Data for 2005

Liberal Democracy Index, 2005

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2005 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.895; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.371. Against 2004, 135 values changed (82 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2005

HighestDenmark

0.895

LowestEritrea

0.006

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

175countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.895
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.877
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.862
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.859
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.841
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.839
7	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.838
8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.835
9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.830
10	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.824
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.821
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.819
=13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.816
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.816
15	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.815
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.813
=17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.811
=17	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.811
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.806
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.804
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.802
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.800
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.794
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.787
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.784
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.781
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.772
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.766
=29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.762
=29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.762
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.761
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.754
33	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.751
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.748
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.733
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.710
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	0.675
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.662
42	Peru`PER`South America	0.659
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.658
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.654
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.650
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.644
47	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.635
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.634
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.629
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.625
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.619
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.604
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.599
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.573
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.557
56	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.550
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.547
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.536
=59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.534
=59	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.534
61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.524
62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.523
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.514
64	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.508
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.505
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.484
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.468
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.455
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.454
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.452
71	Colombia`COL`South America	0.428
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.427
=73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.425
=73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.425
=73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.425
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.419
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.416
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.413
79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.408
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.396
81	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.388
82	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.383
=83	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.373
=83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.373
=85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.372
=85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.372
=85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.372
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.371
89	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.367
90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.364
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.359
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.358
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.353
=94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.348
=94	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.348
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.345
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.338
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.331
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.326
100	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.324
101	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.312
102	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.307
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.296
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.287
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.285
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.280
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.278
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.269
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.267
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.263
111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.241
112	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.233
=113	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.232
=113	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.232
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.231
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.227
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.209
=118	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.203
=118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.203
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.190
121	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.189
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.185
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.182
124	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.174
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.168
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.158
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.155
=128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.153
=128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.153
130	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.152
=131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.149
=131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.149
=131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.149
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.148
135	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.128
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.125
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.124
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.123
=139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.120
=139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.120
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.117
=141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.117
=143	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.116
=143	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.116
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.115
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.111
147	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.107
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.103
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.098
=150	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.097
=150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.097
=150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.097
=153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.096
=153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.096
155	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.095
=156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.092
=156	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.092
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.090
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.089
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.086
161	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.074
=162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.070
=162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.070
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.061
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.057
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.050
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.045
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.042
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.041
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.031
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.018
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.015
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.895
2Sweden0.877
3Norway0.862
4Germany0.859
5Switzerland0.841

Lowest

175Eritrea0.006
174North Korea0.014
173Turkmenistan0.015
172Myanmar0.018
171Uzbekistan0.031

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.371. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 175 in both
82 · 53rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.091 → 0.174+0.083
Maldives0.061 → 0.117+0.056
Brazil0.722 → 0.772+0.050
Guinea-Bissau0.218 → 0.263+0.045
Somalia0.058 → 0.092+0.034

Fell most

Sri Lanka0.329 → 0.278−0.051
Moldova0.381 → 0.345−0.036
Venezuela0.216 → 0.182−0.034
Mauritania0.146 → 0.120−0.026
Thailand0.382 → 0.359−0.023

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

Read before you use

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 2005.
152 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.425. 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 (2005). Liberal Democracy Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2005

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