Data for 2010

Liberal Democracy Index, 2010

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2010 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.895; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.005. The middle country reads 0.373. Against 2009, 146 values changed (88 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

0.895

LowestEritrea

0.005

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

175countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	0.881
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.869
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.862
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.857
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.856
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.850
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.848
9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.847
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.842
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.839
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.838
13	Chile`CHL`South America	0.837
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.834
15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.829
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.828
17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.827
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.825
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.820
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.816
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.812
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.805
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.803
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.802
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.799
26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.796
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.794
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.792
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.778
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.776
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.775
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.755
33	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.752
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.734
35	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.730
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.704
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.695
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.686
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.677
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.675
41	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.668
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.667
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.666
44	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.665
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.663
46	Peru`PER`South America	0.658
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.656
48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.655
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.632
50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.623
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.622
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.619
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.578
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.568
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.565
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.554
57	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.550
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.539
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.536
=60	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.532
=60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.532
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.528
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.516
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.509
65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.508
66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.507
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.503
68	Colombia`COL`South America	0.498
69	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.489
70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.478
=71	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.465
=71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.465
=73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.440
=73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.440
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.427
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.425
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.422
78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.411
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.406
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.405
81	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.400
=82	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.397
=82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.397
=84	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.395
=84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.395
86	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.386
=87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.373
=87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.373
89	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.371
=90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.370
=90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.370
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.369
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.361
94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.360
95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.351
96	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.340
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.330
98	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.328
99	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.323
100	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.319
101	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.314
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.309
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.293
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.285
=105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.284
=105	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.284
107	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.275
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.271
109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.264
110	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.262
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.260
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.251
113	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.249
114	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.244
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.243
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.239
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.238
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.235
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.231
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.228
121	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.210
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.206
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.200
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.193
=126	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.192
=126	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.192
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.188
129	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.185
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.173
131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.164
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.154
=132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.154
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.153
=135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.152
=135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.152
137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.144
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.135
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.133
140	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.126
141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.120
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.118
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.117
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.113
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.112
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.109
=147	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.105
=147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
149	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.103
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.102
151	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.099
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.098
=153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.095
=153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.095
=153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.095
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.094
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.092
158	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.089
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.088
160	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.082
161	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.079
162	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.069
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.066
164	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.063
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.057
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.050
=167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.049
=167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.049
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.046
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.045
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.035
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.033
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.023
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.005

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.895
2Sweden0.881
3Norway0.869
4Germany0.862
5Costa Rica0.857

Lowest

175Eritrea0.005
174North Korea0.014
173Turkmenistan0.023
172Myanmar0.033
171Uzbekistan0.035

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.373. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 175 in both
88 · 58rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.358 → 0.508+0.150
Kyrgyzstan0.165 → 0.260+0.095
Croatia0.653 → 0.730+0.077
Kenya0.305 → 0.361+0.056
Philippines0.348 → 0.395+0.047

Fell most

Ukraine0.394 → 0.264−0.130
Niger0.275 → 0.185−0.090
Hungary0.766 → 0.677−0.089
Honduras0.283 → 0.239−0.044
Türkiye0.403 → 0.360−0.043

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 2010.
160 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 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 (2010). Liberal Democracy Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2010

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