Countries by Electoral Democracy Index

Complete ranking of 175 countries • 0-1 index • Updated 2026

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Electoral Democracy Index ranking for 175 countries
				Percentile
1st	Denmark	0.91	Europe	100%
2nd	Norway	0.89	Europe	99%
3rd	Belgium	0.89	Europe	99%
4th	Sweden	0.89	Europe	98%
5th	Estonia	0.89	Europe	98%
6th	Ireland	0.89	Europe	97%
7th	Switzerland	0.88	Europe	97%
8th	Luxembourg	0.87	Europe	96%
9th	France	0.86	Europe	95%
10th	Costa Rica	0.86	North America	95%
11th	Uruguay	0.86	South America	94%
12th	Finland	0.85	Europe	94%
13th	Czechia	0.85	Europe	93%
14th	New Zealand	0.85	Oceania	93%
15th	Australia	0.84	Oceania	92%
16th	Canada	0.84	North America	91%
17th	Austria	0.84	Europe	91%
18th	Chile	0.84	South America	90%
19th	Latvia	0.83	Europe	90%
20th	Netherlands	0.83	Europe	89%
21st	Germany	0.83	Europe	89%
22nd	Spain	0.82	Europe	88%
23rd	Portugal	0.82	Europe	87%
24th	Japan	0.82	Asia	87%
25th	South Korea	0.82	Asia	86%
26th	Iceland	0.81	Europe	86%
27th	Jamaica	0.81	North America	85%
28th	Taiwan	0.80	Asia	85%
29th	Barbados	0.80	North America	84%
30th	Lithuania	0.79	Europe	83%
31st	Trinidad and Tobago	0.79	North America	83%
32nd	Brazil	0.78	South America	82%
33rd	Sri Lanka	0.78	Asia	82%
34th	Malta	0.78	Europe	81%
35th	Suriname	0.78	North America	81%
36th	Cyprus	0.77	Europe	80%
37th	United Kingdom	0.77	Europe	79%
38th	Poland	0.77	Europe	79%
39th	Seychelles	0.76	Africa	78%
40th	Cabo Verde	0.74	Africa	78%
41st	Italy	0.74	Europe	77%
42nd	South Africa	0.74	Africa	77%
43rd	Greece	0.74	Europe	76%
44th	Mauritius	0.74	Africa	75%
45th	Timor-Leste	0.74	Asia	75%
46th	Dominican Republic	0.73	North America	74%
47th	United States	0.73	North America	74%
48th	Slovakia	0.73	Europe	73%
49th	Vanuatu	0.73	Oceania	73%
50th	Panama	0.73	North America	72%
51st	Ghana	0.71	Africa	71%
52nd	Solomon Islands	0.70	Oceania	71%
53rd	Israel	0.69	Asia	70%
54th	Slovenia	0.69	Europe	70%
55th	Argentina	0.69	South America	69%
56th	Croatia	0.69	Europe	69%
57th	Colombia	0.68	North America	68%
58th	Peru	0.67	South America	67%
59th	Botswana	0.67	Africa	67%
60th	Lesotho	0.66	Africa	66%
61st	Nepal	0.66	Asia	66%
62nd	Gambia	0.64	Africa	65%
63rd	Guatemala	0.64	North America	65%
64th	Montenegro	0.64	Europe	64%
65th	Namibia	0.63	Africa	63%
66th	Senegal	0.63	Africa	63%
67th	Sao Tome and Principe	0.63	Africa	62%
68th	Armenia	0.61	Europe	62%
69th	Ecuador	0.61	South America	61%
70th	Bolivia	0.60	South America	61%
71st	Romania	0.60	Europe	60%
72nd	Bulgaria	0.60	Europe	59%
73rd	Liberia	0.60	Africa	59%
74th	Paraguay	0.58	South America	58%
75th	Bhutan	0.57	Asia	58%
76th	Kenya	0.56	Africa	57%
77th	North Macedonia	0.56	Europe	57%
78th	Malawi	0.56	Africa	56%
79th	Maldives	0.56	Asia	55%
80th	Moldova	0.55	Europe	55%
81st	Mongolia	0.54	Asia	54%
82nd	Guyana	0.52	North America	54%
83rd	Honduras	0.51	North America	53%
84th	Fiji	0.51	Oceania	53%
85th	Nigeria	0.51	Africa	52%
86th	Malaysia	0.50	Asia	51%
87th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.50	Europe	51%
88th	Zambia	0.50	Africa	50%
89th	Benin	0.49	Africa	50%
90th	Albania	0.48	Europe	49%
91st	Sierra Leone	0.47	Africa	49%
92nd	Mexico	0.47	North America	48%
93rd	Papua New Guinea	0.47	Oceania	47%
94th	Indonesia	0.46	Asia	47%
95th	Singapore	0.43	Asia	46%
96th	Thailand	0.42	Asia	46%
97th	Hungary	0.42	Europe	45%
98th	Lebanon	0.42	Asia	45%
99th	Georgia	0.40	Europe	44%
100th	Tunisia	0.40	Africa	43%
101st	Côte d'Ivoire	0.39	Africa	43%
102nd	Philippines	0.39	Asia	42%
103rd	Ukraine	0.39	Europe	42%
104th	India	0.38	Asia	41%
105th	Iraq	0.37	Asia	41%
106th	Tanzania	0.36	Africa	40%
107th	Madagascar	0.36	Africa	39%
108th	Togo	0.35	Africa	39%
109th	Angola	0.34	Africa	38%
110th	Mauritania	0.33	Africa	38%
111st	El Salvador	0.32	North America	37%
112nd	Kyrgyzstan	0.31	Asia	37%
113rd	Congo, Democratic Republic	0.31	Africa	36%
114th	Gabon	0.30	Africa	35%
115th	Pakistan	0.30	Asia	35%
116th	Serbia	0.30	Europe	34%
117th	Central African Republic	0.29	Africa	34%
118th	Comoros	0.29	Africa	33%
119th	Turkey	0.29	Europe	33%
120th	Jordan	0.28	Asia	32%
121st	Mozambique	0.28	Africa	31%
122nd	Zimbabwe	0.27	Africa	31%
123rd	Algeria	0.27	Africa	30%
124th	Cameroon	0.26	Africa	30%
125th	Kazakhstan	0.26	Asia	29%
126th	Morocco	0.26	Africa	29%
127th	Ethiopia	0.26	Africa	28%
128th	Uganda	0.25	Africa	27%
129th	Guinea-Bissau	0.25	Africa	27%
130th	Djibouti	0.25	Africa	26%
131st	Congo	0.24	Africa	26%
132nd	Chad	0.24	Africa	25%
133rd	Haiti	0.24	North America	25%
134th	Niger	0.23	Africa	24%
135th	Uzbekistan	0.22	Asia	23%
136th	Palestine	0.21	Asia	23%
137th	Bangladesh	0.20	Asia	22%
138th	Libya	0.19	Africa	22%
139th	Rwanda	0.19	Africa	21%
140th	Egypt	0.19	Africa	21%
141st	Guinea	0.19	Africa	20%
142nd	Burundi	0.18	Africa	19%
143rd	Cambodia	0.18	Asia	19%
144th	Venezuela	0.18	North America	18%
145th	Cuba	0.18	North America	18%
146th	Oman	0.17	Asia	17%
147th	Equatorial Guinea	0.17	Africa	17%
148th	Azerbaijan	0.17	Europe	16%
149th	Russia	0.17	Europe	15%
150th	Somalia	0.17	Africa	15%
151st	Mali	0.16	Africa	14%
152nd	Belarus	0.16	Europe	14%
153rd	Iran	0.16	Asia	13%
154th	Tajikistan	0.16	Asia	13%
155th	Hong Kong	0.15	Asia	12%
156th	Nicaragua	0.15	North America	11%
157th	Turkmenistan	0.15	Asia	11%
158th	Vietnam	0.15	Asia	10%
159th	Bahrain	0.14	Asia	10%
160th	Kuwait	0.14	Asia	9%
161st	Laos	0.14	Asia	9%
162nd	Burkina Faso	0.13	Africa	8%
163rd	South Sudan	0.13	Africa	7%
164th	Sudan	0.13	Africa	7%
165th	Syria	0.13	Asia	6%
166th	Eswatini	0.13	Africa	6%
167th	Yemen	0.13	Asia	5%
168th	United Arab Emirates	0.10	Asia	5%
169th	North Korea	0.08	Asia	4%
170th	Myanmar	0.08	Asia	3%
171st	China	0.07	Asia	3%
172nd	Afghanistan	0.07	Asia	2%
173rd	Eritrea	0.07	Africa	2%
174th	Qatar	0.03	Asia	1%
175th	Saudi Arabia	0.02	Asia	1%

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