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Total democracy score

Name: Total democracy score by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 196 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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195 countries · 2025

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Total democracy score league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Finland	100	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Norway	99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	New Zealand	99	East Asia & Pacific	High income
4	Sweden	99	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Ireland	98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	San Marino	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Uruguay	97	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Denmark	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Slovenia	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Luxembourg	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Canada	97	North America	High income
12	Netherlands	97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Japan	96	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	Switzerland	96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Estonia	96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Portugal	96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Belgium	95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Chile	95	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
19	Germany	95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Czechia	95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Iceland	95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Austria	94	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Australia	94	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Barbados	94	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
25	Andorra	93	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Tuvalu	93	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
27	Marshall Islands	93	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
28	Taiwan	93	East Asia & Pacific	High income
29	Palau	92	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	92	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
31	Cabo Verde	92	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
32	Dominica	92	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
33	United Kingdom	92	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Costa Rica	91	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
35	St. Lucia	91	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
36	Spain	91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Cyprus	90	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	90	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
39	Lithuania	90	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Liechtenstein	90	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Bahamas, The	90	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	France	89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Kiribati	89	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Latvia	89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
45	Grenada	89	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	St. Kitts and Nevis	89	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
47	Slovak Republic	88	Europe & Central Asia	High income
48	Malta	88	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
49	Mauritius	87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
50	Italy	87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Belize	87	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Greece	85	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Argentina	85	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Sao Tome and Principe	84	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Samoa	84	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
56	Mongolia	84	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Romania	83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
58	Korea, Rep.	83	East Asia & Pacific	High income
59	Antigua and Barbuda	83	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
60	Trinidad and Tobago	83	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Monaco	82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
62	Vanuatu	82	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
63	Croatia	82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Panama	82	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
65	Poland	82	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	United States	81	North America	High income
67	Suriname	81	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
68	Jamaica	81	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
69	South Africa	81	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
70	Seychelles	81	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
71	Ghana	80	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
72	Tonga	79	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Naoero	75	East Asia & Pacific	High income
74	Botswana	75	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
75	Guyana	74	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
76	Solomon Islands	74	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Bulgaria	74	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Namibia	73	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Brazil	73	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
80	Israel	73	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
81	Timor-Leste	73	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Fiji	72	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
83	Senegal	70	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Colombia	69	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
85	Bhutan	69	South Asia	Lower middle income
86	Bolivia	69	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
87	Albania	69	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Montenegro	68	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Malawi	68	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
90	Dominican Republic	67	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	North Macedonia	67	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Lesotho	67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Peru	66	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
94	Liberia	65	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
95	Hungary	65	Europe & Central Asia	High income
96	Ecuador	64	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
97	Sri Lanka	63	South Asia	Upper middle income
98	Paraguay	63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	India	62	South Asia	Lower middle income
100	Sierra Leone	61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	Papua New Guinea	61	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
102	Benin	61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Moldova	60	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
104	Nepal	59	South Asia	Lower middle income
105	Philippines	58	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	Mexico	58	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
107	Indonesia	56	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	54	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
109	Armenia	54	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
110	Malaysia	53	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Serbia	53	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Zambia	53	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Gambia, The	51	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Ukraine	51	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Georgia	51	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
116	Madagascar	50	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Kenya	49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
118	Guatemala	48	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Singapore	48	East Asia & Pacific	High income
120	Honduras	47	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
121	Cote d'Ivoire	46	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
122	Bangladesh	44	South Asia	Lower middle income
123	Nigeria	44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
124	El Salvador	42	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Mozambique	42	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
126	Tunisia	42	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
127	Maldives	41	South Asia	Upper middle income
128	Comoros	41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Hong Kong SAR, China	41	East Asia & Pacific	High income
130	Lebanon	41	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
131	Mauritania	38	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Togo	37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Morocco	37	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
134	Jordan	34	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
135	Uganda	33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Thailand	33	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
137	Guinea-Bissau	33	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Pakistan	32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
139	Turkiye	32	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
140	Algeria	31	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
141	Iraq	31	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
142	Kuwait	30	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
143	Tanzania	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Angola	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Guinea	28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
146	Brunei Darussalam	27	East Asia & Pacific	High income
147	Niger	27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Zimbabwe	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
149	Gabon	25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
150	Kyrgyz Republic	25	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
151	Qatar	25	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
152	Djibouti	24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
153	Oman	24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
154	Kazakhstan	23	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
155	Haiti	22	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
156	Cambodia	22	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
157	Rwanda	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Mali	21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Burkina Faso	20	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Viet Nam	20	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
161	Congo, Dem. Rep.	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Egypt, Arab Rep.	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
163	Ethiopia	18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
164	United Arab Emirates	18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	Congo, Rep.	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
166	Eswatini	17	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
167	Cameroon	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
168	Chad	15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Nicaragua	14	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
170	Lao PDR	13	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
171	Venezuela, RB	13	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
172	Burundi	13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
173	Uzbekistan	12	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
174	Bahrain	12	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
175	Russian Federation	12	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Iran, Islamic Rep.	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
177	Libya	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
178	Syrian Arab Republic	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
179	Yemen, Rep.	10	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
180	Saudi Arabia	9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
181	China	9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
182	Cuba	9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
184	Afghanistan	8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
185	Belarus	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
186	Azerbaijan	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
187	Tajikistan	5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
188	Equatorial Guinea	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
189	Central African Republic	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Myanmar	4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
191	Eritrea	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	3	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
193	Turkmenistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
194	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
195	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

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