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Age of full democracy

Name: Age of full democracy by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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years · higher is better · 91 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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77 countries · 2025

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Age of full democracy league table
#	Country	years	Region	Income
1	Sweden	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Denmark	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	France	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	United Kingdom	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Canada	80	North America	High income
6	Iceland	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Netherlands	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Norway	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	New Zealand	80	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Australia	80	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Luxembourg	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Ireland	80	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Belgium	77	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Finland	76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Japan	72	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	Italy	70	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Austria	70	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	San Marino	69	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Costa Rica	67	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Malta	67	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
21	Trinidad and Tobago	64	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
22	Belize	62	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Bahamas, The	62	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
24	United States	61	North America	High income
25	Naoero	60	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Barbados	60	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
27	Dominica	59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	St. Kitts and Nevis	59	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
29	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	57	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Switzerland	55	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Greece	51	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Portugal	50	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Tuvalu	48	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Kiribati	48	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
35	Papua New Guinea	48	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Marshall Islands	47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
37	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	47	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
38	Vanuatu	46	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
39	Spain	46	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	St. Lucia	46	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
41	Palau	45	East Asia & Pacific	High income
42	Jamaica	45	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Grenada	40	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Uruguay	40	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
45	Argentina	40	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	Samoa	36	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
47	Chile	36	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
48	Namibia	36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Cyprus	36	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Germany	36	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Estonia	35	Europe & Central Asia	High income
52	Suriname	35	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Mongolia	34	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Cabo Verde	34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
55	Latvia	33	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Czechia	33	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Andorra	33	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	South Africa	32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
59	Lithuania	32	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Dominican Republic	30	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
61	Korea, Rep.	29	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Ghana	26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
63	Croatia	26	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Taiwan	26	East Asia & Pacific	High income
65	Panama	26	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
66	Bulgaria	25	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Romania	20	Europe & Central Asia	High income
68	Sao Tome and Principe	16	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Guyana	13	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
70	Tonga	8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Seychelles	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
72	Antigua and Barbuda	5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Slovenia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Fiji	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
75	Brazil	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Poland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Mauritius	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income

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