Rankings · politics
Countries by electoral democracy
How free and fair elections are, including freedom of association and expression (V-Dem, 0 = least, 1 = most democratic). 175 countries ranked for 2025 (index).
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| 1 |  Denmark | 0.91 index | -1.1% | = |
| 2 |  Belgium | 0.89 index | -1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 3 |  Estonia | 0.89 index | +0.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 4 |  Ireland | 0.89 index | -1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 5 |  Norway | 0.89 index | -1.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 6 |  Sweden | 0.89 index | -3.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 0.88 index | -2.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 8 |  France | 0.87 index | -1.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 9 |  Luxembourg | 0.87 index | +0.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 10 |  Costa Rica | 0.86 index | -5.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 11 |  Uruguay | 0.86 index | -4.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 12 |  Czechia | 0.85 index | +0.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 13 |  Finland | 0.85 index | -2.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 14 |  New Zealand | 0.85 index | -3.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 15 |  Australia | 0.84 index | -3.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 16 |  Austria | 0.84 index | -3.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 17 |  Canada | 0.84 index | +3.7% | ▲ 20 |
| 18 |  Chile | 0.84 index | -5.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 19 |  Germany | 0.83 index | -5.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 20 |  Latvia | 0.83 index | -1.2% | ▲ 12 |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 0.83 index | -5.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 22 |  Spain | 0.82 index | -4.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 23 |  Japan | 0.82 index | +0.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 24 |  South Korea | 0.82 index | +15.5% | ▲ 31 |
| 25 |  Portugal | 0.82 index | -7.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 26 |  Iceland | 0.81 index | -5.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 27 |  Jamaica | 0.81 index | +1.3% | ▲ 13 |
| 28 |  Barbados | 0.8 index | +2.6% | ▲ 14 |
| 29 |  Taiwan | 0.8 index | -1.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 30 |  Lithuania | 0.79 index | -6.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 31 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 0.79 index | +0.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 32 |  Brazil | 0.78 index | -9.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 33 |  Sri Lanka | 0.78 index | +41.8% | ▲ 50 |
| 34 |  Malta | 0.78 index | +0.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 35 |  Suriname | 0.78 index | +2.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 36 |  Cyprus | 0.77 index | -9.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 37 |  United Kingdom | 0.77 index | -10.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 38 |  Poland | 0.77 index | -12.5% | ▼ 20 |
| 39 |  Seychelles | 0.76 index | +46.2% | ▲ 53 |
| 40 |  Cabo Verde | 0.75 index | -6.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 41 |  Italy | 0.75 index | -13.8% | ▼ 19 |
| 42 |  Dominican Republic | 0.74 index | +25.4% | ▲ 34 |
| 43 |  Greece | 0.74 index | -15.9% | ▼ 28 |
| 44 |  Mauritius | 0.74 index | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 45 |  Timor-Leste | 0.74 index | +15.6% | ▲ 25 |
| 46 |  United States | 0.74 index | -17.8% | ▼ 37 |
| 47 |  South Africa | 0.74 index | -2.6% | = |
| 48 |  Panama | 0.73 index | -3.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 49 |  Slovakia | 0.73 index | -13.1% | ▼ 16 |
| 50 |  Vanuatu | 0.73 index | -2.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 51 |  Ghana | 0.71 index | -4.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 52 |  Solomon Islands | 0.7 index | +18.6% | ▲ 27 |
| 53 |  Argentina | 0.69 index | -10.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 54 |  Croatia | 0.69 index | -15.9% | ▼ 20 |
| 55 |  Israel | 0.69 index | -5.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 56 |  Slovenia | 0.69 index | -20.7% | ▼ 32 |
| 57 |  Colombia | 0.68 index | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 58 |  Botswana | 0.67 index | -2.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 59 |  Peru | 0.67 index | -18.3% | ▼ 23 |
| 60 |  Lesotho | 0.66 index | +10.0% | ▲ 15 |
| 61 |  Nepal | 0.66 index | +3.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 62 |  Gambia | 0.64 index | +166.7% | ▲ 84 |
| 63 |  Guatemala | 0.64 index | +8.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 64 |  Montenegro | 0.64 index | +33.3% | ▲ 33 |
| 65 |  Namibia | 0.63 index | -11.3% | ▼ 9 |
| 66 |  Senegal | 0.63 index | -13.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 67 |  São Tomé and Principe | 0.63 index | -4.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 68 |  Kosovo | 0.63 index | -3.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 69 |  Armenia | 0.61 index | +74.3% | ▲ 54 |
| 70 |  Bolivia | 0.61 index | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 71 |  Ecuador | 0.61 index | +15.1% | ▲ 18 |
| 72 |  Romania | 0.61 index | -15.3% | ▼ 18 |
| 73 |  Bulgaria | 0.6 index | -10.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 74 |  Liberia | 0.6 index | -1.6% | = |
| 75 |  Paraguay | 0.58 index | -1.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 76 |  Bhutan | 0.57 index | +0.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 77 |  Kenya | 0.56 index | +3.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 78 |  Maldives | 0.56 index | +47.4% | ▲ 42 |
| 79 |  North Macedonia | 0.56 index | +27.3% | ▲ 24 |
| 80 |  Malawi | 0.56 index | +3.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 81 |  Moldova | 0.55 index | -3.5% | = |
| 82 |  Mongolia | 0.54 index | -20.6% | ▼ 23 |
| 83 |  Guyana | 0.52 index | -20.0% | ▼ 18 |
| 84 |  Fiji | 0.51 index | +30.8% | ▲ 31 |
| 85 |  Honduras | 0.51 index | +18.6% | ▲ 22 |
| 86 |  Nigeria | 0.51 index | -7.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 87 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5 index | -9.1% | ▼ 5 |
| 88 |  Malaysia | 0.5 index | +51.5% | ▲ 38 |
| 89 |  Zambia | 0.5 index | +8.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 90 |  Benin | 0.49 index | -24.6% | ▼ 26 |
| 91 |  Albania | 0.48 index | -7.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 92 |  Mexico | 0.47 index | -26.6% | ▼ 24 |
| 93 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.47 index | +6.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 94 |  Sierra Leone | 0.47 index | -7.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 95 |  Indonesia | 0.46 index | -29.2% | ▼ 29 |
| 96 |  Singapore | 0.43 index | +2.4% | ▲ 14 |
| 97 |  Hungary | 0.42 index | -32.3% | ▼ 26 |
| 98 |  Lebanon | 0.42 index | -12.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 99 |  Thailand | 0.42 index | +162.5% | ▲ 64 |
| 100 |  Georgia | 0.4 index | -40.3% | ▼ 39 |
| 101 |  Tunisia | 0.4 index | -45.2% | ▼ 48 |
| 102 |  Ivory Coast | 0.39 index | -17.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 103 |  Philippines | 0.39 index | -25.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 104 |  Ukraine | 0.39 index | -7.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 105 |  India | 0.38 index | -29.6% | ▼ 20 |
| 106 |  Iraq | 0.37 index | -7.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 107 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 0.37 index | -17.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 108 |  Madagascar | 0.36 index | -25.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 109 |  Togo | 0.35 index | -25.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 110 |  Angola | 0.34 index | +17.2% | ▲ 24 |
| 111 |  Mauritania | 0.33 index | -23.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 112 |  El Salvador | 0.32 index | -51.5% | ▼ 50 |
| 113 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.31 index | -3.1% | ▲ 15 |
| 114 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.31 index | -32.6% | ▼ 14 |
| 115 |  Gabon | 0.3 index | -21.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 116 |  Pakistan | 0.3 index | -31.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 117 |  Republic of Serbia | 0.3 index | -28.6% | ▼ 6 |
| 118 |  Central African Republic | 0.29 index | +3.6% | ▲ 19 |
| 119 |  Comoros | 0.29 index | -27.5% | ▼ 6 |
| 120 |  Turkey | 0.29 index | -25.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 121 |  Jordan | 0.28 index | +7.7% | ▲ 20 |
| 122 |  Mozambique | 0.28 index | -36.4% | ▼ 18 |
| 123 |  Algeria | 0.27 index | -18.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 124 |  Zimbabwe | 0.27 index | -10.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 125 |  Cameroon | 0.26 index | -18.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 126 |  Ethiopia | 0.26 index | +13.0% | ▲ 21 |
| 127 |  Kazakhstan | 0.26 index | +13.0% | ▲ 21 |
| 128 |  Morocco | 0.26 index | +0.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 129 |  Djibouti | 0.25 index | +0.0% | ▲ 16 |
| 130 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.25 index | -50.0% | ▼ 36 |
| 131 |  Uganda | 0.25 index | -16.7% | = |
| 132 |  Republic of the Congo | 0.24 index | -4.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 133 |  Haiti | 0.24 index | -44.2% | ▼ 25 |
| 134 |  Chad | 0.24 index | -14.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 135 |  Niger | 0.23 index | -62.9% | ▼ 63 |
| 136 |  Uzbekistan | 0.22 index | +29.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 137 |  Bangladesh | 0.2 index | -28.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 138 |  Burundi | 0.19 index | -5.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 139 |  Egypt | 0.19 index | +18.8% | ▲ 22 |
| 140 |  Guinea | 0.19 index | -50.0% | ▼ 21 |
| 141 |  Libya | 0.19 index | -32.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 142 |  Rwanda | 0.19 index | -17.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 143 |  Cuba | 0.18 index | +5.9% | ▲ 14 |
| 144 |  Cambodia | 0.18 index | -37.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 145 |  Oman | 0.18 index | +5.9% | ▲ 13 |
| 146 |  Venezuela | 0.18 index | -40.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 147 |  Azerbaijan | 0.17 index | -10.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 148 |  Equatorial Guinea | 0.17 index | -5.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 149 |  Russia | 0.17 index | -37.0% | ▼ 9 |
| 150 |  Somalia | 0.17 index | +6.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 151 |  Belarus | 0.16 index | -36.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 152 |  Iran | 0.16 index | -15.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 153 |  Mali | 0.16 index | -70.4% | ▼ 66 |
| 154 |  Tajikistan | 0.16 index | -11.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 155 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 0.15 index | -57.1% | ▼ 31 |
| 156 |  Nicaragua | 0.15 index | -53.1% | ▼ 27 |
| 157 |  Turkmenistan | 0.15 index | +7.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 158 |  Vietnam | 0.15 index | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 159 |  Bahrain | 0.14 index | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 160 |  Kuwait | 0.14 index | -54.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 161 |  Laos | 0.14 index | +55.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 162 |  Burkina Faso | 0.13 index | -65.8% | ▼ 45 |
| 163 |  Sudan | 0.13 index | -40.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 164 |  South Sudan | 0.13 index | -23.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 165 |  Eswatini | 0.13 index | +0.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 166 |  Syria | 0.13 index | -7.1% | = |
| 167 |  Yemen | 0.13 index | -27.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 168 |  United Arab Emirates | 0.1 index | +0.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 169 |  Myanmar | 0.08 index | -78.4% | ▼ 48 |
| 170 |  North Korea | 0.08 index | -11.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 171 |  Afghanistan | 0.07 index | -80.0% | ▼ 49 |
| 172 |  China | 0.07 index | -12.5% | = |
| 173 |  Eritrea | 0.07 index | +0.0% | = |
| 174 |  Qatar | 0.03 index | -25.0% | = |
| 175 |  Saudi Arabia | 0.02 index | +0.0% | = |
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