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Private 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. 1Germany0.96
  2. 2Estonia0.95
  3. 3Iceland0.94
  4. 4Sweden0.94
  5. 4New Zealand0.94
  6. 5Ireland0.94
  7. 6Spain0.94
  8. 6Denmark0.94
  9. 7Belgium0.94
  10. 7Luxembourg0.94
  11. 8Czechia0.93
  12. 9Chile0.93
  13. 9Malta0.93
  14. 10Taiwan0.93
  15. 11Finland0.93
  16. 12Poland0.93
  17. 13Latvia0.93
  18. 14Croatia0.92
  19. 15Benin0.92
  20. 16Japan0.92
  21. 17Italy0.91
  22. 18Costa Rica0.91
  23. 18Slovak Republic0.91
  24. 19Norway0.91
  25. 19Suriname0.91
  26. 19Barbados0.91
  27. 19Switzerland0.91
  28. 19Lithuania0.91
  29. 20Sao Tome and Principe0.91
  30. 21Cabo Verde0.91
  31. 22Albania0.91
  32. 23Jamaica0.9
  33. 24Ghana0.9
  34. 25Moldova0.89
  35. 25Korea, Rep.0.89
  36. 25Slovenia0.89
  37. 25Seychelles0.89
  38. 26Gambia, The0.89
  39. 27Namibia0.89
  40. 28Uruguay0.88
  41. 28Austria0.88
  42. 29Brazil0.88
  43. 30Netherlands0.88
  44. 31Australia0.87
  45. 32Greece0.87
  46. 32Honduras0.87
  47. 33Bulgaria0.87
  48. 34Montenegro0.87
  49. 35Trinidad and Tobago0.87
  50. 35France0.87
  51. 36South Africa0.86
  52. 37Georgia0.86
  53. 38Romania0.85
  54. 39Nigeria0.85
  55. 40Gabon0.85
  56. 41Liberia0.85
  57. 42Argentina0.84
  58. 42Mauritius0.84
  59. 43Serbia0.84
  60. 43Botswana0.84
  61. 44Cyprus0.84
  62. 45Canada0.84
  63. 46Colombia0.83
  64. 46Peru0.83
  65. 47Senegal0.83
  66. 47United States0.83
  67. 47Hungary0.83
  68. 48Dominican Republic0.83
  69. 49Sierra Leone0.82
  70. 50Vanuatu0.82
  71. 51Timor-Leste0.82
  72. 52Malawi0.82
  73. 53Lesotho0.82
  74. 54Bosnia and Herzegovina0.81
  75. 54Mongolia0.81
  76. 55Panama0.81
  77. 56Solomon Islands0.81
  78. 56Guyana0.81
  79. 57North Macedonia0.81
  80. 58Armenia0.81
  81. 59Israel0.8
  82. 60Bolivia0.8
  83. 61Ecuador0.8
  84. 62United Kingdom0.79
  85. 63Paraguay0.78
  86. 64Zambia0.77
  87. 65Sri Lanka0.77
  88. 66Papua New Guinea0.76
  89. 67Mexico0.75
  90. 68Togo0.75
  91. 69El Salvador0.74
  92. 70Kenya0.74
  93. 71Philippines0.74
  94. 72Madagascar0.73
  95. 73Cote d'Ivoire0.73
  96. 74Fiji0.72
  97. 75Guatemala0.72
  98. 76Hong Kong SAR, China0.72
  99. 77Kyrgyz Republic0.71
  100. 78Niger0.71
  101. 79Kosovo0.7
  102. 80Tunisia0.69
  103. 81Mali0.68
  104. 82Cameroon0.68
  105. 83Tanzania0.68
  106. 84Indonesia0.68
  107. 85Bangladesh0.67
  108. 86Haiti0.67
  109. 87Portugal0.67
  110. 88Nepal0.67
  111. 89Jordan0.67
  112. 90Malaysia0.66
  113. 91Singapore0.65
  114. 92Lebanon0.65
  115. 93Kazakhstan0.64
  116. 94India0.63
  117. 95Mozambique0.63
  118. 96Zimbabwe0.63
  119. 97Bhutan0.63
  120. 98Burkina Faso0.62
  121. 99Angola0.61
  122. 100Guinea-Bissau0.61
  123. 101Iraq0.61
  124. 102Venezuela, RB0.6
  125. 103Maldives0.57
  126. 104Morocco0.56
  127. 105Ukraine0.54
  128. 106Burundi0.54
  129. 107Thailand0.54
  130. 108Comoros0.53
  131. 109Pakistan0.52
  132. 110Viet Nam0.51
  133. 111Chad0.47
  134. 112Russian Federation0.47
  135. 113Congo, Rep.0.46
  136. 114Belarus0.46
  137. 115Oman0.45
  138. 116Turkiye0.44
  139. 117Algeria0.44
  140. 118Cambodia0.42
  141. 119Eswatini0.41
  142. 120Central African Republic0.4
  143. 121Djibouti0.39
  144. 122Kuwait0.38
  145. 123Congo, Dem. Rep.0.38
  146. 124West Bank and Gaza0.38
  147. 125Mauritania0.37
  148. 126Bahrain0.37
  149. 127Azerbaijan0.36
  150. 128Cuba0.35
  151. 129Iran, Islamic Rep.0.35
  152. 130Guinea0.34
  153. 131Uzbekistan0.34
  154. 132Uganda0.33
  155. 133Egypt, Arab Rep.0.32
  156. 134Tajikistan0.3
  157. 135Ethiopia0.3
  158. 136Libya0.29
  159. 137Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.27
  160. 138Equatorial Guinea0.27
  161. 139United Arab Emirates0.25
  162. 140Syrian Arab Republic0.25
  163. 141South Sudan0.23
  164. 142Rwanda0.21
  165. 143Lao PDR0.2
  166. 144Qatar0.18
  167. 145Saudi Arabia0.17
  168. 146China0.15
  169. 147Nicaragua0.14
  170. 148Yemen, Rep.0.14
  171. 149Myanmar0.14
  172. 150Sudan0.1
  173. 151Turkmenistan0.07
  174. 152Afghanistan0.03
  175. 153Eritrea0.01
  176. 154Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0

Private civil liberties index