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# 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: Politics & Democracy

By V-Dem's measure, no — Uzbekistan scores 7.9 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range.

Liberal democracy rank (2025)

\#154 of 179

Score (0–100)

7.9

10-year change

+4.3

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## Current leaders

Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Head of State · Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party

since 2016-09-08

## Democracy trend

Uzbekistan — V-Dem liberal democracy index, 1912–2025 (0–100 scale). Latest: 7.9 in 2025.

## Frequently asked questions

Is Uzbekistan a democracy?

By V-Dem's measure, no — Uzbekistan scores 7.9 on the 0–100 liberal democracy index, which places it firmly in the autocratic range. It ranks #154 of 179 countries in 2025.

Is democracy in Uzbekistan improving or declining?

Uzbekistan's V-Dem liberal democracy score rose by 4.3 points over the past decade (an improvement on this index), standing at 7.9 in 2025 (1-year change: +0.5).

Who leads Uzbekistan?

Shavkat Mirziyoyev is Uzbekistan's head of state (Self-Sacrifice National Democratic Party).

## More on Uzbekistan

[Full country profile](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/uzbekistan)[Blocs & alliances](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/uzbekistan/blocs-alliances)[Treaties](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/uzbekistan/treaties)[Background](https://modeldiplomat.com/country/uzbekistan/background)[Politics & democracy](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/uzbekistan)

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- [Where Uzbekistan ranks on the global democracy index](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/democracy-index)
- [Upcoming elections worldwide](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/elections)
- [UN General Assembly voting by topic](https://modeldiplomat.com/politics/un)

Data source: Coppedge, Michael et al. 'V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v16', Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project, https\://www\.v-dem.net, CC BY 4.0.