Data for 2001

Liberal Democracy Index, 2001

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2001 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.879; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.014. The middle country reads 0.330. Against 2000, 112 values changed (60 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2001

HighestDenmark

0.879

Lowest2 countries share it

0.014

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

174countries
1measure
2001the 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.879
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.876
3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.860
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.858
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.844
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.841
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	0.816
13	Chile`CHL`South America	0.811
14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.809
=15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.808
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.808
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.806
=18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.802
=18	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.802
20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.801
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.798
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.792
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.787
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.782
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.780
26	United States`USA`Northern America	0.769
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.762
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.757
=28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.757
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.752
=31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.750
=31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.750
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.746
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.742
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.717
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.702
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.688
38	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.682
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.678
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.677
41	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.674
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.662
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.654
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.642
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.633
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.629
=47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.622
=47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.622
49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.607
50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.597
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.595
52	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.584
53	Peru`PER`South America	0.567
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.558
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.549
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.541
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.537
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.520
59	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.518
60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.511
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.505
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.499
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.484
64	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.481
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.445
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.441
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.431
=68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.424
=68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.424
70	Colombia`COL`South America	0.422
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.415
72	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.412
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.409
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.407
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.394
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.391
=76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.391
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.386
=79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.373
=79	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.373
81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.370
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.366
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.362
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.353
85	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.350
86	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.348
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.333
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.327
=89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.326
=89	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.326
=91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.325
=91	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.325
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.319
94	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.309
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.297
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.288
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.286
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.283
99	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.271
=100	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.270
=100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.270
=102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.259
=102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.259
=102	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.259
105	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.254
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.233
107	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.232
108	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.230
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.222
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.220
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.217
112	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.211
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.209
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.207
115	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.201
116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.200
=117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.184
=117	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.184
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.171
120	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.167
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.166
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.164
123	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.162
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.161
125	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.160
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.156
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.154
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.152
129	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.151
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.149
131	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.141
132	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.140
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.136
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.131
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.126
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.125
137	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.123
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.117
=139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.111
=139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.111
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.110
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.104
143	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.102
144	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.097
=145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.096
=145	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.096
=147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.092
=147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.092
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.091
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.090
=151	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.088
=151	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.088
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.084
154	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.080
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.079
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.075
157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.071
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.070
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.069
160	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.058
161	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.055
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	0.041
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.039
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.037
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.034
=169	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.028
=169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.028
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.018
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.016
=173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
=173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.014

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.879
2Sweden0.876
3Germany0.860
4Norway0.858
5Australia0.844

Lowest

173Turkmenistanshared0.014
173North Koreashared0.014
172Eritrea0.016
171Myanmar0.018
169Somaliashared0.028

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.330. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
112values changed, of 174 in both
60 · 52rose · fell
62unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.185 → 0.567+0.382
Serbia0.272 → 0.481+0.209
Côte d’Ivoire0.174 → 0.286+0.112
Ghana0.570 → 0.622+0.052
Timor-Leste0.183 → 0.230+0.047

Fell most

Moldova0.438 → 0.350−0.088
Senegal0.509 → 0.441−0.068
Solomon Islands0.243 → 0.184−0.059
United States0.808 → 0.769−0.039
Philippines0.439 → 0.409−0.030

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 2001.
154 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.259. 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 (2001). Liberal Democracy Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2001

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