Data for 2025

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2025

Name: V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index, 2025 covers 176 countries on 5 measures. Denmark is highest, at 0.913; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 0.498. Against 2024, 159 values changed (58 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index · Data for 2025

HighestDenmark

0.913

LowestSaudi Arabia

0.016

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

176countries
5measures per country
2025the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.913	0.884	0.700	0.867	0.876
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.890	0.847	0.638	0.863	0.844
=3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.889	0.794	0.633	0.775	0.821
=3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.889	0.853	0.635	0.817	0.802
=5	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.887	0.837	0.621	0.758	0.810
=5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.887	0.822	0.619	0.804	0.775
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.882	0.843	0.785	0.852	0.820
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.869	0.777	0.556	0.824	0.810
9	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.865	0.800	0.597	0.793	0.721
=10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.862	0.809	0.606	0.787	0.762
=10	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.862	0.790	0.716	0.784	0.693
12	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.852	0.808	0.597	0.762	0.707
=13	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.849	0.794	0.562	0.703	0.767
=13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.849	0.787	0.581	0.644	0.726
15	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.844	0.793	0.648	0.771	0.726
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.840	0.736	0.589	0.677	0.626
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.839	0.757	0.582	0.729	0.723
=17	Chile`CHL`South America	0.839	0.781	0.574	0.771	0.640
19	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.834	0.751	0.595	0.684	0.730
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.832	0.774	0.553	0.742	0.739
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.828	0.782	0.593	0.790	0.766
=22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.822	0.717	0.529	0.691	0.614
=22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.822	0.741	0.572	0.693	0.695
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.819	0.734	0.526	0.729	0.758
=24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.819	0.739	0.551	0.751	0.712
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.807	0.720	0.565	0.703	0.728
27	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.805	0.679	0.524	0.694	0.658
28	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.801	0.704	0.652	0.685	0.702
29	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.797	0.679	0.347	0.712	0.676
=30	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.786	0.712	0.560	0.662	0.686
=30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.786	0.668	0.505	0.602	0.661
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.784	0.704	0.528	0.707	0.540
=33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.783	0.621	0.529	0.642	0.694
=33	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.783	0.613	0.520	0.621	0.587
35	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.781	0.626	0.509	0.620	0.600
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.773	0.664	0.490	0.613	0.684
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.772	0.689	0.533	0.665	0.612
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.768	0.645	0.519	0.653	0.671
39	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.760	0.680	0.341	0.703	0.632
=40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.745	0.631	0.458	0.549	0.557
=40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.745	0.642	0.569	0.610	0.652
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.743	0.633	0.470	0.651	0.518
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.741	0.568	0.493	0.610	0.640
44	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.738	0.639	0.481	0.663	0.576
45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.736	0.549	0.462	0.540	0.473
=46	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.735	0.505	0.475	0.647	0.405
=46	United States`USA`Northern America	0.735	0.571	0.510	0.481	0.472
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.733	0.573	0.508	0.362	0.566
49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.729	0.623	0.323	0.467	0.565
50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.728	0.575	0.441	0.560	0.453
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.711	0.606	0.361	0.583	0.493
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.696	0.539	0.429	0.395	0.439
53	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.694	0.588	0.455	0.511	0.549
54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.692	0.589	0.506	0.612	0.604
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.690	0.524	0.429	0.410	0.500
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.686	0.593	0.459	0.499	0.543
57	Colombia`COL`South America	0.679	0.555	0.467	0.458	0.405
58	Peru`PER`South America	0.667	0.506	0.448	0.377	0.388
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.665	0.520	0.369	0.350	0.480
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.661	0.512	0.404	0.482	0.490
61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.656	0.505	0.435	0.406	0.422
62	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.641	0.522	0.406	0.486	0.452
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.637	0.523	0.421	0.471	0.338
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.636	0.500	0.403	0.521	0.501
=65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.633	0.519	0.349	0.464	0.345
=65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.633	0.484	0.402	0.555	0.460
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.632	0.519	0.391	0.416	0.448
68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.631	0.457	0.346	0.394	0.459
69	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.614	0.371	0.319	0.376	0.491
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.607	0.386	0.462	0.366	0.268
=71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.605	0.352	0.414	0.238	0.394
=71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.605	0.464	0.416	0.294	0.424
73	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.599	0.499	0.397	0.474	0.442
74	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.597	0.417	0.321	0.485	0.386
75	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581	0.376	0.342	0.315	0.241
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.566	0.457	0.349	0.503	0.463
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.563	0.446	0.335	0.454	0.347
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.562	0.374	0.354	0.372	0.373
79	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.557	0.462	0.366	0.468	0.317
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.556	0.416	0.316	0.416	0.371
81	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.553	0.449	0.389	0.442	0.440
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.535	0.424	0.281	0.448	0.382
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.515	0.328	0.283	0.245	0.380
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.511	0.380	0.320	0.358	0.256
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.507	0.398	0.265	0.406	0.370
86	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.505	0.311	0.323	0.348	0.317
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.504	0.355	0.303	0.364	0.380
88	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.498	0.339	0.298	0.329	0.359
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.497	0.375	0.348	0.412	0.266
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.493	0.323	0.280	0.304	0.387
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.484	0.382	0.290	0.236	0.351
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.471	0.348	0.307	0.433	0.336
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.469	0.221	0.337	0.246	0.265
94	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.467	0.384	0.280	0.248	0.248
95	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.462	0.296	0.298	0.363	0.252
96	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.445	0.297	0.268	0.301	0.193
97	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.434	0.360	0.121	0.353	0.370
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.424	0.314	0.186	0.193	0.247
99	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.421	0.315	0.268	0.178	0.296
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.419	0.267	0.222	0.350	0.254
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.401	0.275	0.236	0.320	0.311
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.395	0.265	0.242	0.330	0.323
103	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.394	0.228	0.262	0.241	0.237
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.392	0.291	0.261	0.251	0.169
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.386	0.240	0.252	0.326	0.301
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.377	0.260	0.246	0.259	0.201
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.369	0.220	0.224	0.270	0.197
108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.365	0.297	0.245	0.290	0.318
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.361	0.187	0.217	0.177	0.170
110	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.351	0.157	0.233	0.288	0.241
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.344	0.163	0.103	0.173	0.129
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.328	0.127	0.221	0.228	0.142
113	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.321	0.090	0.159	0.125	0.125
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.313	0.178	0.163	0.146	0.235
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.306	0.115	0.200	0.214	0.157
=116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.302	0.178	0.240	0.227	0.246
=116	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.302	0.176	0.192	0.182	0.123
118	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.300	0.208	0.217	0.208	0.276
=119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.293	0.102	0.130	0.131	0.114
=119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.293	0.132	0.200	0.126	0.222
=119	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.293	0.110	0.165	0.080	0.208
122	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.282	0.274	0.132	0.268	0.211
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.279	0.175	0.201	0.170	0.188
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.268	0.147	0.202	0.220	0.135
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.265	0.126	0.095	0.183	0.207
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.260	0.114	0.093	0.097	0.178
=127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.259	0.131	0.107	0.185	0.204
=127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.259	0.251	0.151	0.278	0.203
129	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.257	0.100	0.128	0.195	0.161
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.253	0.165	0.156	0.228	0.139
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.252	0.095	0.128	0.129	0.171
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.250	0.118	0.142	0.142	0.193
133	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.243	0.115	0.188	0.163	0.107
134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.242	0.062	0.129	0.122	0.084
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.238	0.098	0.119	0.195	0.076
136	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.227	0.177	0.189	0.253	0.214
137	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.218	0.079	0.082	0.154	0.153
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.195	0.116	0.099	0.159	0.115
=139	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.193	0.098	0.087	0.261	0.123
=139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.193	0.090	0.130	0.182	0.167
=141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.187	0.115	0.076	0.120	0.106
=141	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.187	0.095	0.120	0.095	0.149
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.185	0.060	0.142	0.066	0.096
144	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.183	0.051	0.060	0.079	0.084
145	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.181	0.042	0.148	0.023	0.080
146	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.176	0.057	0.054	0.097	0.224
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.175	0.140	0.120	0.073	0.174
148	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.172	0.047	0.041	0.045	0.108
149	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.171	0.053	0.043	0.034	0.124
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.170	0.056	0.124	0.059	0.130
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.165	0.128	0.095	0.189	0.099
152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.164	0.150	0.164	0.208	0.171
153	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.163	0.038	0.054	0.032	0.228
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.159	0.103	0.042	0.094	0.152
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.158	0.043	0.059	0.048	0.060
=156	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.151	0.142	0.049	0.057	0.219
=156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.151	0.019	0.098	0.017	0.085
158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.148	0.034	0.033	0.028	0.087
159	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.146	0.102	0.164	0.181	0.163
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.139	0.062	0.054	0.060	0.127
161	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.138	0.127	0.053	0.176	0.171
162	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.135	0.110	0.118	0.060	0.114
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.134	0.103	0.104	0.048	0.157
164	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.133	0.064	0.047	0.038	0.032
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.130	0.034	0.051	0.023	0.078
=166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.128	0.097	0.110	0.064	0.077
=166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.128	0.054	0.058	0.166	0.126
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.127	0.043	0.072	0.039	0.033
169	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.104	0.077	0.031	0.082	0.124
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.083	0.014	0.044	0.011	0.093
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.080	0.015	0.041	0.035	0.057
172	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.072	0.039	0.036	0.064	0.078
=173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.069	0.018	0.051	0.012	0.016
=173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.069	0.009	0.008	0.025	0.108
175	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.034	0.091	0.034	0.120	0.101
176	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.016	0.047	0.026	0.072	0.113

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

1Denmark0.913
2Norway0.890
3Belgiumshared0.889
3Swedenshared0.889
5Estoniashared0.887

Lowest

176Saudi Arabia0.016
175Qatar0.034
173Eritreashared0.069
173Afghanistanshared0.069
172China0.072

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.498. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Liberal democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.884
LowestEritrea0.009
Middle country: 0.354
Participatory democracy (0–1)
HighestSwitzerland0.785
LowestEritrea0.008
Middle country: 0.298
Deliberative democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.867
LowestNorth Korea0.011
Middle country: 0.339
Egalitarian democracy (0–1)
HighestDenmark0.876
LowestAfghanistan0.016
Middle country: 0.321

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 176 in both
58 · 101rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Mauritius0.495 → 0.738+0.243
Sri Lanka0.677 → 0.783+0.106
South Korea0.724 → 0.819+0.095
Gabon0.227 → 0.302+0.075
Lebanon0.347 → 0.419+0.072

Fell most

United States0.843 → 0.735−0.108
Georgia0.480 → 0.401−0.079
Vanuatu0.800 → 0.729−0.071
Moldova0.622 → 0.553−0.069
Kuwait0.198 → 0.138−0.060

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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07Questions