Countries by Liberal Democracy Index

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

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Liberal Democracy Index ranking for 175 countries
				Percentile
1st	Denmark	0.88	Europe	100%
2nd	Sweden	0.85	Europe	99%
3rd	Norway	0.85	Europe	99%
4th	Switzerland	0.84	Europe	98%
5th	Estonia	0.84	Europe	98%
6th	Ireland	0.82	Europe	97%
7th	Costa Rica	0.81	North America	97%
8th	Finland	0.81	Europe	96%
9th	France	0.80	Europe	95%
10th	Belgium	0.79	Europe	95%
11th	Czechia	0.79	Europe	94%
12th	Australia	0.79	Oceania	94%
13th	Uruguay	0.79	South America	93%
14th	New Zealand	0.79	Oceania	93%
15th	Germany	0.78	Europe	92%
16th	Chile	0.78	South America	91%
17th	Luxembourg	0.78	Europe	91%
18th	Netherlands	0.77	Europe	90%
19th	Austria	0.76	Europe	90%
20th	Latvia	0.75	Europe	89%
21st	Spain	0.74	Europe	89%
22nd	South Korea	0.74	Asia	88%
23rd	Canada	0.74	North America	87%
24th	Japan	0.73	Asia	87%
25th	Iceland	0.72	Europe	86%
26th	Portugal	0.72	Europe	86%
27th	Lithuania	0.71	Europe	85%
28th	Brazil	0.70	South America	85%
29th	Taiwan	0.70	Asia	84%
30th	United Kingdom	0.69	Europe	83%
31st	Seychelles	0.68	Africa	83%
32nd	Barbados	0.68	North America	82%
33rd	Jamaica	0.68	North America	82%
34th	Trinidad and Tobago	0.67	North America	81%
35th	Cyprus	0.66	Europe	81%
36th	Poland	0.65	Europe	80%
37th	Italy	0.64	Europe	79%
38th	Mauritius	0.64	Africa	79%
39th	South Africa	0.63	Africa	78%
40th	Cabo Verde	0.63	Africa	78%
41st	Suriname	0.63	North America	77%
42nd	Vanuatu	0.62	Oceania	77%
43rd	Malta	0.62	Europe	76%
44th	Sri Lanka	0.61	Asia	75%
45th	Ghana	0.61	Africa	75%
46th	Croatia	0.59	Europe	74%
47th	Slovenia	0.59	Europe	74%
48th	Israel	0.59	Asia	73%
49th	Panama	0.57	North America	73%
50th	Slovakia	0.57	Europe	72%
51st	United States	0.57	North America	71%
52nd	Greece	0.57	Europe	71%
53rd	Colombia	0.56	North America	70%
54th	Timor-Leste	0.55	Asia	70%
55th	Solomon Islands	0.54	Oceania	69%
56th	Argentina	0.52	South America	69%
57th	Guatemala	0.52	North America	68%
58th	Gambia	0.52	Africa	67%
59th	Botswana	0.52	Africa	67%
60th	Namibia	0.52	Africa	66%
61st	Sao Tome and Principe	0.52	Africa	66%
62nd	Lesotho	0.51	Africa	65%
63rd	Peru	0.51	South America	65%
64th	Dominican Republic	0.51	North America	64%
65th	Nepal	0.51	Asia	63%
66th	Montenegro	0.50	Europe	63%
67th	Bulgaria	0.50	Europe	62%
68th	Senegal	0.48	Africa	62%
69th	Romania	0.46	Europe	61%
70th	Malawi	0.46	Africa	61%
71st	Bhutan	0.46	Asia	60%
72nd	Moldova	0.45	Europe	59%
73rd	Kenya	0.45	Africa	59%
74th	Mongolia	0.42	Asia	58%
75th	Liberia	0.42	Africa	58%
76th	Maldives	0.42	Asia	57%
77th	Fiji	0.40	Oceania	57%
78th	Ecuador	0.39	South America	56%
79th	Papua New Guinea	0.38	Oceania	55%
80th	Albania	0.38	Europe	55%
81st	Honduras	0.38	North America	54%
82nd	Paraguay	0.38	South America	54%
83rd	Zambia	0.38	Africa	53%
84th	North Macedonia	0.37	Europe	53%
85th	Armenia	0.37	Europe	52%
86th	Singapore	0.36	Asia	51%
87th	Malaysia	0.35	Asia	51%
88th	Bolivia	0.35	South America	50%
89th	Sierra Leone	0.35	Africa	50%
90th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.34	Europe	49%
91st	Guyana	0.33	North America	49%
92nd	Benin	0.32	Africa	48%
93rd	Hungary	0.32	Europe	47%
94th	Thailand	0.31	Asia	47%
95th	Nigeria	0.31	Africa	46%
96th	Tanzania	0.30	Africa	46%
97th	Indonesia	0.30	Asia	45%
98th	Philippines	0.29	Asia	45%
99th	Georgia	0.28	Europe	44%
100th	Jordan	0.27	Asia	43%
101st	Lebanon	0.27	Asia	43%
102nd	Tunisia	0.27	Africa	42%
103rd	India	0.26	Asia	42%
104th	Morocco	0.25	Africa	41%
105th	Ukraine	0.24	Europe	41%
106th	Côte d'Ivoire	0.23	Africa	40%
107th	Mexico	0.22	North America	39%
108th	Iraq	0.22	Asia	39%
109th	Serbia	0.21	Europe	38%
110th	Madagascar	0.19	Africa	38%
111st	Gabon	0.18	Africa	37%
112nd	Kyrgyzstan	0.18	Asia	37%
113rd	Niger	0.18	Africa	36%
114th	Pakistan	0.18	Asia	35%
115th	Mozambique	0.17	Africa	35%
116th	Uganda	0.17	Africa	34%
117th	Angola	0.16	Africa	34%
118th	Togo	0.16	Africa	33%
119th	Mali	0.15	Africa	33%
120th	Zimbabwe	0.15	Africa	32%
121st	Hong Kong	0.14	Asia	31%
122nd	Oman	0.14	Asia	31%
123rd	Comoros	0.13	Africa	30%
124th	Kazakhstan	0.13	Asia	30%
125th	Somalia	0.13	Africa	29%
126th	Kuwait	0.13	Asia	29%
127th	Mauritania	0.13	Africa	28%
128th	Algeria	0.13	Africa	27%
129th	Djibouti	0.12	Africa	27%
130th	Bangladesh	0.12	Asia	26%
131st	Congo, Democratic Republic	0.12	Africa	26%
132nd	Congo	0.12	Africa	25%
133rd	Egypt	0.12	Africa	25%
134th	Cameroon	0.11	Africa	24%
135th	Palestine	0.11	Asia	23%
136th	Laos	0.11	Asia	23%
137th	Turkey	0.11	Europe	22%
138th	Burkina Faso	0.10	Africa	22%
139th	Iran	0.10	Asia	21%
140th	Central African Republic	0.10	Africa	21%
141st	Vietnam	0.10	Asia	20%
142nd	Ethiopia	0.10	Africa	19%
143rd	Haiti	0.10	North America	19%
144th	Libya	0.10	Africa	18%
145th	Eswatini	0.10	Africa	18%
146th	Guinea	0.10	Africa	17%
147th	Guinea-Bissau	0.10	Africa	17%
148th	Qatar	0.09	Asia	16%
149th	Rwanda	0.09	Africa	15%
150th	El Salvador	0.09	North America	15%
151st	Uzbekistan	0.08	Asia	14%
152nd	United Arab Emirates	0.08	Asia	14%
153rd	South Sudan	0.06	Africa	13%
154th	Bahrain	0.06	Asia	13%
155th	Chad	0.06	Africa	12%
156th	Burundi	0.06	Africa	11%
157th	Cuba	0.06	North America	11%
158th	Russia	0.06	Europe	10%
159th	Syria	0.05	Asia	10%
160th	Azerbaijan	0.05	Europe	9%
161st	Cambodia	0.05	Asia	9%
162nd	Equatorial Guinea	0.05	Africa	8%
163rd	Saudi Arabia	0.05	Asia	7%
164th	Tajikistan	0.04	Asia	7%
165th	Yemen	0.04	Asia	6%
166th	Venezuela	0.04	North America	6%
167th	China	0.04	Asia	5%
168th	Belarus	0.04	Europe	5%
169th	Sudan	0.03	Africa	4%
170th	Turkmenistan	0.03	Asia	3%
171st	Nicaragua	0.02	North America	3%
172nd	Afghanistan	0.02	Asia	2%
173rd	Myanmar	0.01	Asia	2%
174th	North Korea	0.01	Asia	1%
175th	Eritrea	0.01	Africa	1%

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