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Liberal democracy index, 2025

Name: Liberal democracy index (2025)
Creator: V-Dem Dataset v16, via Our World in Data
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Expert-coded index from 0 to 1 of electoral democracy combined with individual rights, equality before the law and limits on executive power.

index 0–1

Liberal democracy index, 2025, by country

1	Denmark	0.88
2	Sweden	0.85
3	Estonia	0.84
4	Ireland	0.82
5	Finland	0.81
6	France	0.80
7	Belgium	0.79
7	Czechia	0.79
9	Germany	0.78
9	Luxembourg	0.78
11	Netherlands	0.77
12	Austria	0.76
13	Latvia	0.75
14	Canada	0.74
14	Spain	0.74
14	South Korea	0.74
17	Japan	0.73
18	Portugal	0.72
19	Lithuania	0.71
20	United Kingdom	0.69
21	Cyprus	0.66
22	Poland	0.65
23	Italy	0.64
24	Malta	0.62
25	Croatia	0.59
25	Slovenia	0.59
27	Greece	0.57
27	Slovakia	0.57
27	United States	0.57
30	Bulgaria	0.50
31	Romania	0.46
32	Malaysia	0.36
32	Singapore	0.36
34	Hungary	0.32
35	Thailand	0.31
36	Morocco	0.25
37	Mexico	0.22
38	Egypt	0.12
39	Türkiye	0.11
40	Vietnam	0.10
41	United Arab Emirates	0.08
42	Saudi Arabia	0.05
43	China	0.04