Data for 2011

Liberal Democracy Index, 2011

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2011 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.894; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.005. The middle country reads 0.373. Against 2010, 135 values changed (73 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2011

HighestDenmark

0.894

LowestEritrea

0.005

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

176countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.894
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.881
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.869
4	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.864
5	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.857
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.856
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.852
8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.847
9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.845
10	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.843
11	Chile`CHL`South America	0.839
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.837
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.835
14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.832
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.829
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.827
=16	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.827
=18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.821
=18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.821
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.818
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.814
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.808
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.804
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.801
25	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.795
26	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.792
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.791
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.789
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.786
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.781
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.778
32	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.755
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.744
34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.740
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.734
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.723
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.702
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.687
39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.675
40	Peru`PER`South America	0.670
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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.656
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.651
48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.639
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.627
50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.624
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.623
52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.619
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.573
54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.565
55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.563
56	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.562
57	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.554
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.553
59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.540
60	Colombia`COL`South America	0.539
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.538
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.533
=63	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.532
=63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.532
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.508
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.503
67	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.501
68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.487
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.486
70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.478
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.472
72	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.468
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.445
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.441
75	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.430
76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.425
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.420
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.413
=79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.410
=79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.410
81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.407
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.404
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.398
84	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.393
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.392
86	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.390
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.377
=88	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.373
=88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.373
90	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.370
91	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.369
92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.366
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.364
94	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.362
=95	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.354
=95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.354
97	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.348
98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.344
99	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.340
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.333
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.328
102	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.324
103	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.322
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.304
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.296
106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.283
107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.282
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.277
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.275
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.264
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.262
112	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.261
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.260
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.256
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.251
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.248
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.247
118	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.243
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.234
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.233
122	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.228
123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.216
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.215
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.206
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.201
127	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.192
128	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.189
129	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.188
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.183
131	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.168
132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.165
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.155
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.152
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.150
136	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.141
137	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.136
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.134
=139	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.133
=139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.133
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.122
142	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.121
143	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.119
=144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.118
=144	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.118
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.115
147	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.114
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.112
149	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.107
=150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.105
=150	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.105
=152	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.104
=152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.104
154	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.101
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.100
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.099
157	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.096
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.095
=159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.093
=159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.093
161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.089
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.079
163	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.068
164	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.064
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.061
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.057
167	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.056
168	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.052
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.051
170	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.049
171	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.046
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.038
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.036
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.023
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.005

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.894
2Sweden0.881
3Norway0.869
4Germany0.864
5Australia0.857

Lowest

176Eritrea0.005
175North Korea0.014
174Turkmenistan0.023
173Uzbekistan0.036
172Syria0.038

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

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 175 in both
73 · 62rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Niger0.185 → 0.390+0.205
Tunisia0.103 → 0.247+0.144
Myanmar0.033 → 0.107+0.074
Kyrgyzstan0.260 → 0.333+0.073
Moldova0.508 → 0.562+0.054

Fell most

Hungary0.677 → 0.639−0.038
Bahrain0.088 → 0.052−0.036
North Macedonia0.373 → 0.340−0.033
Benin0.516 → 0.486−0.030
Egypt0.152 → 0.122−0.030

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
165 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.827. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Liberal Democracy Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2011

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