Democracy Index 2024

V-Dem liberal democracy rankings as they stood in 2024 — 179 countries scored on a 0–100 scale, with changes versus one and ten years earlier.

Liberal Democracy Index rankings, 2024 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	88.5	+0.1	−1.0
2	🇪🇪 Estonia	84.8	+0.3	+1.0
3	🇳🇴 Norway	84.7	+0.6	−1.9
4	🇸🇪 Sweden	84.6	−0.3	−3.9
5	🇨🇭 Switzerland	84.3	+0.5	−1.8
6	🇮🇪 Ireland	83.0	+0.1	+0.6
7	🇨🇿 Czechia	81.1	+1.5	+4.5
8	🇳🇿 New Zealand	81.1	−1.3	−2.0
9	🇧🇪 Belgium	81.0	−0.2	−2.8
10	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	80.9	0.0	−4.5
11	🇫🇷 France	80.0	−0.7	−2.1
12	🇦🇺 Australia	79.6	−0.6	−1.9
13	🇨🇱 Chile	78.6	+0.7	−6.4
14	🇫🇮 Finland	78.2	−3.0	−7.6
15	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	78.1	−0.8	−1.2
16	🇩🇪 Germany	77.8	−3.4	−6.7
17	🇺🇾 Uruguay	76.8	+1.2	−7.5
18	🇳🇱 Netherlands	76.6	−2.5	−6.5
19	🇦🇹 Austria	76.2	−1.3	−4.3
20	🇱🇻 Latvia	75.9	−0.3	+1.1
21	🇮🇸 Iceland	75.7	+0.6	−1.6
22	🇵🇹 Portugal	75.4	−0.3	−7.5
23	🇺🇸 United States of America	75.1	−3.8	−9.7
24	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	75.0	−2.1	−4.4
25	🇨🇦 Canada	74.4	+0.2	+0.2
26	🇪🇸 Spain	74.3	−1.6	−3.1
27	🇯🇵 Japan	73.7	−0.8	−0.2
28	🇱🇹 Lithuania	73.2	+0.8	−4.1
29	🇧🇷 Brazil	71.2	+1.7	−7.1
30	🇹🇼 Taiwan	70.7	−1.8	+2.2
31	🇮🇹 Italy	68.7	−4.0	−9.9
32	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	68.6	−1.8	+6.0
33	🇧🇧 Barbados	68.5	+0.1	+2.3
34	🇯🇲 Jamaica	67.6	−0.1	−0.3
35	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	65.3	−0.8	−0.9
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	65.3	+1.0	−8.0
37	🇸🇨 Seychelles	65.2	+1.1	+25.2
38	🇿🇦 South Africa	64.8	+4.6	+0.7
39	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	64.2	−0.4	−6.5
40	🇸🇷 Suriname	63.4	+0.1	+0.7
41	🇸🇮 Slovenia	63.0	−2.9	−16.4
42	🇰🇷 South Korea	62.7	+0.7	+2.7
43	🇲🇹 Malta	62.1	−0.2	+3.4
44	🇵🇱 Poland	61.3	+15.6	−19.9
45	🇭🇷 Croatia	60.7	−2.1	−9.7
46	🇮🇱 Israel	59.7	−1.9	−5.7
47	🇸🇰 Slovakia	59.0	−13.4	−13.6
48	🇵🇦 Panama	57.8	+2.1	+3.4
49	🇬🇷 Greece	56.5	−0.8	−23.9
50	🇬🇭 Ghana	56.0	+0.5	−7.0
51	🇦🇷 Argentina	55.8	−13.7	−3.7
52	🇨🇴 Colombia	55.4	−1.6	+0.9
53	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	54.5	+1.9	+7.4
54	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	53.6	+1.9	+8.6
55	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	53.3	−4.7	−2.8
56	🇳🇵 Nepal	52.0	−0.8	+1.9
57	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	51.9	−2.1	−2.9
58	🇳🇦 Namibia	51.6	+1.3	−2.6
59	🇬🇲 The Gambia	51.0	−0.6	+40.5
60	🇱🇸 Lesotho	50.7	−1.4	+2.7
61	🇲🇩 Moldova	50.3	−9.9	−1.3
62	🇵🇪 Peru	50.1	−7.1	−19.0
63	🇲🇪 Montenegro	50.0	+0.9	+11.2
64	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	49.7	+7.1	+23.0
65	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	49.5	+2.4	+14.3
66	🇬🇹 Guatemala	49.2	+15.4	+8.0
67	🇲🇼 Malawi	47.2	−0.7	+3.5
68	🇽🇰 Kosovo	47.1	−2.3	+5.7
69	🇧🇼 Botswana	47.0	+2.6	−14.0
70	🇸🇳 Senegal	46.1	−1.3	−12.3
71	🇧🇹 Bhutan	45.7	+1.0	−1.8
72	🇷🇴 Romania	44.9	−5.4	−12.1
73	🇪🇨 Ecuador	44.3	−2.0	+18.1
74	🇰🇪 Kenya	43.7	−2.6	+1.1
75	🇲🇻 Maldives	43.5	−1.8	+22.6
76	🇦🇲 Armenia	41.2	−0.9	+21.1
77	🇫🇯 Fiji	41.0	−0.1	+26.5
78	🇦🇱 Albania	39.8	+0.4	−3.8
79	🇱🇷 Liberia	39.8	−2.3	−5.2
80	🇿🇲 Zambia	39.0	−3.7	+0.2
81	🇵🇾 Paraguay	39.0	−3.0	−2.4
82	🇲🇳 Mongolia	38.5	−2.7	−17.1
83	🇭🇳 Honduras	38.3	−1.5	+11.3
84	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	38.0	+0.8	+3.4
85	🇲🇺 Mauritius	37.1	+1.8	−24.6
86	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	37.0	+0.7	+9.4
87	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	36.3	−2.8	+4.5
88	🇲🇾 Malaysia	35.9	−0.3	+15.1
89	🇹🇿 Tanzania	35.7	+0.2	−3.7
90	🇸🇬 Singapore	34.8	+1.4	+1.8
91	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.6	0.0	−3.4
92	🇮🇩 Indonesia	33.2	−1.6	−18.0
93	🇬🇪 Georgia	32.7	−12.9	−17.3
94	🇭🇺 Hungary	32.5	+0.2	−19.6
95	🇧🇯 Benin	32.3	+1.0	−16.2
96	🇳🇬 Nigeria	31.4	−0.2	−7.5
97	🇬🇾 Guyana	31.4	+0.1	−7.1
98	🇧🇴 Bolivia	31.0	−3.4	−8.1
99	🇹🇭 Thailand	30.6	+6.0	+19.0
100	🇵🇭 Philippines	30.1	+1.3	−10.7
101	🇮🇳 India	28.1	+0.8	−20.7
102	Somaliland	27.2	+2.1	+2.5
103	🇹🇳 Tunisia	27.1	−1.2	−36.1
104	🇯🇴 Jordan	27.0	+2.0	+4.9
105	🇲🇦 Morocco	25.2	0.0	+2.2
106	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	24.8	+0.8	−5.1
107	Zanzibar	24.7	+1.2	−0.4
108	🇲🇽 Mexico	24.6	−5.6	−17.5
109	🇺🇦 Ukraine	23.0	−0.9	+1.5
110	🇱🇧 Lebanon	22.6	−0.8	−7.6
111	🇷🇸 Serbia	22.5	−2.3	−12.5
112	🇮🇶 Iraq	21.0	+0.2	−2.7
113	🇲🇬 Madagascar	20.1	−2.4	−3.1
114	🇵🇰 Pakistan	19.3	−1.2	−9.0
115	🇲🇿 Mozambique	18.9	−3.5	−11.0
116	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	18.5	−1.2	−12.9
117	🇳🇪 Niger	18.2	−10.3	−32.0
118	🇰🇼 Kuwait	17.9	−11.5	−10.0
119	🇺🇬 Uganda	16.8	−1.1	−5.8
120	🇹🇬 Togo	16.7	−2.7	−8.4
121	🇦🇴 Angola	16.1	+0.7	+3.9
122	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	15.6	−1.9	−5.7
123	🇬🇦 Gabon	15.1	−3.4	−7.2
124	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	14.2	+0.3	−16.9
125	🇲🇱 Mali	14.1	−0.4	−18.6
126	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	14.0	−9.1	−13.0
127	🇴🇲 Oman	13.9	0.0	−0.1
128	🇲🇷 Mauritania	13.6	−4.7	−3.9
129	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	13.3	−0.6	+2.3
130	🇸🇴 Somalia	12.7	−0.4	+0.9
131	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	12.6	−5.3	−29.1
132	🇨🇲 Cameroon	12.6	+0.4	−2.6
133	🇪🇬 Egypt	12.3	0.0	+3.8
134	🇩🇿 Algeria	12.3	0.0	−5.0
135	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	12.3	0.0	−0.3
136	🇰🇲 Comoros	12.2	+0.4	−15.5
137	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	11.9	−0.2	+1.8
138	🇩🇯 Djibouti	11.8	0.0	+0.4
139	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	11.8	−0.6	−4.7
140	🇱🇦 Laos	11.7	+1.1	+2.7
141	🇻🇳 Vietnam	10.9	−0.2	−0.6
142	🇹🇷 Türkiye	10.9	+0.1	−14.3
143	🇱🇾 Libya	10.9	+0.4	−6.6
144	🇭🇹 Haiti	10.1	+1.7	−16.1
145	🇸🇿 Eswatini	10.1	+0.2	+0.4
146	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	9.7	+0.3	−1.0
147	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	9.7	−0.5	−7.3
148	🇶🇦 Qatar	9.5	+1.2	+0.7
149	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	9.3	−1.3	−1.1
150	🇷🇼 Rwanda	9.1	−0.8	−4.8
151	🇸🇻 El Salvador	9.0	−1.6	−37.5
152	🇮🇷 Iran	8.8	+1.1	−4.3
153	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	7.7	0.0	−1.0
154	🇬🇳 Guinea	7.5	−0.4	−8.6
155	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	7.4	−0.5	+3.7
156	🇸🇸 South Sudan	7.1	+0.1	+0.3
157	🇧🇮 Burundi	6.2	+0.6	−3.9
158	🇧🇭 Bahrain	6.2	−0.2	+1.0
159	🇷🇺 Russia	5.7	−0.8	−5.2
160	🇨🇺 Cuba	5.6	+0.1	−0.1
161	Palestine/Gaza	5.5	−1.8	−1.1
162	🇸🇾 Syria	5.4	+1.0	+3.0
163	🇹🇩 Chad	5.4	+0.3	−3.7
164	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	5.3	−0.9	−1.1
165	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	4.9	−0.5	−0.4
166	🇰🇭 Cambodia	4.8	−0.4	−6.6
167	🇾🇪 Yemen	4.7	+0.2	−7.0
168	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	4.7	+0.2	+0.1
169	🇻🇪 Venezuela	4.6	−0.7	−5.6
170	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	4.1	+0.5	−1.1
171	🇨🇳 China	3.7	0.0	−1.5
172	🇧🇾 Belarus	3.6	+0.1	−6.3
173	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	3.4	0.0	+1.0
174	🇸🇩 Sudan	3.0	−0.9	−3.2
175	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	2.0	−0.1	−10.6
176	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	1.5	0.0	−14.8
177	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.4	−0.1	−18.5
178	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.4	0.0	0.0
179	🇪🇷 Eritrea	0.9	−0.1	+0.2

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 2024, with the highest score of 88.5 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for liberal democracy index in 2024?

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (88.5), Estonia (84.8), and Norway (84.7).

Which country ranks last on liberal democracy index in 2024?

Eritrea ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.9.

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

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 40.5 points over the past decade, standing at 51.0 (rank #59) in 2024.

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 2024 edition covers 179 countries.