Data for 2024

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2024

Name: V-Dem Electoral 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

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2024 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.917; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.015. The middle country reads 0.497. Against 2023, 165 values changed (64 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

0.917

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.015

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

176countries
5measures per country
2024the year it describes
162distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of V-Dem Electoral 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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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.917	0.885	0.704	0.871	0.880
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.895	0.830	0.626	0.814	0.783
3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.893	0.848	0.625	0.784	0.805
4	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.891	0.810	0.636	0.793	0.824
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.889	0.847	0.637	0.861	0.843
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.882	0.843	0.785	0.852	0.820
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.881	0.846	0.629	0.809	0.794
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869	0.781	0.561	0.824	0.803
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.868	0.811	0.618	0.710	0.745
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.865	0.811	0.574	0.757	0.783
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.864	0.800	0.606	0.793	0.724
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.862	0.809	0.608	0.787	0.762
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.848	0.796	0.631	0.774	0.723
14	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.846	0.768	0.702	0.716	0.681
15	Chile`CHL`South America	0.845	0.786	0.595	0.773	0.625
16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.843	0.751	0.602	0.745	0.612
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.842	0.757	0.605	0.759	0.764
18	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.841	0.744	0.583	0.655	0.630
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.840	0.762	0.580	0.715	0.724
20	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.836	0.754	0.561	0.735	0.689
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.834	0.759	0.594	0.698	0.722
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.832	0.750	0.577	0.726	0.675
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.827	0.782	0.582	0.736	0.703
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.826	0.743	0.574	0.694	0.694
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.825	0.778	0.590	0.786	0.762
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.823	0.766	0.554	0.732	0.728
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.822	0.737	0.526	0.732	0.752
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.804	0.707	0.626	0.693	0.699
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.802	0.685	0.350	0.717	0.681
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.800	0.686	0.514	0.610	0.623
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.799	0.712	0.550	0.735	0.569
=32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.798	0.676	0.531	0.613	0.650
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.798	0.732	0.578	0.649	0.696
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.784	0.687	0.605	0.673	0.693
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.783	0.621	0.538	0.642	0.694
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.777	0.653	0.492	0.644	0.687
37	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.773	0.653	0.494	0.674	0.650
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.767	0.634	0.500	0.605	0.576
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.752	0.642	0.457	0.555	0.568
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.746	0.590	0.521	0.370	0.582
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.744	0.565	0.510	0.615	0.647
42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.737	0.652	0.322	0.679	0.612
=43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.734	0.648	0.463	0.647	0.512
=43	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.734	0.545	0.461	0.549	0.474
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.730	0.613	0.492	0.605	0.635
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.728	0.578	0.426	0.562	0.471
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.725	0.630	0.549	0.618	0.635
48	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.724	0.627	0.478	0.592	0.618
49	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.721	0.558	0.462	0.443	0.544
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.710	0.607	0.478	0.503	0.556
=50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.710	0.495	0.464	0.633	0.399
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.702	0.597	0.461	0.542	0.559
53	Colombia`COL`South America	0.698	0.554	0.477	0.487	0.425
54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.688	0.536	0.424	0.390	0.433
55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.677	0.497	0.439	0.451	0.481
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.669	0.520	0.431	0.428	0.433
57	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.665	0.560	0.318	0.544	0.459
58	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.652	0.507	0.398	0.491	0.499
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.648	0.471	0.361	0.393	0.461
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.645	0.533	0.453	0.526	0.482
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.642	0.501	0.430	0.360	0.380
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.641	0.443	0.491	0.348	0.305
63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.640	0.500	0.405	0.504	0.512
64	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.632	0.519	0.392	0.416	0.448
65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.630	0.510	0.400	0.477	0.443
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.628	0.449	0.422	0.280	0.442
67	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.625	0.412	0.321	0.453	0.508
68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.624	0.516	0.344	0.458	0.322
69	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.622	0.503	0.442	0.507	0.493
70	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.610	0.398	0.329	0.494	0.400
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.609	0.492	0.389	0.423	0.298
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.605	0.461	0.387	0.529	0.443
73	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.595	0.470	0.331	0.311	0.432
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581	0.390	0.343	0.315	0.252
=75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.577	0.310	0.389	0.323	0.380
=75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.577	0.435	0.326	0.424	0.373
77	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.565	0.457	0.349	0.509	0.478
78	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.563	0.472	0.366	0.445	0.326
=79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.557	0.437	0.358	0.457	0.343
=79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.557	0.370	0.361	0.368	0.368
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.538	0.383	0.330	0.397	0.278
82	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.514	0.410	0.268	0.422	0.377
83	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.513	0.359	0.309	0.368	0.376
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.512	0.390	0.355	0.429	0.330
85	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.510	0.398	0.305	0.256	0.367
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.507	0.336	0.303	0.344	0.357
87	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.499	0.314	0.336	0.354	0.298
88	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.498	0.385	0.249	0.395	0.352
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.496	0.332	0.323	0.422	0.300
=89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.496	0.246	0.342	0.266	0.276
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.495	0.371	0.316	0.411	0.382
=92	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.491	0.323	0.279	0.301	0.385
=92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.491	0.314	0.283	0.235	0.366
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.480	0.327	0.282	0.384	0.374
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.471	0.363	0.307	0.433	0.329
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.462	0.380	0.277	0.246	0.247
97	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.444	0.325	0.278	0.186	0.313
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.429	0.248	0.288	0.343	0.269
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.422	0.271	0.254	0.345	0.339
100	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.420	0.272	0.254	0.282	0.176
101	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.418	0.348	0.116	0.344	0.360
102	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.413	0.357	0.266	0.303	0.339
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.411	0.301	0.274	0.259	0.175
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.410	0.306	0.193	0.223	0.237
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.403	0.201	0.236	0.187	0.179
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.387	0.230	0.257	0.325	0.290
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.381	0.281	0.246	0.279	0.201
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.361	0.210	0.218	0.258	0.216
109	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.350	0.167	0.207	0.293	0.256
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.347	0.226	0.194	0.270	0.216
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.342	0.161	0.100	0.161	0.128
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.337	0.136	0.227	0.231	0.151
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.335	0.090	0.199	0.138	0.132
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.321	0.185	0.174	0.171	0.241
115	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.315	0.225	0.223	0.210	0.283
116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.313	0.193	0.197	0.209	0.114
117	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.310	0.189	0.209	0.178	0.200
118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.308	0.123	0.201	0.223	0.161
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.299	0.097	0.132	0.137	0.128
120	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.289	0.109	0.168	0.086	0.203
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.279	0.140	0.136	0.136	0.184
122	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.277	0.126	0.108	0.111	0.192
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.276	0.122	0.195	0.127	0.223
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.274	0.270	0.129	0.258	0.211
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.272	0.156	0.204	0.208	0.142
126	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.267	0.133	0.123	0.188	0.205
=127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.261	0.252	0.153	0.279	0.204
=127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.261	0.168	0.161	0.237	0.171
=129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.260	0.123	0.094	0.169	0.240
=129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.260	0.093	0.131	0.186	0.163
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.255	0.119	0.196	0.157	0.140
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.250	0.118	0.144	0.144	0.195
=133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.237	0.101	0.119	0.194	0.075
=133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.237	0.182	0.199	0.247	0.221
135	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.227	0.151	0.208	0.194	0.214
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.225	0.097	0.106	0.144	0.114
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.214	0.074	0.080	0.149	0.150
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.202	0.054	0.119	0.112	0.074
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.201	0.091	0.133	0.186	0.164
140	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.198	0.179	0.065	0.197	0.198
141	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.196	0.046	0.154	0.025	0.094
142	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.195	0.109	0.087	0.234	0.129
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.192	0.141	0.169	0.218	0.196
144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.186	0.123	0.079	0.105	0.107
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.184	0.048	0.063	0.079	0.083
=146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.178	0.062	0.104	0.056	0.087
=146	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.178	0.056	0.055	0.098	0.238
148	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.176	0.049	0.047	0.046	0.110
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.175	0.139	0.125	0.068	0.174
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.174	0.053	0.044	0.038	0.115
151	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.171	0.057	0.121	0.050	0.129
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.168	0.041	0.055	0.047	0.070
153	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.166	0.088	0.042	0.108	0.152
154	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.165	0.127	0.092	0.198	0.101
155	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.160	0.036	0.054	0.029	0.228
=156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.159	0.075	0.105	0.076	0.139
=156	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.159	0.109	0.149	0.194	0.180
158	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.158	0.142	0.052	0.055	0.213
=159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.154	0.126	0.120	0.073	0.158
=159	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.154	0.071	0.090	0.039	0.050
161	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.151	0.020	0.098	0.018	0.085
162	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.149	0.034	0.033	0.024	0.088
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.143	0.054	0.065	0.042	0.077
164	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.138	0.062	0.054	0.060	0.122
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.137	0.030	0.070	0.033	0.061
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.135	0.117	0.113	0.056	0.125
167	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.129	0.101	0.110	0.064	0.076
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.126	0.047	0.071	0.045	0.033
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.104	0.077	0.031	0.082	0.126
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.087	0.095	0.039	0.129	0.108
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.084	0.014	0.044	0.009	0.090
=172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.080	0.014	0.012	0.024	0.028
=172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.080	0.015	0.046	0.036	0.057
174	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.073	0.037	0.031	0.065	0.080
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.069	0.009	0.008	0.022	0.100
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.015	0.047	0.024	0.061	0.113

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Denmark0.917
2Ireland0.895
3Estonia0.893
4Belgium0.891
5Norway0.889

Lowest

176Saudi Arabia0.015
175Eritrea0.069
174China0.073
172Myanmarshared0.080
172Afghanistanshared0.080

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.497. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.885
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.358
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.785
LowestEritrea0.008
Middle country: 0.306
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.871
LowestNorth Korea0.009
Middle country: 0.344
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.880
LowestAfghanistan0.028
Middle country: 0.330

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
165values changed, of 176 in both
64 · 101rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.598 → 0.730+0.132
Thailand0.295 → 0.410+0.115
Guatemala0.506 → 0.609+0.103
Sri Lanka0.585 → 0.677+0.092
Chad0.148 → 0.202+0.054

Fell most

Niger0.388 → 0.237−0.151
Guinea-Bissau0.428 → 0.279−0.149
Argentina0.838 → 0.721−0.117
Kuwait0.314 → 0.198−0.116
Georgia0.591 → 0.480−0.111

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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