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social2025

Liberal democracy index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.4value
Median: 0.4value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Denmark
0.9value
Lowest
Eritrea
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark0.9value
2Sweden0.9value
3Norway0.8value
4Switzerland0.8value
5Estonia0.8value
By Region
Oceania0.8value(2 countries)
Europe0.7value(32 countries)
South America0.6value(7 countries)
North America0.5value(4 countries)
Africa0.3value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (0.9value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.4value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Other (95)
Asia (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Denmark0.9value
2Sweden0.9value
3Norway0.8value
4Switzerland0.8value
5Estonia0.8value
6Ireland0.8value
7Costa Rica0.8value
8Finland0.8value
9France0.8value
10Czech Republic0.8value
11Belgium0.8value
12Australia0.8value
13Uruguay0.8value
14New Zealand0.8value
15Germany0.8value
16Chile0.8value
17Luxembourg0.8value
18Netherlands0.8value
19Austria0.8value
20Latvia0.8value
21Spain0.7value
22South Korea0.7value
23Canada0.7value
24Japan0.7value
25Iceland0.7value
26Portugal0.7value
27Lithuania0.7value
28Taiwan, Province of China0.7value
29Brazil0.7value
30United Kingdom0.7value
31Seychelles0.7value
32Jamaica0.7value
33Barbados0.7value
34Trinidad and Tobago0.7value
35Cyprus0.7value
36Poland0.6value
37Italy0.6value
38Mauritius0.6value
39South Africa0.6value
40Cape Verde0.6value
41Suriname0.6value
42Vanuatu0.6value
43Malta0.6value
44Sri Lanka0.6value
45Ghana0.6value
46Croatia0.6value
47Slovenia0.6value
48Israel0.6value
49Panama0.6value
50Slovakia0.6value
51United States of America0.6value
52Greece0.6value
53Colombia0.6value
54Timor-Leste0.5value
55Solomon Islands0.5value
56Argentina0.5value
57Guatemala0.5value
58Republic of The Gambia0.5value
59Botswana0.5value
60Namibia0.5value
61Sao Tome and Principe0.5value
62Lesotho0.5value
63Peru0.5value
64Dominican Republic0.5value
65Nepal0.5value
66Montenegro0.5value
67Bulgaria0.5value
68Senegal0.5value
69Romania0.5value
70Malawi0.5value
71Bhutan0.5value
72Moldova, Republic of0.4value
73Kenya0.4value
74Mongolia0.4value
75Liberia0.4value
76Maldives0.4value
77Fiji0.4value
78Ecuador0.4value
79Papua New Guinea0.4value
80Albania0.4value
81Honduras0.4value
82Paraguay0.4value
83Zambia0.4value
84The Republic of North Macedonia0.4value
85Armenia0.4value
86Singapore0.4value
87Malaysia0.4value
88Bolivia0.4value
89Sierra Leone0.3value
90Bosnia and Herzegovina0.3value
91Guyana0.3value
92Benin0.3value
93Hungary0.3value
94Thailand0.3value
95Nigeria0.3value
96United Republic of Tanzania0.3value
97Indonesia0.3value
98Philippines0.3value
99Georgia0.3value
100Jordan0.3value
101Lebanon0.3value
102Tunisia0.3value
103India0.3value
104Morocco0.3value
105Ukraine0.2value
106Cote d'Ivoire0.2value
107Mexico0.2value
108Iraq0.2value
109Serbia0.2value
110Madagascar0.2value
111Gabon0.2value
112Kyrgyzstan0.2value
113Niger0.2value
114Pakistan0.2value
115Mozambique0.2value
116Uganda0.2value
117Angola0.2value
118Togo0.2value
119Mali0.2value
120Zimbabwe0.1value
121Hong Kong0.1value
122Oman0.1value
123Comoros0.1value
124Kazakhstan0.1value
125Somalia0.1value
126Kuwait0.1value
127Mauritania0.1value
128Algeria0.1value
129Djibouti0.1value
130Bangladesh0.1value
131Republic of the Congo0.1value
132Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1value
133Egypt0.1value
134Cameroon0.1value
135Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1value
136Türkiye0.1value
137Islamic Republic of Iran0.1value
138Burkina Faso0.1value
139Central African Republic0.1value
140Vietnam0.1value
141Ethiopia0.1value
142State of Palestine0.1value
143Haiti0.1value
144Libya0.1value
145Eswatini0.1value
146Guinea0.1value
147Guinea-Bissau0.1value
148Qatar0.1value
149El Salvador0.1value
150Rwanda0.1value
151Uzbekistan0.1value
152United Arab Emirates0.1value
153South Sudan0.1value
154Chad0.1value
155Bahrain0.1value
156Burundi0.1value
157Cuba0.1value
158Russian Federation0.1value
159Syrian Arab Republic0.1value
160Azerbaijan0.1value
161Cambodia0.1value
162Equatorial Guinea0.0value
163Saudi Arabia0.0value
164Tajikistan0.0value
165Yemen0.0value
166Venezuela0.0value
167People's Republic of China0.0value
168Belarus0.0value
169Sudan0.0value
170Turkmenistan0.0value
171Holy See (Vatican City State)0.0value
172Nicaragua0.0value
173Afghanistan0.0value
174Myanmar0.0value
175North Korea0.0value
176Eritrea0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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