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Democracy Index

· higher is better · 166 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2018
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League table

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  1. 1Finland20
  2. 1Denmark20
  3. 1Australia20
  4. 1France20
  5. 1Ireland20
  6. 1Cyprus20
  7. 1Greece20
  8. 1Cabo Verde20
  9. 1Chile20
  10. 1Germany20
  11. 1Switzerland20
  12. 1Italy20
  13. 1Hungary20
  14. 1Spain20
  15. 1Costa Rica20
  16. 1Austria20
  17. 1Canada20
  18. 1Norway20
  19. 1Uruguay20
  20. 1Poland20
  21. 1Portugal20
  22. 1Mauritius20
  23. 1Luxembourg20
  24. 1Taiwan20
  25. 1Slovenia20
  26. 1Slovak Republic20
  27. 1Lithuania20
  28. 1Netherlands20
  29. 1New Zealand20
  30. 1Sweden20
  31. 1Japan20
  32. 1Mongolia20
  33. 2Montenegro19
  34. 2Peru19
  35. 2South Africa19
  36. 2North Macedonia19
  37. 2Paraguay19
  38. 2Trinidad and Tobago19
  39. 2Moldova19
  40. 2Panama19
  41. 2Kenya19
  42. 2Romania19
  43. 2Argentina19
  44. 2Indonesia19
  45. 2Estonia19
  46. 2Albania19
  47. 2Czechia19
  48. 2Jamaica19
  49. 2Bulgaria19
  50. 2India19
  51. 2Croatia19
  52. 3United Kingdom18
  53. 3Belgium18
  54. 3Botswana18
  55. 3Ghana18
  56. 3Guatemala18
  57. 3Brazil18
  58. 3Korea, Rep.18
  59. 3Philippines18
  60. 3Lesotho18
  61. 3United States18
  62. 3Mexico18
  63. 3Kyrgyz Republic18
  64. 3Serbia18
  65. 3Myanmar18
  66. 3El Salvador18
  67. 3Solomon Islands18
  68. 3Latvia18
  69. 3Timor-Leste18
  70. 4Liberia17
  71. 4Pakistan17
  72. 4Nigeria17
  73. 4Sierra Leone17
  74. 4Senegal17
  75. 4Tunisia17
  76. 4Malaysia17
  77. 4Nepal17
  78. 4Honduras17
  79. 4Colombia17
  80. 4Guyana17
  81. 4Benin17
  82. 4Dominican Republic17
  83. 4Bolivia17
  84. 4Armenia17
  85. 4Bhutan17
  86. 4Georgia17
  87. 5Central African Republic16
  88. 5Israel16
  89. 5Iraq16
  90. 5Guinea-Bissau16
  91. 5Burkina Faso16
  92. 5Zambia16
  93. 5Malawi16
  94. 5Sri Lanka16
  95. 5Madagascar16
  96. 5Nicaragua16
  97. 5Lebanon16
  98. 5Namibia16
  99. 6Niger15
  100. 6Mali15
  101. 6Somalia, Fed. Rep.15
  102. 6Papua New Guinea15
  103. 6Mozambique15
  104. 6Suriname15
  105. 6Haiti15
  106. 6Ecuador15
  107. 7Gambia, The14
  108. 7Guinea14
  109. 7Cote d'Ivoire14
  110. 7Zimbabwe14
  111. 7Ukraine14
  112. 7Russian Federation14
  113. 8Tanzania13
  114. 8Djibouti13
  115. 8Gabon13
  116. 9Algeria12
  117. 9Fiji12
  118. 10Ethiopia11
  119. 11South Sudan10
  120. 11Yemen, Rep.10
  121. 11Libya10
  122. 12Chad9
  123. 12Uganda9
  124. 12Afghanistan9
  125. 12Burundi9
  126. 13Angola8
  127. 13Mauritania8
  128. 13Singapore8
  129. 13Togo8
  130. 14Rwanda7
  131. 14Venezuela, RB7
  132. 14Tajikistan7
  133. 14Thailand7
  134. 14Congo, Dem. Rep.7
  135. 14Comoros7
  136. 14Jordan7
  137. 15Egypt, Arab Rep.6
  138. 15Congo, Rep.6
  139. 15Morocco6
  140. 15Sudan6
  141. 15Turkiye6
  142. 15Cambodia6
  143. 16Cuba5
  144. 16Cameroon5
  145. 17Equatorial Guinea4
  146. 17Bangladesh4
  147. 17Kazakhstan4
  148. 18Kuwait3
  149. 18Lao PDR3
  150. 18Viet Nam3
  151. 18Eswatini3
  152. 18Eritrea3
  153. 18China3
  154. 18Azerbaijan3
  155. 18Iran, Islamic Rep.3
  156. 18Belarus3
  157. 19United Arab Emirates2
  158. 19Turkmenistan2
  159. 19Oman2
  160. 20Uzbekistan1
  161. 20Syrian Arab Republic1
  162. 21Saudi Arabia0
  163. 21Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0
  164. 21Qatar0
  165. 21Bahrain0

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