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Political civil liberties index

0-1 index · higher is better · 176 countries

Coppedge et al., V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v16 (Varieties of Democracy Project)V-Dem: 'All V-Dem data and graphs generated by the online tools are open source and free for anyone to use. You do not need to seek permission to use the data, but we kindly ask you to cite the data.' (codebook states 'All rights reserved'; no formal CC identifier)updated 2025
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  1. 1Denmark0.98
  2. 2Switzerland0.97
  3. 3Ireland0.97
  4. 4Estonia0.97
  5. 5Belgium0.96
  6. 6Sweden0.96
  7. 7Luxembourg0.96
  8. 8Norway0.96
  9. 9France0.95
  10. 10Uruguay0.95
  11. 11Chile0.94
  12. 11Latvia0.94
  13. 12Jamaica0.94
  14. 12Finland0.94
  15. 13Czechia0.93
  16. 14Brazil0.93
  17. 15Costa Rica0.93
  18. 16Iceland0.93
  19. 16Poland0.93
  20. 17New Zealand0.93
  21. 18Austria0.93
  22. 19Spain0.93
  23. 20Ghana0.92
  24. 20Barbados0.92
  25. 20Canada0.92
  26. 20Dominican Republic0.92
  27. 20Mauritius0.92
  28. 21Trinidad and Tobago0.92
  29. 21Japan0.92
  30. 22Suriname0.92
  31. 23Portugal0.91
  32. 24Korea, Rep.0.91
  33. 25Australia0.91
  34. 26Vanuatu0.91
  35. 27Taiwan0.9
  36. 28Namibia0.9
  37. 29Sri Lanka0.9
  38. 30Lithuania0.89
  39. 30Cabo Verde0.89
  40. 30Seychelles0.89
  41. 31Solomon Islands0.89
  42. 31Netherlands0.89
  43. 31Germany0.89
  44. 32Malta0.89
  45. 32Montenegro0.89
  46. 33Papua New Guinea0.89
  47. 34Panama0.89
  48. 35South Africa0.88
  49. 36Cyprus0.88
  50. 37Honduras0.88
  51. 38Italy0.87
  52. 39Sierra Leone0.87
  53. 40Timor-Leste0.87
  54. 41United States0.87
  55. 42Nigeria0.86
  56. 42Nepal0.86
  57. 43Kenya0.86
  58. 44United Kingdom0.86
  59. 45Lesotho0.86
  60. 46Guatemala0.86
  61. 47Guyana0.86
  62. 48Greece0.85
  63. 48Liberia0.85
  64. 49Botswana0.84
  65. 49Sao Tome and Principe0.84
  66. 50Colombia0.84
  67. 51Romania0.84
  68. 52Senegal0.84
  69. 52Gambia, The0.84
  70. 53Kosovo0.83
  71. 54Bulgaria0.83
  72. 55Armenia0.82
  73. 56Slovak Republic0.81
  74. 57Paraguay0.8
  75. 58Zambia0.8
  76. 58Slovenia0.8
  77. 59Croatia0.79
  78. 60Haiti0.79
  79. 61Argentina0.77
  80. 62Israel0.77
  81. 63Moldova0.76
  82. 63Albania0.76
  83. 64Fiji0.76
  84. 64Peru0.76
  85. 65Mongolia0.76
  86. 66Malawi0.76
  87. 67North Macedonia0.75
  88. 68Gabon0.75
  89. 68Niger0.75
  90. 69Madagascar0.74
  91. 70Benin0.74
  92. 71Bosnia and Herzegovina0.74
  93. 71Bolivia0.74
  94. 72Lebanon0.73
  95. 73Maldives0.72
  96. 74Cote d'Ivoire0.7
  97. 75Ecuador0.69
  98. 76Malaysia0.69
  99. 77Bhutan0.66
  100. 78Mexico0.64
  101. 79Philippines0.64
  102. 80Bangladesh0.64
  103. 81Tanzania0.61
  104. 82Hungary0.61
  105. 83Georgia0.61
  106. 84Indonesia0.6
  107. 85Angola0.58
  108. 86Tunisia0.56
  109. 87Congo, Dem. Rep.0.56
  110. 88Guinea-Bissau0.55
  111. 88Morocco0.55
  112. 88Jordan0.55
  113. 88Serbia0.55
  114. 89Thailand0.55
  115. 90Iraq0.54
  116. 91Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.53
  117. 92Singapore0.53
  118. 93Mauritania0.53
  119. 94Central African Republic0.53
  120. 95Libya0.52
  121. 96Comoros0.51
  122. 97Ukraine0.51
  123. 98Mozambique0.5
  124. 99Pakistan0.5
  125. 100Togo0.48
  126. 101India0.47
  127. 102Guinea0.45
  128. 103Mali0.44
  129. 104El Salvador0.43
  130. 105Kyrgyz Republic0.43
  131. 106Cameroon0.42
  132. 107Djibouti0.41
  133. 108West Bank and Gaza0.4
  134. 109Uganda0.37
  135. 110Kuwait0.36
  136. 111Kazakhstan0.36
  137. 112Zimbabwe0.35
  138. 113Burkina Faso0.35
  139. 114Algeria0.34
  140. 115Ethiopia0.34
  141. 116Chad0.3
  142. 117Congo, Rep.0.3
  143. 118Yemen, Rep.0.3
  144. 119Syrian Arab Republic0.28
  145. 120Sudan0.27
  146. 121Turkiye0.26
  147. 122Uzbekistan0.25
  148. 123Hong Kong SAR, China0.23
  149. 124Cambodia0.21
  150. 125Rwanda0.17
  151. 126Oman0.17
  152. 127Iran, Islamic Rep.0.16
  153. 128Burundi0.16
  154. 129Venezuela, RB0.16
  155. 130Bahrain0.15
  156. 131Egypt, Arab Rep.0.15
  157. 132United Arab Emirates0.12
  158. 133Azerbaijan0.12
  159. 133South Sudan0.12
  160. 134Equatorial Guinea0.12
  161. 135Russian Federation0.1
  162. 136Viet Nam0.09
  163. 137Saudi Arabia0.08
  164. 138Qatar0.08
  165. 139Tajikistan0.07
  166. 140Eswatini0.06
  167. 141Myanmar0.06
  168. 142Turkmenistan0.05
  169. 143Lao PDR0.05
  170. 144Cuba0.04
  171. 145Belarus0.04
  172. 145China0.04
  173. 146Eritrea0.02
  174. 147Afghanistan0.02
  175. 148Nicaragua0.02
  176. 149Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.02

Political civil liberties index