Most Liberal Countries 2025

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Liberal Democracy Index 2024 (0-1)

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Country
Liberal Democracy Index 2024 (0-1)
Denmark0.88
Sweden0.85
Estonia0.85
Switzerland0.84
Norway0.84
Ireland0.83
New Zealand0.83
Finland0.82
Costa Rica0.82
Germany0.81
France0.81
Belgium0.81
Czech Republic0.81
Australia0.8
Netherlands0.8
Luxembourg0.8
Chile0.79
United States0.77
United Kingdom0.77
Austria0.77
Uruguay0.77
Latvia0.77
Italy0.76
Spain0.76
Canada0.76
Portugal0.75
Slovakia0.74
Lithuania0.74
Iceland0.74
Japan0.73
Taiwan0.72
Brazil0.69
Argentina0.69
Vanuatu0.69
Jamaica0.68
Barbados0.68
Seychelles0.66
Slovenia0.65
Cape Verde0.65
Croatia0.64
Trinidad and Tobago0.64
Cyprus0.64
Malta0.64
Israel0.63
Suriname0.63
Moldova0.61
South Korea0.6
Bulgaria0.59
South Africa0.58
Peru0.58
Greece0.58
Colombia0.57
Panama0.57
Ghana0.56
Sao Tome and Principe0.56
Nepal0.52
Namibia0.52
Gambia0.52
Timor Leste0.51
Romania0.5
Lesotho0.5
Malawi0.49
Solomon Islands0.48
Ecuador0.47
Georgia0.47
Montenegro0.47
Kenya0.46
Senegal0.46
Bhutan0.45
Maldives0.45
Poland0.44
Dominican Republic0.44
Liberia0.44
Paraguay0.43
Botswana0.43
Sri Lanka0.42
Zambia0.42
Armenia0.42
Mongolia0.41
Fiji0.41
Albania0.4
Tanzania0.39
Honduras0.39
Papua New Guinea0.38
Sierra Leone0.38
Indonesia0.36
Malaysia0.36
North Macedonia0.36
Mauritius0.36
Bolivia0.35
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.35
Nigeria0.33
Benin0.33
Hungary0.33
Singapore0.33
Guyana0.33
Guatemala0.31
Kuwait0.31
Mexico0.3
Tunisia0.3
Philippines0.29
India0.28
Niger0.28
Ukraine0.25
Morocco0.25
Ivory Coast0.25
Jordan0.25
Serbia0.25
Madagascar0.24
Lebanon0.24
Thailand0.23
Guinea Bissau0.23
Uganda0.22
Mozambique0.22
Togo0.22
Pakistan0.21
Iraq0.21
Kyrgyzstan0.2
Burkina Faso0.18
Mauritania0.18
Gabon0.18
Angola0.17
Zimbabwe0.17
Mali0.15
Kazakhstan0.14
Somalia0.14
Oman0.14
Egypt0.13
Cameroon0.13
DR Congo0.12
Algeria0.12
Hong Kong0.12
Republic of the Congo0.12
Djibouti0.12
Ethiopia0.11
Vietnam0.11
Turkey0.11
El Salvador0.11
Comoros0.11
Bangladesh0.1
Rwanda0.1
Laos0.1
Libya0.1
Central African Republic0.1
Guinea0.09
Qatar0.09
Eswatini0.09
Iran0.08
Uzbekistan0.08
United Arab Emirates0.08
South Sudan0.07
Haiti0.07
Russia0.06
Venezuela0.06
Cambodia0.06
Burundi0.06
Cuba0.06
Azerbaijan0.06
Equatorial Guinea0.06
Yemen0.05
Saudi Arabia0.05
Syria0.05
Chad0.05
Sudan0.05
Bahrain0.05
China0.04
Tajikistan0.04
Belarus0.04
Turkmenistan0.04
Afghanistan0.03
Nicaragua0.03
North Korea0.02
Eritrea0.01
  • The annual Democracy Report—in which is included the Liberal Democracy Index (LDI)—is the signature publication of the V-Dem (for Varieties of Democracy) Institute, which produces the largest global dataset on democracy, with more than 31 million data points spread across 202 countries from 1789 to 2023.
  • LDI scores range from 0.0 to 1.0. Higher scores indicate a more liberal democracy, whereas lower scores indicate an absence of democracy.
  • Data for Palestine includes only the West Bank and excludes Gaza Strip.