Data for 2000

Liberal Democracy Index, 2000

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2000 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.878; North Korea is lowest, at 0.014. The middle country reads 0.326. Against 1999, 146 values changed (90 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2000

HighestDenmark

0.878

LowestNorth Korea

0.014

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

174countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
154distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Liberal Democracy Index, 2000, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Liberal Democracy Index, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.878
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.876
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.860
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.857
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.847
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.840
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.836
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.834
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.827
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.819
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.817
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.813
13	Chile`CHL`South America	0.810
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.809
=15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.808
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.808
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.808
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.801
19	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.800
=20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.798
=20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.798
22	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.797
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.787
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.785
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.782
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.780
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.762
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.759
=29	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.756
=29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.756
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.753
=32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.750
=32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.750
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.749
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.717
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.702
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.693
38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.685
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.674
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.670
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.668
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.665
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.660
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.654
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.641
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.629
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.617
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.610
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.607
50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.597
51	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.584
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.570
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.552
=54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.549
=54	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.549
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.540
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.527
58	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.518
=59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.509
=59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.509
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.505
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.501
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.481
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.445
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.439
66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.438
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.432
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.426
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.425
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.415
71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.407
72	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.396
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.394
=74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.391
=74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.391
=74	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.391
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.380
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.379
79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.378
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.370
81	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.362
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.352
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.342
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.336
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.334
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.327
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.326
88	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.325
89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.324
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.318
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.315
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.310
93	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.297
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.291
96	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.280
97	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.276
=98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.272
=98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.272
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.267
101	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.264
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.259
103	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.253
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.243
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.236
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.229
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.228
108	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.223
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.217
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.213
111	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.210
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.208
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.205
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.199
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.194
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.187
117	Peru`PER`South America	0.185
118	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.183
=119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.174
=119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.174
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.167
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.165
123	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.162
=124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.161
=124	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.161
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.157
127	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.154
128	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.153
129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.150
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.147
131	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.139
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.138
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.136
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.132
135	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.129
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.124
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.123
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.116
=139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.110
=139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.110
141	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.107
=142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.104
=142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.104
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.101
=145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.097
=145	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.097
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.094
=148	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.092
=148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.092
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.091
=151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.088
=151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.088
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.083
154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.081
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.077
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.075
=157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.070
=157	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.070
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.069
160	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.057
161	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.053
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.052
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.051
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.048
=165	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.040
=165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.040
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.035
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.028
169	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.027
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.022
=171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.018
=171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.018
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.015
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.878
2Sweden0.876
3Germany0.860
4Norway0.857
5Australia0.847

Lowest

174North Korea0.014
173Turkmenistan0.015
171Sudanshared0.018
171Myanmarshared0.018
170Afghanistan0.022

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.326. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 174 in both
90 · 56rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Croatia0.272 → 0.610+0.338
Niger0.173 → 0.407+0.234
Taiwan0.489 → 0.674+0.185
Mexico0.381 → 0.481+0.100
Timor-Leste0.089 → 0.183+0.094

Fell most

Fiji0.403 → 0.208−0.195
Solomon Islands0.375 → 0.243−0.132
Venezuela0.440 → 0.310−0.130
North Macedonia0.429 → 0.352−0.077
Pakistan0.167 → 0.094−0.073

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
154 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.808. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Liberal Democracy Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2000

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