	🇦🇲 Armenia	18.9	+0.1	−2.2
130	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	18.8	−0.4	−18.5
131	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	18.3	−1.0	−3.4
132	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	16.8	−0.5	−10.3
133	🇩🇿 Algeria	16.5	+0.1	+0.4
134	🇨🇲 Cameroon	15.5	+0.1	−0.1
135	🇻🇪 Venezuela	15.2	−0.2	−13.6
136	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.0	−0.2	+9.5
137	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	14.2	0.0	−13.4
138	🇾🇪 Yemen	14.1	−1.2	+0.5
139	🇴🇲 Oman	13.6	+1.0	+2.5
140	🇷🇺 Russia	13.4	−0.1	−6.7
141	🇧🇮 Burundi	13.3	−1.1	−1.6
142	🇷🇼 Rwanda	13.3	0.0	+2.9
143	🇪🇬 Egypt	12.2	−3.0	−2.9
144	🇦🇴 Angola	12.1	+2.3	+4.2
145	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	11.9	−0.1	−0.6
146	🇰🇭 Cambodia	11.8	0.0	−0.8
147	🇮🇷 Iran	11.8	+0.1	−3.6
148	🇬🇳 Guinea	11.5	+2.3	+0.4
149	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.4	+0.1	−0.3
150	🇬🇲 The Gambia	11.2	0.0	−1.1
151	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	10.7	+7.4	+8.9
152	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	10.5	−0.4	−0.5
153	🇫🇯 Fiji	10.5	0.0	−7.9
154	🇻🇳 Vietnam	10.4	−0.1	+1.2
155	🇸🇴 Somalia	10.4	+0.2	+7.6
156	🇲🇬 Madagascar	10.1	+2.2	−16.9
157	🇸🇸 South Sudan	10.0	—	—
158	🇹🇩 Chad	9.9	0.0	+0.3
159	🇶🇦 Qatar	9.6	+0.1	+0.6
160	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	9.5	0.0	+2.0
161	Palestine/Gaza	9.5	−0.2	—
162	🇧🇾 Belarus	9.3	−0.2	−0.9
163	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.3	−0.1	−0.4
164	🇱🇦 Laos	8.9	0.0	+0.1
165	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	7.9	−0.3	+0.9
166	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.8	−0.1	−1.2
167	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	6.4	+0.1	−2.0
168	🇱🇾 Libya	6.1	+1.6	+1.3
169	🇸🇩 Sudan	5.7	−0.9	+2.0
170	🇨🇳 China	5.6	−0.1	−1.5
171	🇧🇭 Bahrain	5.2	−3.6	—
172	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.1	+0.1	+1.0
173	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.9	0.0	−0.3
174	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.6	0.0	+0.7
175	🇸🇾 Syria	3.8	−1.1	−1.3
176	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.6	+0.1	+0.2
177	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.3	0.0	+0.9
178	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
179	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0.5	0.0	−1.1

Frequently asked questions

Which countries are the most liberal democracies?

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem liberal democracy index index in 2011, with the highest score of 89.4 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2011?

In 2011, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (89.4), Sweden (88.1), and Norway (86.9).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2011?

Eritrea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.5.

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

Bhutan shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 35.6 points over the past decade, standing at 50.8 (rank #65) in 2011.

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 2011 edition covers 179 countries.