Which countries have the strongest electoral democracies?

Every country ranked by the V-Dem electoral democracy index index for 2024 (179 countries, 0–1 scale).

Rank	Country	Score	1y change	10y change
1	Denmark	0.916	±0.000	−0.006
2	Ireland	0.895	±0.000	−0.001
3	Estonia	0.895	±0.000	+0.008
4	Switzerland	0.894	+0.007	−0.011
5	Belgium	0.886	−0.012	−0.018
6	Norway	0.884	±0.000	−0.006
7	Sweden	0.881	±0.000	−0.035
8	Czechia	0.870	+0.001	+0.013
9	Luxembourg	0.867	−0.007	−0.009
10	France	0.866	−0.010	−0.025
11	New Zealand	0.863	−0.015	−0.023
12	Costa Rica	0.859	±0.000	−0.046
13	Australia	0.857	+0.002	±0.000
14	Uruguay	0.848	+0.014	−0.063
15	Finland	0.847	−0.018	−0.042
16	Chile	0.844	+0.007	−0.050
17	Iceland	0.844	±0.000	−0.015
18	Canada	0.842	−0.006	+0.030
19	United States of America	0.840	−0.003	−0.060
20	Germany	0.839	−0.015	−0.049
21	Austria	0.839	−0.007	−0.033
22	Latvia	0.838	−0.009	+0.001
23	United Kingdom	0.833	−0.014	−0.033
24	Portugal	0.831	−0.020	−0.056
25	Spain	0.829	−0.021	−0.043
26	Netherlands	0.822	−0.021	−0.058
27	Japan	0.820	−0.008	−0.003
28	Italy	0.803	−0.013	−0.062
29	Jamaica	0.803	±0.000	+0.002
30	Brazil	0.801	+0.012	−0.076
31	Taiwan	0.800	−0.023	−0.004
32	Lithuania	0.799	+0.011	−0.032
33	Vanuatu	0.796	−0.019	+0.058
34	Barbados	0.786	−0.006	+0.007
35	Malta	0.785	+0.007	+0.010
36	Cyprus	0.774	−0.004	−0.071
37	Suriname	0.768	±0.000	+0.013
38	Cape Verde	0.757	±0.000	−0.046
39	Trinidad and Tobago	0.755	±0.000	+0.009
40	Slovakia	0.752	−0.065	−0.087
41	Greece	0.750	+0.010	−0.136
42	Seychelles	0.741	+0.003	+0.247
43	South Africa	0.734	+0.029	−0.018
44	Timor-Leste	0.733	+0.021	+0.094
45	Poland	0.729	+0.139	−0.155
46	South Korea	0.729	−0.004	+0.019
47	Panama	0.726	+0.001	−0.014
48	Croatia	0.723	−0.021	−0.105
49	Slovenia	0.716	−0.041	−0.149
50	Israel	0.715	−0.005	−0.029
51	Argentina	0.712	−0.126	−0.074
52	Dominican Republic	0.705	+0.022	+0.107
53	Colombia	0.701	−0.008	+0.019
54	Sao Tome and Principe	0.673	±0.000	−0.010
55	Ghana	0.669	+0.005	−0.078
56	Nepal	0.669	−0.023	+0.045
57	Solomon Islands	0.665	+0.036	+0.093
58	Sri Lanka	0.664	+0.090	+0.242
59	Lesotho	0.658	−0.017	+0.035
60	Kosovo	0.651	−0.024	+0.063
61	Ecuador	0.651	+0.012	+0.111
62	Bulgaria	0.646	−0.024	−0.031
63	Peru	0.634	−0.078	−0.186
64	The Gambia	0.634	−0.006	+0.392
65	Moldova	0.632	−0.077	+0.015
66	Romania	0.629	−0.045	−0.043
67	Armenia	0.623	−0.012	+0.280
68	Namibia	0.623	−0.004	−0.036
69	Senegal	0.617	−0.009	−0.112
70	Montenegro	0.615	+0.028	+0.149
71	Liberia	0.613	−0.010	+0.003
72	Guatemala	0.597	+0.092	+0.017
73	Botswana	0.594	+0.038	−0.113
74	Malawi	0.580	+0.004	+0.037
75	Paraguay	0.579	+0.004	−0.016
76	Bolivia	0.576	−0.008	−0.070
77	Maldives	0.564	−0.027	+0.162
78	North Macedonia	0.563	−0.005	+0.116
79	Bhutan	0.561	+0.021	−0.012
80	Kenya	0.549	−0.017	+0.014
81	Honduras	0.541	+0.003	+0.113
82	Malaysia	0.517	+0.010	+0.188
83	Fiji	0.516	+0.005	+0.319
84	Zambia	0.510	−0.017	+0.032
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.508	+0.004	−0.052
86	Albania	0.507	±0.000	−0.020
87	Mexico	0.505	−0.044	−0.115
88	Nigeria	0.502	+0.012	−0.030
89	Benin	0.501	+0.008	−0.104
90	Mongolia	0.496	−0.037	−0.191
91	Mauritius	0.492	+0.022	−0.238
92	Guyana	0.491	±0.000	−0.117
93	Indonesia	0.483	−0.055	−0.182
94	Georgia	0.480	−0.103	−0.187
95	Papua New Guinea	0.461	−0.006	+0.023
96	Sierra Leone	0.440	−0.053	−0.060
97	Hungary	0.436	−0.001	−0.231
98	Philippines	0.435	+0.001	−0.115
99	Tunisia	0.434	−0.027	−0.312
100	Ivory Coast	0.432	−0.014	−0.037
101	Somaliland	0.419	+0.009	+0.012
102	Madagascar	0.417	−0.062	−0.032
103	Tanzania	0.415	−0.004	−0.061
104	Singapore	0.414	+0.011	−0.002
105	India	0.398	+0.025	−0.224
106	Thailand	0.389	+0.100	+0.231
107	Ukraine	0.389	+0.002	−0.028
108	Togo	0.355	−0.039	−0.121
109	Iraq	0.351	−0.005	−0.051
110	Lebanon	0.348	−0.014	−0.145
111	Angola	0.340	+0.010	+0.048
112	El Salvador	0.339	−0.041	−0.327
113	Mauritania	0.333	−0.033	−0.091
114	Kyrgyzstan	0.333	−0.017	−0.112
115	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.327	−0.009	±0.000
116	Serbia	0.315	−0.045	−0.131
117	Pakistan	0.313	−0.022	−0.154
118	Mozambique	0.304	−0.051	−0.131
119	Central African Republic	0.302	−0.003	+0.021
120	Zanzibar	0.299	+0.001	−0.028
121	Kuwait	0.292	−0.024	−0.024
122	Türkiye	0.288	+0.003	−0.141
123	Cameroon	0.286	−0.004	−0.043
124	Comoros	0.282	+0.010	−0.213
125	Guinea-Bissau	0.280	−0.150	−0.159
126	Jordan	0.273	+0.022	+0.015
127	Uganda	0.272	−0.003	−0.045
128	Kazakhstan	0.272	+0.001	+0.040
129	Zimbabwe	0.270	−0.021	−0.026
130	Ethiopia	0.263	−0.019	+0.034
131	Morocco	0.263	+0.001	−0.005
132	Algeria	0.259	−0.006	−0.064
133	Republic of the Congo	0.254	+0.001	+0.003
134	Djibouti	0.250	±0.000	+0.007
135	Niger	0.240	−0.147	−0.385
136	Gabon	0.229	−0.100	−0.144
137	Haiti	0.218	+0.007	−0.206
138	Uzbekistan	0.215	+0.001	+0.048
139	Palestine/West Bank	0.214	−0.018	−0.039
140	Chad	0.204	+0.057	−0.074
141	Rwanda	0.202	−0.011	−0.022
142	Bangladesh	0.201	−0.052	−0.080
143	Mali	0.199	−0.032	−0.340
144	Venezuela	0.197	−0.010	−0.113
145	Libya	0.196	±0.000	−0.084
146	Egypt	0.186	−0.002	+0.051
147	Cambodia	0.186	−0.004	−0.109
148	Cuba	0.178	+0.003	+0.009
149	Equatorial Guinea	0.178	−0.006	−0.004
150	Burundi	0.175	−0.012	−0.096
151	Azerbaijan	0.175	−0.012	−0.020
152	Vietnam	0.174	+0.026	+0.027
153	Tajikistan	0.174	+0.008	−0.030
154	Oman	0.174	+0.004	+0.002
155	Russia	0.172	−0.018	−0.097
156	Somalia	0.169	−0.001	+0.003
157	Hong Kong	0.169	+0.015	−0.190
158	Iran	0.167	+0.013	−0.018
159	South Sudan	0.161	+0.002	−0.003
160	Guinea	0.161	−0.010	−0.207
161	Belarus	0.161	+0.004	−0.084
162	Burkina Faso	0.156	−0.055	−0.419
163	Nicaragua	0.153	−0.006	−0.168
164	Turkmenistan	0.149	±0.000	+0.005
165	Syria	0.145	−0.001	+0.007
166	Sudan	0.135	+0.002	−0.081
167	Laos	0.134	+0.002	+0.043
168	Eswatini	0.130	+0.008	−0.001
169	Yemen	0.127	−0.001	−0.174
170	Bahrain	0.124	±0.000	−0.032
171	United Arab Emirates	0.103	+0.001	+0.014
172	Palestine/Gaza	0.095	−0.028	−0.036
173	Qatar	0.087	+0.001	+0.045
174	Burma/Myanmar	0.083	+0.003	−0.269
175	North Korea	0.083	±0.000	−0.001
176	Afghanistan	0.081	+0.008	−0.274
177	China	0.073	−0.001	−0.011
178	Eritrea	0.068	−0.001	−0.002
179	Saudi Arabia	0.015	±0.000	−0.003

Frequently asked questions

Denmark ranks #1 of 179 countries on the V-Dem electoral democracy index index in 2024, with the highest score of 0.916 on a 0–1 scale.

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

In 2024, the top three of 179 ranked countries are Denmark (0.916), Ireland (0.895), and Estonia (0.895).

Which country ranks last on electoral democracy index in 2024?

Saudi Arabia ranks #179 of 179 with a score of 0.015.

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

Burkina Faso shows the largest 10-year shift: its score declined by 0.419 points over the past decade, standing at 0.156 (rank #162) in 2024.

How is the electoral democracy index index measured?

The index comes from the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) project and runs from 0 to 1. Higher scores are better. The 2024 edition covers 179 countries.