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Electoral democracy around the world

Electoral democracy, 2025: highest in Denmark, at 0.91 of 1, and lowest in Saudi Arabia, at 0.02 of 1, of 175 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 0.48 of 1 in 2025.

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Electoral democracy around the worldElectoral democracy, 2025: highest in Denmark, at 0.91 of 1, and lowest in Saudi Arabia, at 0.02 of 1, of 175 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 0.48 of 1 in 2025.
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#CountryLatestYear
1Denmark0.912025
2Norway0.892025
3Sweden0.892025
4Belgium0.892025
5Estonia0.892025
6Ireland0.892025
7Switzerland0.882025
8Luxembourg0.872025
9France0.872025
10Uruguay0.862025
11Costa Rica0.862025
12Finland0.852025
13New Zealand0.852025
14Czechia0.852025
15Australia0.842025
16Canada0.842025
17Austria0.842025
18Chile0.842025
19Latvia0.832025
20Netherlands0.832025
21Germany0.832025
22Portugal0.822025
23Spain0.822025
24South Korea0.822025
25Japan0.822025
26Iceland0.812025
27Jamaica0.812025
28Taiwan0.82025
29Barbados0.82025
30Lithuania0.792025
31Trinidad & Tobago0.792025
32Brazil0.782025
33Sri Lanka0.782025
34Malta0.782025
35Suriname0.782025
36Cyprus0.772025
37United Kingdom0.772025
38Poland0.772025
39Seychelles0.762025
40Italy0.752025
41Cape Verde0.752025
42South Africa0.742025
43Greece0.742025
44Mauritius0.742025
45Timor-Leste0.742025
46Dominican Republic0.742025
47United States0.742025
48Slovakia0.732025
49Vanuatu0.732025
50Panama0.732025
51Ghana0.712025
52Solomon Islands0.72025
53Israel0.692025
54Slovenia0.692025
55Argentina0.692025
56Croatia0.692025
57Colombia0.682025
58Peru0.672025
59Botswana0.672025
60Lesotho0.662025
61Nepal0.662025
62Gambia0.642025
63Guatemala0.642025
64Montenegro0.642025
65Senegal0.632025
66Namibia0.632025
67São Tomé & Príncipe0.632025
68Kosovo0.632025
69Armenia0.612025
70Ecuador0.612025
71Romania0.612025
72Bolivia0.612025
73Bulgaria0.62025
74Liberia0.62025
75Paraguay0.582025
76Bhutan0.572025
77Kenya0.562025
78North Macedonia0.562025
79Malawi0.562025
80Maldives0.562025
81Moldova0.552025
82Mongolia0.542025
83Guyana0.522025
84Honduras0.512025
85Fiji0.512025
86Nigeria0.512025
87Malaysia0.52025
88Bosnia & Herzegovina0.52025
89Zambia0.52025
90Benin0.492025
91Albania0.482025
92Sierra Leone0.472025
93Mexico0.472025
94Papua New Guinea0.472025
95Indonesia0.462025
96Singapore0.432025
97Thailand0.422025
98Hungary0.422025
99Lebanon0.422025
100Georgia0.42025
101Tunisia0.42025
102Côte d’Ivoire0.392025
103Philippines0.392025
104Ukraine0.392025
105India0.382025
106Iraq0.372025
107Tanzania0.372025
108Madagascar0.362025
109Togo0.352025
110Angola0.342025
111Mauritania0.332025
112El Salvador0.322025
113Kyrgyzstan0.312025
114Congo - Kinshasa0.312025
115Pakistan0.32025
116Gabon0.32025
117Serbia0.32025
118Central African Republic0.292025
119Türkiye0.292025
120Comoros0.292025
121Jordan0.282025
122Mozambique0.282025
123Zimbabwe0.272025
124Algeria0.272025
125Cameroon0.262025
126Kazakhstan0.262025
127Morocco0.262025
128Ethiopia0.262025
129Uganda0.252025
130Guinea-Bissau0.252025
131Djibouti0.252025
132Congo - Brazzaville0.242025
133Chad0.242025
134Haiti0.242025
135Niger0.232025
136Uzbekistan0.222025
137Bangladesh0.22025
138Rwanda0.192025
139Libya0.192025
140Egypt0.192025
141Guinea0.192025
142Burundi0.192025
143Cambodia0.182025
144Venezuela0.182025
145Cuba0.182025
146Oman0.182025
147Equatorial Guinea0.172025
148Azerbaijan0.172025
149Russia0.172025
150Somalia0.172025
151Mali0.162025
152Belarus0.162025
153Iran0.162025
154Tajikistan0.162025
155Hong Kong SAR China0.152025
156Nicaragua0.152025
157Turkmenistan0.152025
158Vietnam0.152025
159Bahrain0.142025
160Kuwait0.142025
161Laos0.142025
162Burkina Faso0.132025
163South Sudan0.132025
164Sudan0.132025
165Syria0.132025
166Eswatini0.132025
167Yemen0.132025
168United Arab Emirates0.12025
169North Korea0.082025
170Myanmar (Burma)0.082025
171Palestinian Territories0.081948
172China0.072025
173Eritrea0.072025
174Afghanistan0.072025
175Qatar0.032025
176Vatican City0.031870
177Saudi Arabia0.022025

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Good to know

  • V-Dem’s electoral democracy index: how far rulers answer to voters through free and fair elections, with free speech and association, from 0 to 1.
  • Source: V-Dem (2026), via Our World in Data.
  • The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.

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