Data for 2007

Liberal Democracy Index, 2007

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.896; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.369. Against 2006, 136 values changed (80 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2007

HighestDenmark

0.896

LowestEritrea

0.006

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.896
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.881
=3	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.864
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.864
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.854
=6	Chile`CHL`South America	0.842
=6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.842
=6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.842
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.840
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.839
=10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.839
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.828
13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.824
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.823
=14	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.823
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.822
17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.815
18	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.811
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.808
=20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.807
=20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.807
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.805
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.803
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.802
=25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.787
=25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.787
27	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.782
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.773
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.769
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.765
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.762
=32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.759
=32	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.759
34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.738
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.736
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.724
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.696
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.685
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.684
40	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.679
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.666
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.662
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.650
44	Peru`PER`South America	0.647
=45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.645
=45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.645
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.644
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.642
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.636
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.623
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.611
52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.610
53	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.596
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.569
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.566
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.547
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.544
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.537
=59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.527
=59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.527
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.524
62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.523
63	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.514
64	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.506
65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.484
=66	Colombia`COL`South America	0.461
=66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.461
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.458
=69	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.454
=69	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.454
=71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.446
=71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.446
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.438
74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.434
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.427
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.420
77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.419
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.413
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.407
80	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.400
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.396
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.393
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.392
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.386
85	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.376
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.370
=87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.369
=87	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.369
89	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.368
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.366
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.365
92	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.356
93	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.351
=94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.346
=94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.346
=94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.346
97	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.335
98	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.324
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.315
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.313
101	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.311
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.299
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.297
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.286
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.283
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.277
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.274
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.261
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.259
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.258
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.246
112	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.240
113	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.239
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.237
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.235
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.227
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.216
118	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.210
=119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.204
=119	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.204
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.194
122	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.193
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.191
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.188
125	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.185
126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.183
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.181
128	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.180
129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.169
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.166
131	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.162
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.153
=132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.153
=134	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.152
=134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.152
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.149
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.146
138	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.128
139	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.127
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.125
=141	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.123
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.123
=141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.123
144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.122
145	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.115
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.113
147	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.112
=148	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.105
=148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.103
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.097
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.096
=153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.095
=153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.095
=153	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.095
=153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.095
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.094
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.091
=159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.088
=159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.088
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.080
162	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.071
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.068
164	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.063
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	0.043
170	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.041
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.033
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.023
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.017
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.896
2Sweden0.881
3Germanyshared0.864
3Norwayshared0.864
5Costa Rica0.854

Lowest

175Eritrea0.006
174North Korea0.014
173Myanmar0.017
172Turkmenistan0.023
171Uzbekistan0.033

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.369. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 175 in both
80 · 56rose · fell
39unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.122 → 0.237+0.115
Haiti0.211 → 0.299+0.088
Solomon Islands0.361 → 0.434+0.073
Nepal0.210 → 0.277+0.067
Timor-Leste0.405 → 0.454+0.049

Fell most

Fiji0.267 → 0.105−0.162
Bangladesh0.214 → 0.103−0.111
Nicaragua0.322 → 0.216−0.106
Ecuador0.451 → 0.407−0.044
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.409 → 0.369−0.040

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 2007.
149 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.095. 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 (2007). Liberal Democracy Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2007

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