Data for 2013

Liberal Democracy Index, 2013

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.895; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.389. Against 2012, 168 values changed (71 up, 97 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2013

HighestDenmark

0.895

LowestEritrea

0.006

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

176countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: 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	0.885
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.863
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.861
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.858
=6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.853
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.853
8	United States`USA`Northern America	0.852
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.846
10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.843
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.839
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.834
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.832
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.830
15	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.829
16	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.823
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.822
=18	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.821
=18	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.821
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.807
21	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.801
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.796
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.792
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.786
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.781
26	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.779
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.778
=27	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.778
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.775
30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.771
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.743
32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.742
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.741
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.732
35	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.730
36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.710
37	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.708
38	Peru`PER`South America	0.689
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.684
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.679
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.665
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.664
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.655
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.650
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.642
=46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.635
=46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.635
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.627
49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.626
=50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.609
=50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.609
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.597
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.588
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.585
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.575
56	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.563
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.557
=58	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.547
=58	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.547
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.542
61	Colombia`COL`South America	0.537
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.536
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.530
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.522
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.520
=66	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.501
=66	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.501
=68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.482
=68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.482
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.477
=71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.456
=71	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.456
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.447
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.439
75	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.437
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.433
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.420
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.413
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.410
80	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.408
81	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.407
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.405
83	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.401
=84	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.396
=84	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.396
=84	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.396
87	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.394
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.391
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.386
90	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.381
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.369
92	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.364
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.354
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.352
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.348
96	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.330
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.318
98	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.316
99	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.314
=100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.301
=100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.301
102	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.300
103	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.295
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.289
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.287
106	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.285
=107	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.278
=107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.278
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.268
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.265
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.262
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.255
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.251
114	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.248
=115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.238
=115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.238
=115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238
=118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.230
=118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.230
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.223
121	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.220
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.209
=123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.206
=123	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.206
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.195
=126	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.194
=126	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.194
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.191
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.174
130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.171
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.157
=132	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.150
=132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.150
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.148
135	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.144
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.139
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.136
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.129
=139	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.125
=139	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.125
141	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.124
142	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.122
143	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.118
144	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.117
145	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.116
=146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.114
=146	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.114
=146	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.114
149	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.113
=150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.109
=150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.109
=150	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.109
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.105
154	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.104
155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.101
156	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.099
=157	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.097
=157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.097
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.093
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090
161	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.089
162	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.087
163	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.075
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.067
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.063
166	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.057
=167	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.053
=167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.053
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.052
170	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.051
171	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.046
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.037
=173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.024
=173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.024
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.895
2Sweden0.885
3Norway0.863
4Switzerland0.861
5Finland0.858

Lowest

176Eritrea0.006
175North Korea0.014
173Turkmenistanshared0.024
173Syriashared0.024
172Uzbekistan0.037

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.389. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
168values changed, of 176 in both
71 · 97rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.361 → 0.456+0.095
Libya0.210 → 0.300+0.090
Kenya0.358 → 0.413+0.055
Burkina Faso0.358 → 0.405+0.047
Senegal0.540 → 0.585+0.045

Fell most

Nepal0.310 → 0.191−0.119
Maldives0.333 → 0.238−0.095
Serbia0.486 → 0.401−0.085
Paraguay0.480 → 0.407−0.073
Egypt0.157 → 0.097−0.060

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 2013.
149 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.396. 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 (2013). Liberal Democracy Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2013

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