Data for 2004

Liberal Democracy Index, 2004

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2004 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.880; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.372. Against 2003, 110 values changed (62 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2004

HighestDenmark

0.880

LowestEritrea

0.006

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

175countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.880
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.877
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.860
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.857
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.843
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.841
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.838
8	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.830
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.825
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.821
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.817
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.815
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.813
=13	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.813
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.811
=16	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.808
=16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.808
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.806
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.803
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.799
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.795
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.793
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.787
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.785
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.782
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.763
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.761
=29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.759
=29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.759
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.753
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.751
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.748
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.735
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.722
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.715
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.704
38	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.683
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.682
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.677
=41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.662
=41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.662
43	Peru`PER`South America	0.651
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.650
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.649
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.648
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.635
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.632
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.623
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.617
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.615
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.606
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.599
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.578
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.561
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.555
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.541
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.537
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.536
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.528
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.521
=62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.517
=62	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.517
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.505
65	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.502
66	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.492
67	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.468
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.452
69	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.449
70	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.435
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.428
72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.424
=73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.416
=73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.416
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.413
76	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.411
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.409
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.406
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.405
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.401
81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.385
82	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.382
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.381
84	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.379
85	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.377
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.375
87	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.373
=88	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.372
=88	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.372
=88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.372
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.371
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.360
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.357
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.355
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.354
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.347
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.336
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.333
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.329
100	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.325
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.324
102	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.308
=103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.296
=103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.296
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.285
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.271
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.269
108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.265
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.244
110	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.233
111	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.227
112	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.221
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.218
=114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.216
=114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.216
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.215
=117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.207
=117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.207
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.202
=119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.202
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.192
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.181
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.168
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.166
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
=126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.158
=126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.158
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.154
=129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.153
=129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.153
=131	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.151
=131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.151
133	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.146
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.145
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.143
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.126
137	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.124
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.123
139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.122
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.121
=141	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.116
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.116
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.110
144	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.108
145	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.107
=146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.097
=146	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.097
=148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.096
=148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.096
=148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.096
=148	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.096
=152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.091
=152	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.091
=152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.091
=155	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.089
=155	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.089
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.088
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.085
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.080
160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.075
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.073
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.068
163	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.061
164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.058
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.049
167	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.045
=168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.040
=168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.040
170	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.039
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.035
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.018
=173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
=173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.014
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.880
2Sweden0.877
3Norway0.860
4Germany0.857
5Costa Rica0.843

Lowest

175Eritrea0.006
173Turkmenistanshared0.014
173North Koreashared0.014
172Myanmar0.018
171Uzbekistan0.035

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.372. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 175 in both
62 · 48rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.220 → 0.357+0.137
Liberia0.149 → 0.244+0.095
Comoros0.156 → 0.215+0.059
Jordan0.152 → 0.202+0.050
Seychelles0.305 → 0.347+0.042

Fell most

Haiti0.259 → 0.108−0.151
Philippines0.393 → 0.354−0.039
Central African Republic0.118 → 0.091−0.027
Venezuela0.243 → 0.216−0.027
Belgium0.819 → 0.795−0.024

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 2004.
150 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.096. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2004). Liberal Democracy Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2004

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