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Liberal component index

Name: Liberal component index 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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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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176 countries · 2025

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Liberal component index league table
#	Country	0-1 index	Region	Income
1	Denmark	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	Sweden	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Switzerland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Germany	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Finland	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Norway	0.97	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Australia	0.96	East Asia & Pacific	High income
8	Estonia	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Costa Rica	0.95	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Czechia	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Chile	0.95	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
12	Netherlands	0.95	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	New Zealand	0.94	East Asia & Pacific	High income
14	France	0.94	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Ireland	0.93	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Uruguay	0.93	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
17	Lithuania	0.92	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Korea, Rep.	0.91	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	Seychelles	0.91	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
20	Spain	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Austria	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Brazil	0.91	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
23	Latvia	0.91	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Japan	0.91	East Asia & Pacific	High income
25	United Kingdom	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	Iceland	0.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Luxembourg	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Belgium	0.89	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Taiwan	0.89	East Asia & Pacific	High income
30	Mauritius	0.87	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
31	Canada	0.87	North America	High income
32	Croatia	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Portugal	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Italy	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Cyprus	0.86	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	South Africa	0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
37	Vanuatu	0.86	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
38	Ghana	0.86	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	Slovenia	0.85	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Israel	0.85	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
41	Trinidad and Tobago	0.85	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
42	Barbados	0.85	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
43	Cabo Verde	0.85	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
44	Jamaica	0.84	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Poland	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Bulgaria	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	High income
47	Malawi	0.82	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Sao Tome and Principe	0.82	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
49	Namibia	0.82	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Guatemala	0.81	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Colombia	0.81	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Gambia, The	0.81	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
53	Moldova	0.79	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
54	Bhutan	0.79	South Asia	Lower middle income
55	Suriname	0.78	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
56	Papua New Guinea	0.78	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
57	Panama	0.77	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Malta	0.77	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
59	Montenegro	0.77	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Kenya	0.77	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Singapore	0.77	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Botswana	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
63	Mongolia	0.76	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
64	Lesotho	0.76	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Slovak Republic	0.76	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Jordan	0.76	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
67	Solomon Islands	0.76	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Sri Lanka	0.76	South Asia	Upper middle income
69	United States	0.75	North America	High income
70	Fiji	0.75	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Romania	0.75	Europe & Central Asia	High income
72	Nepal	0.75	South Asia	Lower middle income
73	Senegal	0.74	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	Albania	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
75	Greece	0.74	Europe & Central Asia	High income
76	Peru	0.74	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Argentina	0.74	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Morocco	0.72	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Maldives	0.72	South Asia	Upper middle income
80	Timor-Leste	0.71	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
81	Zambia	0.71	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	Tanzania	0.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Honduras	0.69	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
84	Kosovo	0.69	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Sierra Leone	0.67	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
86	Hungary	0.67	Europe & Central Asia	High income
87	Thailand	0.67	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Liberia	0.65	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
89	Malaysia	0.64	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Philippines	0.64	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
91	Dominican Republic	0.63	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.62	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	North Macedonia	0.61	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
94	Georgia	0.59	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
95	Paraguay	0.59	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
96	Benin	0.59	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	India	0.58	South Asia	Lower middle income
98	Ecuador	0.57	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
99	Tunisia	0.57	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
100	Guyana	0.57	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
101	Indonesia	0.56	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Lebanon	0.54	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
103	Nigeria	0.54	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Armenia	0.53	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
105	Serbia	0.52	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Ukraine	0.52	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
107	Niger	0.51	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
108	Bolivia	0.51	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
109	Mali	0.49	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Iraq	0.48	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.47	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	Cote d'Ivoire	0.47	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
113	Mozambique	0.45	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Oman	0.44	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
115	Uganda	0.44	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
116	Kuwait	0.43	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
117	Gabon	0.43	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
118	Pakistan	0.43	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
119	Kyrgyz Republic	0.42	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
120	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.41	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Madagascar	0.39	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Zimbabwe	0.37	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Lao PDR	0.36	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
124	Mexico	0.36	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
125	Qatar	0.35	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
126	Burkina Faso	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
127	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0.34	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
128	Bangladesh	0.34	South Asia	Lower middle income
129	Angola	0.34	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Viet Nam	0.33	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
131	Kazakhstan	0.33	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Eswatini	0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
133	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.32	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
134	Togo	0.32	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	West Bank and Gaza	0.31	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
136	Algeria	0.31	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
137	Comoros	0.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Djibouti	0.29	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
139	Congo, Rep.	0.29	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
140	Libya	0.28	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
141	Guinea	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
142	Cameroon	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
143	United Arab Emirates	0.27	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
144	Mauritania	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Rwanda	0.25	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Haiti	0.24	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
147	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Ethiopia	0.23	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Turkiye	0.23	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
150	Guinea-Bissau	0.22	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Central African Republic	0.21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
152	South Sudan	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Uzbekistan	0.19	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
154	Bahrain	0.19	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
155	Saudi Arabia	0.18	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
156	Syrian Arab Republic	0.17	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
157	Burundi	0.15	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
158	Russian Federation	0.15	Europe & Central Asia	High income
159	Cuba	0.15	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
160	El Salvador	0.14	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	China	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
162	Azerbaijan	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
163	Yemen, Rep.	0.13	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
164	Cambodia	0.12	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
165	Equatorial Guinea	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
166	Chad	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Tajikistan	0.11	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
168	Sudan	0.09	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Venezuela, RB	0.09	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
170	Belarus	0.09	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
171	Turkmenistan	0.08	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
172	Afghanistan	0.06	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
173	Myanmar	0.04	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.03	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
175	Nicaragua	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
176	Eritrea	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

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