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Political regime (LIED+)

Name: Political regime (LIED+) by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 195 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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194 countries · 2025

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

Political regime (LIED+)