Democracy Index 2013

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2013 — 179 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2013 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	89.5	0.0	+1.5
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	88.5	−0.1	+0.8
3	🇳🇴 Norway	86.3	−0.6	+0.3
4	🇨🇭 Switzerland	86.1	−0.1	+2.0
5	🇫🇮 Finland	85.8	+1.4	+2.7
6	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	85.3	−0.4	+1.0
7	🇩🇪 Germany	85.3	−1.0	−0.4
8	🇺🇸 United States of America	85.2	+1.0	+5.4
9	🇨🇱 Chile	84.6	+0.2	+2.9
10	🇺🇾 Uruguay	84.3	−0.4	+5.3
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	83.9	+0.4	+2.0
12	🇪🇪 Estonia	83.4	+0.2	+2.6
13	🇳🇿 New Zealand	83.2	−0.8	+0.7
14	🇳🇱 Netherlands	83.0	+0.5	+1.7
15	🇵🇹 Portugal	82.9	−0.1	+0.8
16	🇮🇪 Ireland	82.3	+0.1	+1.7
17	🇫🇷 France	82.2	+0.2	+2.0
18	🇵🇱 Poland	82.1	−0.4	+0.8
19	🇦🇺 Australia	82.1	−3.7	−1.7
20	🇦🇹 Austria	80.7	+0.4	+2.1
21	🇬🇷 Greece	80.1	−0.9	−0.1
22	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	79.6	−0.8	+0.3
23	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	79.2	0.0	+0.5
24	🇮🇹 Italy	78.6	−0.7	+3.3
25	🇧🇷 Brazil	78.1	+0.4	+5.9
26	🇨🇿 Czechia	77.9	−3.5	−3.5
27	🇪🇸 Spain	77.8	−2.1	−1.8
28	🇸🇮 Slovenia	77.8	+1.0	+2.6
29	🇮🇸 Iceland	77.5	−1.9	−0.6
30	🇱🇹 Lithuania	77.1	−1.2	+1.9
31	🇱🇻 Latvia	74.3	+1.5	+2.9
32	🇨🇦 Canada	74.2	+0.4	−0.4
33	🇯🇵 Japan	74.1	−3.3	−2.1
34	🇨🇾 Cyprus	73.2	−0.1	+6.4
35	🇸🇰 Slovakia	73.0	−0.9	−1.6
36	🇭🇷 Croatia	71.0	−3.4	+8.6
37	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	70.8	+0.6	+2.6
38	🇵🇪 Peru	68.9	−0.9	+3.8
39	🇹🇼 Taiwan	68.4	+0.8	0.0
40	🇯🇲 Jamaica	67.9	+1.2	+6.2
41	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	66.5	−2.2	+0.3
42	🇧🇧 Barbados	66.4	−0.3	+1.2
43	🇮🇱 Israel	65.5	−2.0	−2.8
44	🇿🇦 South Africa	65.0	−1.8	+2.1
45	🇲🇺 Mauritius	64.2	−1.4	−0.6
46	🇬🇭 Ghana	63.5	−2.6	+0.4
47	🇹🇳 Tunisia	63.5	−0.7	+54.4
48	🇸🇷 Suriname	62.7	+0.3	−3.5
49	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	62.6	+0.6	+10.7
50	🇰🇷 South Korea	60.9	−4.9	−15.2
51	🇧🇼 Botswana	60.9	−0.8	+0.2
52	🇲🇹 Malta	59.7	−2.7	−0.2
53	🇦🇷 Argentina	58.8	+0.6	−5.0
54	🇸🇳 Senegal	58.5	+4.5	+4.9
55	🇭🇺 Hungary	57.5	−4.6	−18.4
56	🇷🇴 Romania	56.3	+2.3	+12.6
57	🇲🇳 Mongolia	55.7	−0.9	+0.1
58	🇵🇦 Panama	54.7	−0.7	−1.1
59	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	54.7	+1.0	+3.6
60	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	54.2	−1.9	−7.9
61	🇨🇴 Colombia	53.7	−0.3	+11.6
62	🇳🇦 Namibia	53.6	+0.3	−0.1
63	🇲🇩 Moldova	53.0	−2.8	+14.9
64	🇮🇳 India	52.2	−0.3	−6.1
65	🇮🇩 Indonesia	52.0	−1.4	+0.8
66	🇳🇪 Niger	50.1	+1.9	+9.4
67	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	50.1	+0.6	+9.0
68	🇧🇯 Benin	48.2	−0.1	−1.2
69	🇧🇹 Bhutan	48.2	−2.5	+32.4
70	🇱🇸 Lesotho	47.7	+2.4	+2.7
71	🇱🇷 Liberia	45.6	−2.6	+30.7
72	🇬🇪 Georgia	45.6	+9.5	+23.6
73	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	44.7	0.0	+5.8
74	🇲🇼 Malawi	43.9	+1.5	+5.2
75	🇸🇻 El Salvador	43.7	+0.8	+10.5
76	🇦🇱 Albania	43.3	−1.1	+3.5
77	🇲🇽 Mexico	42.0	−3.7	−7.9
78	🇰🇪 Kenya	41.3	+5.5	+5.8
79	🇬🇹 Guatemala	41.0	+1.9	+4.7
80	🇵🇭 Philippines	40.8	−0.5	+1.5
81	🇵🇾 Paraguay	40.7	−7.3	−0.2
82	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	40.5	+4.7	+8.1
83	🇷🇸 Serbia	40.1	−8.5	−12.9
84	🇧🇴 Bolivia	39.6	+0.5	−11.9
85	🇹🇿 Tanzania	39.6	−0.5	+2.3
86	🇸🇨 Seychelles	39.6	+2.3	+9.1
87	🇲🇪 Montenegro	39.4	−1.9	+1.6
88	🇿🇲 Zambia	39.1	−3.0	−1.4
89	🇬🇾 Guyana	38.6	+1.7	+1.4
90	🇳🇬 Nigeria	38.1	+2.1	+7.7
91	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.9	−0.1	−5.7
92	🇽🇰 Kosovo	36.4	−1.2	−1.3
93	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	35.4	−1.2	−3.1
94	🇹🇭 Thailand	35.2	−4.8	−3.9
95	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	34.8	−0.6	−6.8
96	🇸🇬 Singapore	33.0	−0.4	+2.2
97	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	31.8	−0.6	−4.4
98	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	31.6	−1.2	+14.8
99	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	31.4	−0.2	−1.1
100	🇱🇧 Lebanon	30.1	+1.9	+9.5
101	🇲🇿 Mozambique	30.1	+0.5	+0.2
102	🇱🇾 Libya	30.0	+9.0	+25.5
103	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	29.5	−0.8	+1.2
104	🇹🇷 Türkiye	28.9	−5.7	−20.9
105	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	28.7	−2.8	−17.8
106	🇵🇰 Pakistan	28.5	+0.2	+9.5
107	🇰🇲 Comoros	27.8	+2.2	+12.2
108	🇰🇼 Kuwait	27.8	−0.1	+1.3
109	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	26.8	+2.2	−7.2
110	🇪🇨 Ecuador	26.5	−4.1	−18.9
111	🇭🇹 Haiti	26.2	−0.6	+0.3
112	🇭🇳 Honduras	25.5	+1.5	−7.8
113	Zanzibar	25.3	+0.2	+2.8
114	🇺🇦 Ukraine	25.1	−0.9	−1.1
115	Somaliland	24.8	−1.4	+3.0
116	🇮🇶 Iraq	23.8	−1.2	+12.0
117	🇲🇻 Maldives	23.8	−9.5	+18.1
118	🇹🇬 Togo	23.8	+0.3	+7.2
119	🇺🇬 Uganda	23.0	−0.2	+1.8
120	🇲🇦 Morocco	23.0	−0.5	+0.9
121	🇬🇦 Gabon	22.3	+1.3	+2.1
122	🇯🇴 Jordan	22.0	+0.3	+6.8
123	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	20.9	+0.7	+5.2
124	🇦🇲 Armenia	20.6	+0.5	+2.0
125	🇲🇾 Malaysia	20.6	−1.2	+3.3
126	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	19.5	+2.4	−0.7
127	🇲🇱 Mali	19.4	−3.9	−22.2
128	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	19.4	0.0	+10.9
129	🇳🇵 Nepal	19.1	−11.9	+4.6
130	🇲🇷 Mauritania	17.4	−5.6	+3.4
131	🇩🇿 Algeria	17.1	+0.4	+0.8
132	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	16.3	+2.1	−13.1
133	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	15.7	+2.3	+13.9
134	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	15.0	−3.2	+3.2
135	🇨🇲 Cameroon	15.0	−0.9	−0.7
136	🇾🇪 Yemen	14.8	−1.6	−0.4
137	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	14.4	−2.2	−9.3
138	🇴🇲 Oman	13.9	+0.1	+1.6
139	🇷🇼 Rwanda	13.6	0.0	+2.5
140	🇮🇷 Iran	12.9	+0.8	−2.4
141	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	12.5	−3.1	−24.6
142	🇲🇬 Madagascar	12.5	+2.5	−14.2
143	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.4	−1.7	+3.9
144	🇦🇴 Angola	12.2	+0.1	+3.9
145	🇸🇴 Somalia	11.8	+1.1	+9.0
146	🇬🇳 Guinea	11.7	+0.2	0.0
147	🇷🇺 Russia	11.6	−0.6	−4.9
148	🇰🇭 Cambodia	11.4	−0.4	−1.2
149	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.4	−0.1	−0.6
150	🇫🇯 Fiji	11.4	+0.8	−25.7
151	🇻🇳 Vietnam	11.3	+0.8	+2.1
152	🇻🇪 Venezuela	10.9	−3.6	−13.4
153	🇧🇮 Burundi	10.9	−2.5	−4.2
154	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	10.9	−0.4	−1.2
155	🇬🇲 The Gambia	10.5	−0.8	−1.4
156	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	10.4	−0.2	−0.7
157	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	10.1	+0.6	+0.4
158	🇧🇾 Belarus	9.9	+0.5	+0.1
159	🇪🇬 Egypt	9.7	−6.0	−5.4
160	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.7	+0.4	0.0
161	🇹🇩 Chad	9.3	−0.6	−0.2
162	🇱🇦 Laos	9.0	+0.1	+0.1
163	🇶🇦 Qatar	8.9	−0.7	−0.6
164	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	8.7	+0.1	+1.8
165	🇸🇸 South Sudan	7.5	−2.5	—
166	Palestine/Gaza	6.8	−2.7	—
167	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.7	0.0	−0.9
168	🇸🇩 Sudan	6.3	+0.3	+2.6
169	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.7	+0.5	+1.7
170	🇨🇳 China	5.3	−0.3	−2.1
171	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5.3	−0.9	−2.9
172	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5.2	+0.3	−0.1
173	🇧🇭 Bahrain	5.1	+0.2	−4.1
174	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.6	0.0	+0.7
175	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.7	+0.1	+0.2
176	🇸🇾 Syria	2.4	−0.7	−2.6
177	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.4	+0.1	+1.0
178	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
179	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0.6	+0.1	0.0

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 2013, with the highest score of 89.5 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2013?

In 2013, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (89.5), Sweden (88.5), and Norway (86.3).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2013?

Eritrea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.6.

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

Tunisia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 54.4 points over the past decade, standing at 63.5 (rank #47) in 2013.

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 2013 edition covers 179 countries.