Democracy, gaps filled by country
Democracy with 71 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
3
Australia
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
2
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,665
What the numbers show
Democracy, gaps filled is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 3 in Australia; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 1.57.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Democracy, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chile | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Korea | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Latvia | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Armenia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Bhutan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Botswana | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Colombia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Cape Verde | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Ecuador | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Fiji | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Ghana | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Gambia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Greece | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Guatemala | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Honduras | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Croatia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Israel | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Jamaica | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Liberia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Lesotho | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Republic of Moldova | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Maldives | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | North Macedonia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Malta | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Montenegro | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Mongolia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Mauritius | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Namibia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Nigeria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Nepal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Panama | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 32 | Peru | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Poland | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Portugal | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Romania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Suriname | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | Slovakia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Slovenia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | United States of America | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 32 | South Africa | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Angola | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Burundi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Benin | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Central African Republic | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Cameroon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 87 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Congo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Comoros | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Djibouti | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Algeria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Gabon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Georgia | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | India | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Cambodia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Lebanon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Mexico | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mozambique | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Pakistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Singapore | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Serbia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Chad | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Togo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Thailand | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Tunisia | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Türkiye | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Uganda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Zambia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Belarus | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | China | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Jordan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Viet Nam | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Democracy with 71 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Democracy V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Democracy with 71 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.