Democracy Index 2022

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2022 — 179 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2022 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	88.7	+0.5	−0.8
2	🇸🇪 Sweden	86.1	−0.5	−2.5
3	🇪🇪 Estonia	85.3	0.0	+2.1
4	🇨🇭 Switzerland	84.8	−0.3	−1.4
5	🇳🇴 Norway	84.2	−0.1	−2.7
6	🇧🇪 Belgium	83.3	+0.6	−0.2
7	🇮🇪 Ireland	82.7	−0.6	+0.5
8	🇫🇮 Finland	82.7	−0.8	−1.7
9	🇳🇿 New Zealand	82.2	+0.9	−1.8
10	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	81.3	−3.0	−4.4
11	🇫🇷 France	80.7	+1.8	−1.3
12	🇩🇪 Germany	80.6	−0.8	−5.7
13	🇳🇱 Netherlands	79.8	−1.4	−2.7
14	🇦🇺 Australia	79.4	+1.5	−6.4
15	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	78.8	+0.3	−0.4
16	🇨🇿 Czechia	78.4	+8.6	−3.0
17	🇪🇸 Spain	78.2	+0.7	−1.7
18	🇨🇱 Chile	77.6	−0.1	−6.8
19	🇺🇸 United States of America	76.9	+1.3	−7.3
20	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	76.8	−1.3	−3.6
21	🇮🇹 Italy	76.3	−1.1	−3.0
22	🇦🇹 Austria	76.2	−2.2	−4.1
23	🇸🇰 Slovakia	76.0	+0.3	+2.1
24	🇵🇹 Portugal	75.8	−5.2	−7.2
25	🇺🇾 Uruguay	74.7	−4.2	−10.0
26	🇨🇦 Canada	74.5	−0.4	+0.7
27	🇮🇸 Iceland	74.2	−0.3	−5.2
28	🇱🇻 Latvia	74.0	0.0	+1.2
29	🇯🇵 Japan	73.8	+0.2	−3.6
30	🇱🇹 Lithuania	73.4	+0.2	−4.9
31	🇹🇼 Taiwan	72.9	+1.8	+5.3
32	🇸🇮 Slovenia	72.8	+10.4	−4.0
33	🇰🇷 South Korea	71.8	−5.7	+6.0
34	🇯🇲 Jamaica	69.2	+0.1	+2.5
35	🇧🇧 Barbados	68.2	−0.4	+1.5
36	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	68.1	+0.8	+6.1
37	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	66.1	−1.1	−2.6
38	🇸🇷 Suriname	65.5	+1.6	+3.1
39	🇦🇷 Argentina	65.4	+1.5	+7.2
40	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	65.1	−2.5	−5.1
41	🇸🇨 Seychelles	64.8	+1.4	+27.5
42	🇨🇾 Cyprus	64.5	−0.8	−8.8
43	🇲🇩 Moldova	64.3	+2.5	+8.5
44	🇮🇱 Israel	64.0	+0.1	−3.5
45	🇭🇷 Croatia	63.6	−0.5	−10.8
46	🇵🇪 Peru	62.1	−3.9	−7.7
47	🇲🇹 Malta	61.7	+1.2	−0.7
48	🇿🇦 South Africa	61.0	+0.1	−5.8
49	🇬🇷 Greece	60.7	−2.3	−20.3
50	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	60.2	+5.3	+4.1
51	🇨🇴 Colombia	56.1	+6.2	+2.1
52	🇬🇭 Ghana	55.9	+0.5	−10.2
53	🇵🇦 Panama	55.9	+1.5	+0.5
54	🇷🇴 Romania	54.2	−6.9	+0.2
55	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	54.2	−1.2	+0.5
56	🇧🇷 Brazil	54.0	+0.9	−23.7
57	🇸🇳 Senegal	53.6	−2.2	−0.4
58	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	51.6	+1.5	+2.1
59	🇲🇼 Malawi	51.2	−1.0	+8.8
60	🇱🇸 Lesotho	50.9	+1.1	+5.6
61	🇽🇰 Kosovo	50.8	+1.4	+13.2
62	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	50.5	+0.4	+5.8
63	🇪🇨 Ecuador	50.4	+5.0	+19.8
64	🇳🇦 Namibia	50.3	−0.3	−3.0
65	🇳🇵 Nepal	50.1	+1.0	+19.1
66	🇬🇲 The Gambia	50.0	+8.3	+38.7
67	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	47.8	−0.6	+11.2
68	🇧🇹 Bhutan	46.6	−1.6	−4.1
69	🇬🇪 Georgia	46.4	+1.0	+10.3
70	🇲🇳 Mongolia	46.2	−3.3	−10.4
71	🇧🇼 Botswana	45.9	−1.8	−15.8
72	🇰🇪 Kenya	45.0	+2.7	+9.2
73	🇦🇲 Armenia	44.8	−8.4	+24.7
74	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	44.0	+4.7	+19.4
75	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	43.9	+0.3	+11.5
76	🇿🇲 Zambia	43.6	+9.7	+1.5
77	🇲🇻 Maldives	43.6	+1.2	+10.3
78	🇵🇾 Paraguay	43.0	+0.3	−5.0
79	🇲🇪 Montenegro	42.9	−0.3	+1.6
80	🇦🇱 Albania	42.8	−1.0	−1.6
81	🇵🇱 Poland	41.7	−0.7	−40.8
82	🇱🇷 Liberia	40.9	+0.1	−7.3
83	🇮🇩 Indonesia	39.0	−0.8	−14.4
84	🇭🇳 Honduras	38.9	+14.1	+14.9
85	🇳🇪 Niger	38.7	−1.4	−9.5
86	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	37.3	−1.6	+5.8
87	🇲🇺 Mauritius	37.3	−5.0	−28.3
88	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	36.9	+1.4	+1.5
89	🇹🇿 Tanzania	34.7	+2.3	−5.4
90	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.4	+1.6	−2.6
91	🇧🇴 Bolivia	33.8	−2.4	−5.3
92	🇭🇺 Hungary	33.5	−1.1	−28.6
93	🇲🇽 Mexico	33.0	−4.1	−12.7
94	🇬🇾 Guyana	32.9	−0.6	−4.0
95	🇸🇬 Singapore	32.8	−0.1	−0.6
96	🇳🇬 Nigeria	32.1	−1.0	−3.9
97	🇲🇾 Malaysia	31.6	+1.6	+9.8
98	🇬🇹 Guatemala	31.4	−4.5	−7.7
99	🇮🇳 India	29.1	−1.6	−23.4
100	🇧🇯 Benin	28.5	+1.4	−19.8
101	🇰🇼 Kuwait	28.1	+0.7	+0.2
102	🇵🇭 Philippines	27.7	+0.6	−13.6
103	🇫🇯 Fiji	26.3	−0.6	+15.7
104	🇷🇸 Serbia	25.9	+2.3	−22.7
105	🇲🇦 Morocco	25.2	+1.2	+1.7
106	Somaliland	25.1	+0.1	−1.1
107	🇱🇧 Lebanon	25.0	−1.2	−3.2
108	🇯🇴 Jordan	24.4	−0.5	+2.7
109	🇲🇿 Mozambique	24.0	−0.4	−5.6
110	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	23.7	−1.9	−9.1
111	🇲🇬 Madagascar	23.7	0.0	+13.7
112	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	23.6	+0.3	−6.7
113	Zanzibar	23.6	+0.9	−1.5
114	🇺🇦 Ukraine	23.5	−8.8	−2.5
115	🇵🇰 Pakistan	22.7	−2.1	−5.6
116	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	22.4	−23.2	−13.4
117	🇹🇬 Togo	21.6	+0.2	−1.9
118	🇮🇶 Iraq	20.4	−1.4	−4.6
119	🇬🇦 Gabon	19.9	0.0	−1.1
120	🇹🇳 Tunisia	19.6	−26.8	−44.6
121	🇹🇭 Thailand	19.5	+0.8	−20.5
122	🇲🇷 Mauritania	19.5	0.0	−3.5
123	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	18.6	−0.8	−1.6
124	🇺🇬 Uganda	18.5	+0.5	−4.7
125	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	16.9	−0.7	−1.3
126	🇭🇹 Haiti	15.4	−5.0	−11.4
127	🇦🇴 Angola	15.3	+0.2	+3.2
128	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	15.0	+1.0	+0.9
129	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	14.9	−1.9	−16.7
130	🇲🇱 Mali	14.7	−0.8	−8.6
131	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	14.7	−17.4	−2.4
132	🇨🇲 Cameroon	13.8	+1.7	−2.1
133	🇴🇲 Oman	13.8	−0.2	0.0
134	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	13.4	−0.2	+2.8
135	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	13.4	+1.3	+2.1
136	🇩🇿 Algeria	12.6	−1.3	−4.1
137	🇰🇲 Comoros	12.4	0.0	−13.2
138	🇪🇬 Egypt	12.3	+0.7	−3.4
139	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	12.2	−0.6	−2.0
140	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.9	−0.1	+0.4
141	🇸🇻 El Salvador	11.8	−3.8	−31.1
142	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	11.4	−0.2	+1.9
143	🇸🇴 Somalia	11.4	+0.3	+0.7
144	🇱🇦 Laos	11.3	+0.9	+2.4
145	🇹🇷 Türkiye	11.0	−0.3	−23.6
146	🇷🇼 Rwanda	11.0	0.0	−2.6
147	🇱🇾 Libya	10.8	−2.1	−10.2
148	🇻🇳 Vietnam	10.6	−0.3	+0.1
149	🇸🇿 Eswatini	9.7	+0.2	+0.4
150	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	9.1	−0.1	−7.5
151	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	8.6	+0.2	0.0
152	🇬🇳 Guinea	8.2	−1.6	−3.3
153	🇶🇦 Qatar	8.1	0.0	−1.5
154	🇮🇷 Iran	7.8	−1.3	−4.3
155	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	7.8	0.0	+4.2
156	🇧🇮 Burundi	7.7	+1.0	−5.7
157	🇷🇺 Russia	7.0	−2.4	−5.2
158	🇧🇭 Bahrain	6.4	+0.1	+1.5
159	🇸🇸 South Sudan	6.3	+0.5	−3.7
160	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.2	−0.4	−0.5
161	🇰🇭 Cambodia	5.9	0.0	−5.9
162	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.6	0.0	+0.4
163	Palestine/Gaza	5.5	+0.2	−4.0
164	🇻🇪 Venezuela	5.4	−0.2	−9.1
165	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.9	−0.2	0.0
166	🇸🇩 Sudan	4.8	−0.3	−1.2
167	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.6	+0.1	0.0
168	🇨🇳 China	4.2	−0.2	−1.4
169	🇾🇪 Yemen	4.1	+0.8	−12.3
170	🇹🇩 Chad	4.1	−1.3	−5.8
171	🇧🇾 Belarus	3.6	+0.1	−5.8
172	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	3.6	−0.3	−2.6
173	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	3.2	−0.1	+0.9
174	🇸🇾 Syria	3.1	−0.2	0.0
175	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	2.7	−0.7	−12.9
176	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.6	−0.4	−11.8
177	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
178	🇪🇷 Eritrea	1.2	+0.2	+0.7
179	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.1	−3.0	−18.3

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 2022, with the highest score of 88.7 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2022?

In 2022, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (88.7), Sweden (86.1), and Estonia (85.3).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2022?

Afghanistan ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 1.1.

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

Tunisia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score declined by 44.6 points over the past decade, standing at 19.6 (rank #120) in 2022.

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 2022 edition covers 179 countries.