Which countries have the strongest electoral democracies?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem electoral democracy index index for 2025 (179 countries, 0–100 scale).

Electoral Democracy Index rankings, 2025 — 179 countries scored 0–100 (V-Dem)
Rank	Country	Score (0–100)	1y change	10y change
1	🇩🇰 Denmark	91.3	−0.4	−0.8
2	🇳🇴 Norway	89.0	+0.1	−1.4
3	🇸🇪 Sweden	88.9	+0.8	−2.6
4	🇧🇪 Belgium	88.9	−0.2	−1.2
5	🇮🇪 Ireland	88.7	−0.8	−0.8
6	🇪🇪 Estonia	88.7	−0.6	−0.7
7	🇨🇭 Switzerland	88.2	0.0	−2.1
8	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	86.9	0.0	−0.5
9	🇫🇷 France	86.5	+0.1	−1.8
10	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	86.2	0.0	−4.4
11	🇺🇾 Uruguay	86.2	+1.6	−3.5
12	🇫🇮 Finland	85.2	+2.5	−1.7
13	🇨🇿 Czechia	84.9	−1.6	−0.3
14	🇳🇿 New Zealand	84.9	−1.9	−3.4
15	🇦🇺 Australia	84.4	−0.4	−2.1
16	🇨🇦 Canada	84.0	−0.1	+3.3
17	🇨🇱 Chile	83.9	−0.6	−4.7
18	🇦🇹 Austria	83.9	−0.1	−3.4
19	🇱🇻 Latvia	83.4	0.0	−0.4
20	🇳🇱 Netherlands	83.2	+0.9	−4.7
21	🇩🇪 Germany	82.8	+0.3	−5.5
22	🇵🇹 Portugal	82.2	−1.4	−6.5
23	🇪🇸 Spain	82.2	−0.4	−3.4
24	🇯🇵 Japan	81.9	−0.3	+0.2
25	🇰🇷 South Korea	81.9	+9.5	+11.4
26	🇮🇸 Iceland	80.7	−3.5	−5.4
27	🇯🇲 Jamaica	80.5	+0.7	+0.7
28	🇹🇼 Taiwan	80.1	−0.3	−0.5
29	🇧🇧 Barbados	79.7	−0.5	+2.1
30	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	78.6	+1.3	−0.5
31	🇱🇹 Lithuania	78.6	−1.2	−5.0
32	🇧🇷 Brazil	78.4	−1.5	−7.7
33	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	78.3	+10.6	+23.3
34	🇲🇹 Malta	78.3	0.0	+0.5
35	🇸🇷 Suriname	78.1	+1.4	+2.4
36	🇨🇾 Cyprus	77.3	−0.4	−7.8
37	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	77.2	−6.0	−8.3
38	🇵🇱 Poland	76.8	+3.8	−10.8
39	🇸🇨 Seychelles	76.0	+2.3	+24.2
40	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	74.5	−0.7	−5.0
41	🇮🇹 Italy	74.5	−3.9	−12.0
42	🇿🇦 South Africa	74.3	+0.9	−1.2
43	🇬🇷 Greece	74.1	−0.3	−13.9
44	🇲🇺 Mauritius	73.8	+24.3	+0.1
45	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	73.6	+0.2	+9.2
46	🇺🇸 United States of America	73.5	−10.8	−16.5
47	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	73.5	+2.5	+14.5
48	🇸🇰 Slovakia	73.3	−1.3	−10.5
49	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	72.9	−7.1	−1.8
50	🇵🇦 Panama	72.8	0.0	−2.7
51	🇬🇭 Ghana	71.1	+4.6	−2.8
52	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	69.6	+0.8	+10.2
53	🇮🇱 Israel	69.4	−0.8	−3.9
54	🇸🇮 Slovenia	69.2	−3.3	−18.1
55	🇦🇷 Argentina	69.0	−3.1	−7.5
56	🇭🇷 Croatia	68.6	−2.4	−13.0
57	🇨🇴 Colombia	67.9	−1.9	−0.2
58	🇵🇪 Peru	66.7	+2.5	−15.0
59	🇧🇼 Botswana	66.5	+7.0	−2.5
60	🇱🇸 Lesotho	66.1	+0.9	+6.4
61	🇳🇵 Nepal	65.6	−1.3	+1.3
62	🇬🇲 The Gambia	64.1	+1.1	+39.7
63	🇬🇹 Guatemala	63.7	+2.8	+5.0
64	🇲🇪 Montenegro	63.6	−0.4	+15.2
65	🇸🇳 Senegal	63.3	+2.8	−9.3
66	🇳🇦 Namibia	63.3	+0.9	−7.4
67	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	63.2	0.0	−3.2
68	🇽🇰 Kosovo	63.1	−1.7	−2.0
69	🇦🇲 Armenia	61.4	−1.1	+26.8
70	🇪🇨 Ecuador	60.7	−3.4	+7.4
71	🇧🇴 Bolivia	60.5	+2.8	−0.4
72	🇷🇴 Romania	60.5	−2.3	−11.1
73	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	59.9	−4.6	−7.2
74	🇱🇷 Liberia	59.7	−1.3	−1.4
75	🇵🇾 Paraguay	58.1	0.0	−1.2
76	🇧🇹 Bhutan	56.6	+0.1	−0.2
77	🇰🇪 Kenya	56.3	+0.6	+2.4
78	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	56.2	+0.5	+12.2
79	🇲🇼 Malawi	55.7	−0.6	+1.7
80	🇲🇻 Maldives	55.6	−2.1	+17.6
81	🇲🇩 Moldova	55.3	−6.9	−1.7
82	🇲🇳 Mongolia	53.5	+3.7	−14.6
83	🇬🇾 Guyana	51.5	+2.4	−13.5
84	🇭🇳 Honduras	51.1	−2.7	+8.5
85	🇫🇯 Fiji	50.7	−0.7	+12.2
86	🇳🇬 Nigeria	50.5	+0.6	−4.9
87	🇲🇾 Malaysia	50.4	−0.9	+17.9
88	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	49.8	−0.9	−4.9
89	🇿🇲 Zambia	49.7	−1.5	+3.9
90	🇧🇯 Benin	49.3	+0.2	−15.9
91	🇦🇱 Albania	48.4	−2.6	−3.4
92	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	47.1	0.0	−4.3
93	🇲🇽 Mexico	46.9	−2.7	−17.4
94	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	46.7	+0.5	+2.3
95	🇮🇩 Indonesia	46.2	−3.4	−19.2
96	Somaliland	44.5	+2.5	+4.4
97	🇸🇬 Singapore	43.4	+1.6	+1.8
98	🇹🇭 Thailand	42.4	+1.4	+26.4
99	🇭🇺 Hungary	42.1	−2.3	−19.6
100	🇱🇧 Lebanon	41.9	+7.2	−6.1
101	🇬🇪 Georgia	40.1	−7.9	−26.7
102	🇹🇳 Tunisia	39.5	−2.7	−33.2
103	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	39.4	−3.5	−7.9
104	🇵🇭 Philippines	39.2	−1.9	−13.0
105	🇺🇦 Ukraine	38.6	−0.1	−3.4
106	🇮🇳 India	37.7	−0.4	−16.6
107	🇮🇶 Iraq	36.9	+0.8	−2.7
108	🇹🇿 Tanzania	36.5	−4.8	−8.8
109	🇲🇬 Madagascar	36.1	−4.2	−11.5
110	🇹🇬 Togo	35.1	+0.1	−12.0
111	🇦🇴 Angola	34.4	+0.2	+5.4
112	🇲🇷 Mauritania	32.8	−0.9	−10.3
113	🇸🇻 El Salvador	32.1	−1.4	−33.7
114	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	31.3	−0.8	−14.2
115	Zanzibar	30.9	+2.1	+1.0
116	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	30.6	−0.2	−1.0
117	🇵🇰 Pakistan	30.2	−1.1	−13.9
118	🇬🇦 Gabon	30.2	+7.5	−7.3
119	🇷🇸 Serbia	30.0	−1.5	−12.2
120	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	29.3	−0.6	+0.9
121	🇹🇷 Türkiye	29.3	+0.4	−9.5
122	🇰🇲 Comoros	29.3	+1.7	−10.2
123	🇯🇴 Jordan	28.2	+0.8	+2.7
124	🇲🇿 Mozambique	27.9	−3.1	−15.8
125	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	26.8	−0.4	−3.4
126	🇩🇿 Algeria	26.5	+0.5	−6.6
127	🇨🇲 Cameroon	26.0	−1.7	−6.4
128	🇲🇦 Morocco	25.9	−0.2	−0.5
129	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	25.9	−0.8	+2.5
130	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	25.7	−0.3	+2.9
131	🇺🇬 Uganda	25.3	−0.8	−4.7
132	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	25.2	−2.7	−24.9
133	🇩🇯 Djibouti	25.0	0.0	+0.5
134	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	24.3	−1.2	−0.6
135	🇹🇩 Chad	24.2	+4.0	−3.7
136	🇭🇹 Haiti	23.8	+0.1	−18.7
137	🇳🇪 Niger	22.7	−1.0	−39.5
138	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	21.8	+0.4	+5.2
139	🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank	21.4	+0.2	−3.0
140	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	19.5	−3.0	−8.0
141	🇱🇾 Libya	19.3	−0.2	−9.2
142	🇷🇼 Rwanda	19.3	−0.8	−3.3
143	🇪🇬 Egypt	18.7	+0.1	+3.1
144	🇬🇳 Guinea	18.7	+2.8	−18.8
145	🇧🇮 Burundi	18.5	+0.7	−1.1
146	🇰🇭 Cambodia	18.3	−0.1	−10.8
147	🇻🇪 Venezuela	18.1	−1.5	−11.9
148	🇨🇺 Cuba	17.6	−0.2	+0.8
149	🇴🇲 Oman	17.5	0.0	+0.3
150	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	17.2	−0.4	−0.6
151	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	17.1	−0.3	−2.2
152	🇷🇺 Russia	17.0	−0.1	−9.5
153	🇸🇴 Somalia	16.5	0.0	+0.3
154	🇲🇱 Mali	16.4	−2.8	−37.9
155	🇧🇾 Belarus	16.3	+0.3	−8.4
156	🇮🇷 Iran	15.9	−0.7	−2.7
157	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	15.8	−1.0	−2.6
158	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	15.1	0.0	−16.7
159	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	15.1	−0.7	−19.4
160	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	14.8	−0.1	+0.5
161	🇻🇳 Vietnam	14.6	−1.3	−0.2
162	🇧🇭 Bahrain	13.9	+0.1	−0.5
163	🇰🇼 Kuwait	13.8	−6.0	−17.3
164	🇱🇦 Laos	13.5	0.0	+4.5
165	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	13.4	−2.0	−24.2
166	🇸🇸 South Sudan	13.3	−2.1	−3.3
167	🇸🇩 Sudan	13.0	−0.7	−9.0
168	🇸🇾 Syria	12.8	−1.5	−0.8
169	🇸🇿 Eswatini	12.8	−0.1	−0.3
170	Palestine/Gaza	12.8	+3.3	+0.9
171	🇾🇪 Yemen	12.7	+0.1	−5.7
172	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	10.4	0.0	+0.9
173	🇰🇵 North Korea	8.3	−0.1	−0.2
174	🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar	8.0	0.0	−29.0
175	🇨🇳 China	7.2	−0.1	−1.0
176	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	6.9	−1.1	−27.9
177	🇪🇷 Eritrea	6.9	0.0	0.0
178	🇶🇦 Qatar	3.4	−5.3	−0.7
179	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	1.6	+0.1	0.0

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem electoral democracy index index in 2025, with the highest score of 91.3 on a 0–100 scale.

What are the top 3 countries for electoral democracy index in 2025?

In 2025, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (91.3), Norway (89.0), and Sweden (88.9).

Which country ranks last on electoral democracy index in 2025?

Saudi Arabia ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 1.6.

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

The Gambia shows the largest 10-year shift: its score improved by 39.7 points over the past decade, standing at 64.1 (rank #62) in 2025.

How is the electoral 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 2025 edition covers 179 countries.