Data for 2024

Liberal Democracy Index, 2024

Name: Liberal Democracy Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Liberal Democracy Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.885; Eritrea is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 0.358. Against 2023, 163 values changed (67 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Liberal Democracy Index · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

0.885

LowestEritrea

0.009

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

176countries
1measure
2024the 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.885
2	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.848
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.847
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.846
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.843
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.830
=7	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.811
=7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.811
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.810
10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.809
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.800
12	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.796
13	Chile`CHL`South America	0.786
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.782
15	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.781
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.778
17	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.768
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.766
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.762
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.759
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.757
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.754
23	United States`USA`Northern America	0.751
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.750
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.744
26	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.743
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.737
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.732
29	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.712
30	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.707
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.687
32	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.686
33	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.685
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.676
=35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.653
=35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.653
37	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.652
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.648
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.642
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.634
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.630
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.627
43	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.621
44	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.613
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.607
46	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.597
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.590
48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.578
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.565
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.560
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.558
52	Colombia`COL`South America	0.554
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.536
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.533
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.520
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.519
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.516
59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.510
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.507
61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.503
62	Peru`PER`South America	0.501
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.500
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.497
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.495
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.492
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.472
68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.471
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.470
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.461
71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.457
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.449
73	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.443
74	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.437
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.435
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.412
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.410
=78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.398
=78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.398
=80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.390
=80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.390
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.385
83	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.383
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.380
85	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.371
86	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.370
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.363
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.359
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.357
90	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.348
91	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.336
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.332
93	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.327
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.325
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.323
=96	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.314
=96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.314
98	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.310
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.306
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.301
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.281
102	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.272
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.271
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.270
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.252
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.248
107	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.246
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.230
109	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.226
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.225
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.210
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.201
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.193
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.189
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.185
116	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.182
117	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.179
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.168
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.167
120	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.161
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.156
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.151
123	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.142
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.141
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.140
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.139
127	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.136
128	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.133
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.127
=130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.126
=130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.126
=132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.123
=132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.123
=132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.123
135	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.122
136	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.119
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.118
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.117
=139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.109
=139	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.109
=139	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.109
=142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.101
=142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.101
=144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.097
=144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.097
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.095
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.093
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.091
149	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.090
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.088
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.077
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.075
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.074
154	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.071
=155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.062
=155	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.062
157	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.057
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.056
=159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.054
=159	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.054
161	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.053
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.049
163	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.048
=164	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.047
=164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.047
166	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.046
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.041
168	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.037
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.036
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.034
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.030
172	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.020
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.015
=174	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.014
=174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.014
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.009

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.885
2Estonia0.848
3Norway0.847
4Sweden0.846
5Switzerland0.843

Lowest

176Eritrea0.009
174North Koreashared0.014
174Afghanistanshared0.014
173Myanmar0.015
172Nicaragua0.020

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.358. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 176 in both
67 · 96rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.457 → 0.613+0.156
Guatemala0.338 → 0.492+0.154
Sri Lanka0.426 → 0.497+0.071
Thailand0.246 → 0.306+0.060
South Africa0.602 → 0.648+0.046

Fell most

Argentina0.695 → 0.558−0.137
Slovakia0.724 → 0.590−0.134
Georgia0.456 → 0.327−0.129
Kuwait0.294 → 0.179−0.115
Niger0.285 → 0.182−0.103

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 2024.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.123. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2024). Liberal Democracy Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/liberal-democracy/2024

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