Democracy Index 2014

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2014 — 179 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2014 — 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	0.0	+0.8
3	🇳🇴 Norway	86.6	+0.3	+0.6
4	🇨🇭 Switzerland	86.1	0.0	+2.0
5	🇫🇮 Finland	85.8	0.0	+2.8
6	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	85.4	+0.1	+1.1
7	🇨🇱 Chile	85.0	+0.4	+3.3
8	🇺🇸 United States of America	84.8	−0.4	+4.9
9	🇩🇪 Germany	84.5	−0.8	−1.2
10	🇺🇾 Uruguay	84.3	0.0	+3.5
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	83.8	−0.1	+4.3
12	🇪🇪 Estonia	83.8	+0.4	+2.7
13	🇳🇱 Netherlands	83.1	+0.1	+1.8
14	🇳🇿 New Zealand	83.1	−0.1	+0.6
15	🇵🇹 Portugal	82.9	0.0	+0.8
16	🇮🇪 Ireland	82.4	+0.1	+1.8
17	🇫🇷 France	82.1	−0.1	+1.9
18	🇦🇺 Australia	81.5	−0.6	−2.3
19	🇵🇱 Poland	81.2	−0.9	−0.1
20	🇦🇹 Austria	80.5	−0.2	+2.0
21	🇬🇷 Greece	80.4	+0.3	+0.1
22	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	79.4	−0.2	+0.1
23	🇸🇮 Slovenia	79.4	+1.6	+5.9
24	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	79.3	+0.1	+0.6
25	🇮🇹 Italy	78.6	0.0	+3.3
26	🇧🇷 Brazil	78.3	+0.2	+6.1
27	🇪🇸 Spain	77.4	−0.4	−3.4
28	🇮🇸 Iceland	77.3	−0.2	−0.9
29	🇱🇹 Lithuania	77.3	+0.2	+1.4
30	🇨🇿 Czechia	76.6	−1.3	−4.9
31	🇱🇻 Latvia	74.8	+0.5	+3.3
32	🇨🇦 Canada	74.2	0.0	−0.9
33	🇯🇵 Japan	73.9	−0.2	−2.4
34	🇨🇾 Cyprus	73.3	+0.1	+2.9
35	🇸🇰 Slovakia	72.6	−0.4	−2.2
36	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	70.7	−0.1	+2.5
37	🇭🇷 Croatia	70.4	−0.6	+9.8
38	🇵🇪 Peru	69.1	+0.2	+4.0
39	🇹🇼 Taiwan	68.5	+0.1	+0.8
40	🇯🇲 Jamaica	67.9	0.0	+6.2
41	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	66.2	−0.3	0.0
42	🇧🇧 Barbados	66.2	−0.2	+1.2
43	🇮🇱 Israel	65.4	−0.1	−2.9
44	🇿🇦 South Africa	64.1	−0.9	−0.8
45	🇹🇳 Tunisia	63.2	−0.3	+54.1
46	🇬🇭 Ghana	63.0	−0.5	−0.5
47	🇸🇷 Suriname	62.7	0.0	−3.5
48	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	62.6	0.0	+10.9
49	🇲🇺 Mauritius	61.7	−2.5	−3.1
50	🇧🇼 Botswana	61.0	+0.1	−0.5
51	🇰🇷 South Korea	60.0	−0.9	−16.1
52	🇦🇷 Argentina	59.5	+0.7	−3.7
53	🇲🇹 Malta	58.7	−1.0	−1.2
54	🇸🇳 Senegal	58.4	−0.1	+4.8
55	🇷🇴 Romania	57.0	+0.7	+13.5
56	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	56.1	+1.9	−6.2
57	🇲🇳 Mongolia	55.6	−0.1	+0.1
58	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	54.8	+0.1	+3.1
59	🇨🇴 Colombia	54.5	+0.8	+12.1
60	🇵🇦 Panama	54.4	−0.3	−1.7
61	🇳🇦 Namibia	54.2	+0.6	+0.5
62	🇭🇺 Hungary	52.1	−5.4	−23.8
63	🇲🇩 Moldova	51.6	−1.4	+13.5
64	🇮🇩 Indonesia	51.2	−0.8	−1.6
65	🇳🇪 Niger	50.2	+0.1	+9.3
66	🇳🇵 Nepal	50.1	+31.0	+35.6
67	🇬🇪 Georgia	50.0	+4.4	+14.3
68	🇮🇳 India	48.8	−3.4	−9.0
69	🇧🇯 Benin	48.5	+0.3	−0.7
70	🇱🇸 Lesotho	48.0	+0.3	+3.1
71	🇧🇹 Bhutan	47.5	−0.7	+31.7
72	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	47.1	−3.0	+6.0
73	🇸🇻 El Salvador	46.5	+2.8	+12.9
74	🇱🇷 Liberia	45.0	−0.6	+20.6
75	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	45.0	+0.3	+4.9
76	🇲🇼 Malawi	43.7	−0.2	+6.0
77	🇦🇱 Albania	43.6	+0.3	+3.0
78	🇰🇪 Kenya	42.6	+1.3	+7.1
79	🇲🇽 Mexico	42.1	+0.1	−8.4
80	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	41.7	+1.2	+9.3
81	🇽🇰 Kosovo	41.4	+5.0	+3.9
82	🇵🇾 Paraguay	41.4	+0.7	−1.4
83	🇬🇹 Guatemala	41.2	+0.2	+4.0
84	🇵🇭 Philippines	40.8	0.0	+5.4
85	🇸🇨 Seychelles	40.0	+0.4	+5.3
86	🇹🇿 Tanzania	39.4	−0.2	+2.1
87	🇧🇴 Bolivia	39.1	−0.5	−15.0
88	🇳🇬 Nigeria	38.9	+0.8	+9.3
89	🇿🇲 Zambia	38.8	−0.3	−1.7
90	🇲🇪 Montenegro	38.8	−0.6	+0.3
91	🇬🇾 Guyana	38.5	−0.1	+1.3
92	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.0	+0.1	−4.6
93	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	35.2	−0.2	−2.7
94	🇷🇸 Serbia	35.0	−5.1	−17.1
95	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	34.6	−0.2	−6.7
96	🇸🇬 Singapore	33.0	0.0	+2.2
97	🇲🇱 Mali	32.7	+13.3	−8.9
98	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	31.8	0.0	−4.2
99	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	31.4	−0.2	+14.6
100	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	31.1	−0.3	−1.4
101	🇱🇧 Lebanon	30.2	+0.1	+9.5
102	🇲🇿 Mozambique	29.9	−0.2	+0.3
103	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	29.9	+0.4	+1.4
104	🇵🇰 Pakistan	28.3	−0.2	+9.1
105	🇰🇼 Kuwait	27.9	+0.1	+1.4
106	🇰🇲 Comoros	27.7	−0.1	+6.2
107	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	27.6	−1.1	−19.2
108	🇭🇳 Honduras	27.0	+1.5	−6.3
109	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	27.0	+7.5	+5.2
110	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	26.7	−0.1	−6.2
111	🇭🇹 Haiti	26.2	0.0	+15.4
112	🇪🇨 Ecuador	26.2	−0.3	−19.0
113	🇹🇷 Türkiye	25.2	−3.7	−25.0
114	🇹🇬 Togo	25.1	+1.3	+8.5
115	Zanzibar	25.1	−0.2	+3.0
116	Somaliland	24.7	−0.1	+2.0
117	🇮🇶 Iraq	23.7	−0.1	+13.0
118	🇲🇬 Madagascar	23.2	+10.7	−3.7
119	🇲🇦 Morocco	23.0	0.0	+0.9
120	🇺🇬 Uganda	22.6	−0.4	+1.0
121	🇬🇦 Gabon	22.3	0.0	+2.1
122	🇯🇴 Jordan	22.1	+0.1	+1.9
123	🇺🇦 Ukraine	21.5	−3.6	−5.6
124	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	21.3	+0.4	+5.9
125	🇲🇻 Maldives	20.9	−2.9	+14.8
126	🇲🇾 Malaysia	20.8	+0.2	+0.1
127	🇦🇲 Armenia	20.1	−0.5	+2.0
128	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	19.9	+0.5	+11.0
129	🇲🇷 Mauritania	17.5	+0.1	+2.9
130	🇱🇾 Libya	17.5	−12.5	+13.0
131	🇩🇿 Algeria	17.3	+0.2	+1.0
132	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	17.0	+2.0	+7.9
133	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	16.5	+0.2	−14.1
134	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	16.3	+0.6	+14.5
135	🇬🇳 Guinea	16.1	+4.4	+4.5
136	🇨🇲 Cameroon	15.2	+0.2	−0.6
137	🇫🇯 Fiji	14.5	+3.1	−22.6
138	🇴🇲 Oman	14.0	+0.1	+1.6
139	🇷🇼 Rwanda	13.9	+0.3	+1.6
140	🇮🇷 Iran	13.1	+0.2	−1.2
141	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	12.6	+0.1	−24.6
142	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.6	+0.2	+3.0
143	🇦🇴 Angola	12.2	0.0	+3.7
144	🇸🇴 Somalia	11.8	0.0	+6.0
145	🇾🇪 Yemen	11.7	−3.1	−3.6
146	🇹🇭 Thailand	11.6	−23.6	−26.6
147	🇻🇳 Vietnam	11.5	+0.2	+2.4
148	🇰🇭 Cambodia	11.4	0.0	−1.2
149	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.4	0.0	−0.7
150	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	11.0	+0.1	−1.2
151	🇷🇺 Russia	10.9	−0.7	−4.4
152	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	10.7	−3.7	−12.6
153	🇬🇲 The Gambia	10.5	0.0	−1.1
154	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	10.4	0.0	−0.6
155	🇻🇪 Venezuela	10.2	−0.7	−11.4
156	🇧🇮 Burundi	10.1	−0.8	−5.0
157	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	10.1	0.0	+0.4
158	🇧🇾 Belarus	9.9	0.0	+0.2
159	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.7	0.0	+0.1
160	🇹🇩 Chad	9.1	−0.2	−0.5
161	🇱🇦 Laos	9.0	0.0	+0.1
162	🇶🇦 Qatar	8.8	−0.1	−0.8
163	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	8.7	0.0	+1.9
164	🇪🇬 Egypt	8.5	−1.2	−6.6
165	🇸🇸 South Sudan	6.8	−0.7	—
166	Palestine/Gaza	6.6	−0.2	—
167	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.4	−0.3	−1.1
168	🇸🇩 Sudan	6.2	−0.1	+2.2
169	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.7	0.0	+1.7
170	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5.3	+0.1	0.0
171	🇨🇳 China	5.2	−0.1	−2.1
172	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5.2	−0.1	−2.8
173	🇧🇭 Bahrain	5.2	+0.1	−3.6
174	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.6	0.0	+0.7
175	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.7	0.0	+0.2
176	🇸🇾 Syria	2.4	0.0	−2.5
177	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.4	0.0	+1.0
178	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
179	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0.7	+0.1	+0.1

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 2014, with the highest score of 89.5 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2014?

In 2014, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (89.5), Sweden (88.5), and Norway (86.6).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2014?

Eritrea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.7.

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

Tunisia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 54.1 points over the past decade, standing at 63.2 (rank #45) in 2014.

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 2014 edition covers 179 countries.