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V-Dem v2x_freexp

Name: V-Dem v2x_freexp by country, 2025
Creator: Coppedge et al., V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v16 (Varieties of Democracy Project)
License: https://v-dem.net/about/terms-of-use/

0-1 index · higher is better · 176 countries

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V-Dem v2x_freexp league table
#	Country	0-1 index	Region	Income
1	Denmark	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Belgium	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Switzerland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Ireland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Estonia	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	France	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Chile	0.96	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Finland	0.96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Luxembourg	0.96	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Norway	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Sweden	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Uruguay	0.95	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
13	Czechia	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Latvia	0.94	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Poland	0.94	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Jamaica	0.94	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
17	New Zealand	0.94	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Brazil	0.93	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Canada	0.93	North America	High income
20	Korea, Rep.	0.92	East Asia & Pacific	High income
21	Austria	0.92	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Trinidad and Tobago	0.92	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
23	Barbados	0.92	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
24	Ghana	0.92	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Dominican Republic	0.91	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
26	Mauritius	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
27	Seychelles	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
28	Sri Lanka	0.91	South Asia	Upper middle income
29	Suriname	0.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Costa Rica	0.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
31	Lithuania	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Australia	0.89	East Asia & Pacific	High income
33	Portugal	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Germany	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Vanuatu	0.89	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
36	Spain	0.88	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Iceland	0.88	Europe & Central Asia	High income
38	Netherlands	0.88	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	Taiwan	0.88	East Asia & Pacific	High income
40	Montenegro	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
41	Namibia	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Kenya	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
43	Cabo Verde	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
44	Sao Tome and Principe	0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Japan	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	High income
46	Solomon Islands	0.85	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
47	Panama	0.85	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
48	Greece	0.85	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Sierra Leone	0.85	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
50	South Africa	0.84	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
51	Liberia	0.84	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
52	Nigeria	0.84	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
53	Papua New Guinea	0.84	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Nepal	0.84	South Asia	Lower middle income
55	Romania	0.84	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Italy	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Guyana	0.83	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Gambia, The	0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	United Kingdom	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
60	Timor-Leste	0.83	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
61	Senegal	0.83	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Honduras	0.82	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
63	Guatemala	0.82	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
64	Malta	0.82	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
65	Cyprus	0.81	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Botswana	0.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	Gabon	0.79	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
68	Kosovo	0.79	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
69	Haiti	0.79	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
70	Lesotho	0.78	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Bulgaria	0.78	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	United States	0.77	North America	High income
73	Paraguay	0.77	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
74	Israel	0.76	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
75	Niger	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
76	Slovak Republic	0.76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
77	Mongolia	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
78	Colombia	0.75	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
79	Zambia	0.74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Croatia	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Malawi	0.74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82	Benin	0.74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Argentina	0.73	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
84	Fiji	0.73	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
85	Peru	0.72	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	North Macedonia	0.71	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Armenia	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
88	Albania	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Slovenia	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Moldova	0.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Ecuador	0.69	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Lebanon	0.69	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Cote d'Ivoire	0.69	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Bolivia	0.68	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
95	Maldives	0.67	South Asia	Upper middle income
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.63	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Tunisia	0.63	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Bhutan	0.63	South Asia	Lower middle income
99	Georgia	0.62	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
100	Hungary	0.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
101	Madagascar	0.59	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Central African Republic	0.59	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Bangladesh	0.58	South Asia	Lower middle income
104	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.58	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Malaysia	0.57	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
106	Mauritania	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
107	Tanzania	0.56	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Indonesia	0.56	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Mexico	0.56	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
110	Philippines	0.55	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
111	Morocco	0.55	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
112	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.52	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
113	Angola	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Jordan	0.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
115	Comoros	0.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
116	Cameroon	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
117	Serbia	0.49	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
118	Kyrgyz Republic	0.49	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
119	Kuwait	0.49	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
120	Iraq	0.49	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
121	Mozambique	0.48	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Guinea-Bissau	0.47	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Mali	0.47	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Thailand	0.46	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
125	Pakistan	0.46	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
126	India	0.45	South Asia	Lower middle income
127	Togo	0.45	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Singapore	0.45	East Asia & Pacific	High income
129	Guinea	0.44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Ukraine	0.43	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
131	West Bank and Gaza	0.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
132	Libya	0.39	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
133	Uganda	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Kazakhstan	0.39	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
135	Burkina Faso	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Algeria	0.37	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
137	Djibouti	0.37	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
138	Syrian Arab Republic	0.35	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
139	Zimbabwe	0.35	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	El Salvador	0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Ethiopia	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Sudan	0.28	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Uzbekistan	0.28	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
144	Congo, Rep.	0.26	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Chad	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Yemen, Rep.	0.24	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
147	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.24	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Oman	0.23	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
149	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.21	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
150	Cambodia	0.2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
151	Rwanda	0.18	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	Viet Nam	0.16	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
153	Bahrain	0.16	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
154	United Arab Emirates	0.15	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
156	Azerbaijan	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
157	Turkiye	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
158	Burundi	0.13	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Saudi Arabia	0.11	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
160	Russian Federation	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	High income
161	Eswatini	0.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Venezuela, RB	0.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
163	Equatorial Guinea	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
164	Qatar	0.08	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	South Sudan	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Cuba	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Turkmenistan	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
168	Lao PDR	0.06	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
169	Tajikistan	0.06	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
170	China	0.05	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
171	Eritrea	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
172	Myanmar	0.03	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
173	Belarus	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
174	Afghanistan	0.02	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
175	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
176	Nicaragua	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income

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