Liberal Political Institutions Index by country

Central estimate of the extent of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.

Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.979
Denmark
Lowest
0.019
Eritrea
Median
0.633
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,207

What the numbers show

Liberal Political Institutions Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.979 in Denmark; the lowest is 0.019 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.633, and the mean is 0.5708.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 52.

Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 225.5%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 90.8%).

Liberal Political Institutions Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 0.979 2025 down 0.5% rising
2 Sweden 0.975 2025 unchanged rising
3 Switzerland 0.969 2025 up 0.8% rising
4 Germany 0.966 2025 down 0.5% volatile
5 Finland 0.965 2025 down 0.4% rising
5 Norway 0.965 2025 down 1.3% rising
7 Australia 0.955 2025 down 1.5% rising
8 Estonia 0.954 2025 down 0.2% volatile
9 Costa Rica 0.951 2025 unchanged rising
10 Czechia 0.95 2025 up 5.2% volatile
11 Chile 0.946 2025 down 1.1% rising
12 Netherlands 0.945 2025 down 1.4% rising
13 New Zealand 0.938 2025 down 1.2% rising
14 France 0.936 2025 up 1.0% rising
16 Uruguay 0.926 2025 down 0.6% rising
17 Lithuania 0.923 2025 down 2.7% volatile
18 South Korea 0.912 2025 up 7.2% volatile
19 Austria 0.909 2025 down 2.3% volatile
19 Spain 0.909 2025 up 2.5% rising
19 Seychelles 0.909 2025 up 13.8% rising
22 Brazil 0.908 2025 up 1.8% volatile
22 Latvia 0.908 2025 up 0.3% volatile
24 Japan 0.905 2025 down 1.2% volatile
25 United Kingdom 0.904 2025 down 2.9% rising
26 Iceland 0.9 2025 down 0.8% rising
28 Belgium 0.887 2025 down 5.0% rising
29 Taiwan 0.886 2025 up 4.4% volatile
30 Mauritius 0.873 2025 up 2.3% rising
31 Canada 0.872 2025 down 5.5% rising
32 Croatia 0.871 2025 up 1.5% rising
32 Portugal 0.871 2025 down 7.7% volatile
34 Italy 0.866 2025 down 5.6% rising
35 Cyprus 0.861 2025 unchanged rising
36 South Africa 0.858 2025 down 0.5% rising
37 Vanuatu 0.857 2025 down 0.2% rising
38 Ghana 0.855 2025 up 0.1% rising
39 Slovenia 0.849 2025 down 8.4% volatile
40 Israel 0.847 2025 down 6.6% volatile
41 Barbados 0.846 2025 down 0.5% rising
41 Trinidad and Tobago 0.846 2025 down 1.1% rising
43 Cape Verde 0.845 2025 down 6.0% volatile
44 Jamaica 0.837 2025 down 1.5% rising
45 Poland 0.834 2025 down 5.2% volatile
46 Bulgaria 0.826 2025 down 2.7% volatile
47 Malawi 0.816 2025 up 1.7% volatile
48 Namibia 0.815 2025 down 0.5% volatile
48 Sao Tome and Principe 0.815 2025 down 1.9% rising
50 Guatemala 0.814 2025 up 18.7% rising
51 Colombia 0.81 2025 up 2.3% rising
52 Gambia 0.807 2025 up 210.4% rising
53 Moldova 0.793 2025 down 3.9% volatile
54 Bhutan 0.791 2025 down 4.9% rising
55 Suriname 0.784 2025 down 5.8% rising
56 Papua New Guinea 0.775 2025 up 9.5% volatile
57 Panama 0.773 2025 up 11.5% rising
58 Montenegro 0.77 2025 up 1.9% rising
60 Kenya 0.767 2025 up 0.9% volatile
60 Singapore 0.767 2025 up 6.8% rising
62 Botswana 0.764 2025 down 10.5% rising
62 Mongolia 0.764 2025 down 5.1% volatile
64 Lesotho 0.76 2025 up 6.1% rising
65 Slovakia 0.759 2025 down 11.7% volatile
66 Jordan 0.757 2025 up 20.7% rising
66 Sri Lanka 0.757 2025 up 10.8% falling
66 Solomon Islands 0.757 2025 up 1.6% rising
69 United States 0.754 2025 down 20.6% rising
70 Fiji 0.749 2025 up 25.5% rising
71 Romania 0.747 2025 down 12.5% volatile
72 Nepal 0.746 2025 down 10.0% volatile
73 Senegal 0.743 2025 down 7.0% volatile
74 Albania 0.742 2025 down 9.0% volatile
75 Greece 0.74 2025 down 16.9% rising
76 Peru 0.738 2025 down 11.4% volatile
77 Argentina 0.736 2025 down 0.9% rising
78 Morocco 0.718 2025 up 11.7% volatile
79 Maldives 0.715 2025 up 92.2% volatile
80 East Timor 0.713 2025 up 3.5% rising
81 Zambia 0.706 2025 down 6.6% rising
82 Tanzania 0.704 2025 down 13.6% rising
83 Honduras 0.692 2025 up 46.6% rising
84 Sierra Leone 0.673 2025 up 23.9% volatile
85 Hungary 0.667 2025 down 11.2% rising
86 Thailand 0.666 2025 up 101.2% rising
87 Liberia 0.653 2025 down 7.9% rising
88 Malaysia 0.643 2025 up 33.1% rising
88 Philippines 0.643 2025 down 14.6% rising
90 Dominican Republic 0.633 2025 up 25.1% volatile
91 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.619 2025 up 2.1% volatile
92 North Macedonia 0.61 2025 up 17.1% volatile
93 Georgia 0.591 2025 down 19.2% volatile
94 Benin 0.586 2025 down 26.0% volatile
94 Paraguay 0.586 2025 down 11.5% volatile
96 India 0.575 2025 down 22.0% rising
97 Ecuador 0.572 2025 up 47.4% rising
98 Tunisia 0.571 2025 down 34.2% volatile
99 Guyana 0.57 2025 down 10.4% rising
100 Indonesia 0.562 2025 down 26.7% volatile
101 Lebanon 0.542 2025 up 1.7% rising
102 Nigeria 0.539 2025 down 20.7% rising
103 Armenia 0.528 2025 up 16.0% volatile
104 Serbia 0.522 2025 down 29.1% volatile
105 Ukraine 0.515 2025 up 17.6% volatile
106 Niger 0.513 2025 down 33.9% rising
107 Bolivia 0.506 2025 down 4.5% volatile
108 Mali 0.487 2025 down 15.7% volatile
109 Iraq 0.475 2025 down 2.5% volatile
110 Hong Kong 0.47 2025 down 37.4% rising
111 Cote d'Ivoire 0.467 2025 down 17.1% rising
112 Mozambique 0.447 2025 down 26.0% volatile
113 Oman 0.443 2025 down 0.7% volatile
114 Uganda 0.439 2025 down 22.6% rising
115 Kuwait 0.428 2025 down 41.1% rising
116 Gabon 0.426 2025 down 10.3% volatile
117 Pakistan 0.425 2025 down 15.7% rising
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.422 2025 down 32.3% volatile
119 Somalia 0.41 2025 up 4.3% volatile
120 Madagascar 0.387 2025 down 13.0% volatile
121 Zimbabwe 0.37 2025 down 30.8% rising
122 Laos 0.364 2025 up 13.0% rising
123 Palestine 0.362 1948 unchanged flat
124 Mexico 0.359 2025 down 42.0% rising
125 Qatar 0.354 2025 up 2.6% rising
126 Burkina Faso 0.342 2025 down 51.4% rising
127 Egypt 0.34 2025 up 17.2% rising
128 Bangladesh 0.339 2025 up 43.0% rising
129 Angola 0.338 2025 up 25.2% rising
130 Vietnam 0.332 2025 down 11.7% rising
131 Kazakhstan 0.326 2025 up 16.4% volatile
132 Eswatini 0.323 2025 up 0.6% rising
133 Iran 0.32 2025 down 22.9% rising
134 Togo 0.315 2025 down 30.6% volatile
135 Algeria 0.305 2025 down 21.6% flat
136 Comoros 0.297 2025 down 40.4% rising
137 Djibouti 0.294 2025 up 3.2% volatile
138 Congo 0.287 2025 up 19.1% rising
139 Libya 0.28 2025 down 35.5% volatile
140 Guinea 0.273 2025 down 10.2% rising
141 Cameroon 0.27 2025 down 16.9% rising
142 United Arab Emirates 0.265 2025 down 16.9% rising
143 Mauritania 0.249 2025 down 15.0% rising
144 Rwanda 0.248 2025 down 35.4% volatile
145 Haiti 0.241 2025 down 48.5% volatile
146 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.232 2025 down 6.5% volatile
147 Ethiopia 0.228 2025 down 12.3% volatile
148 Turkey 0.227 2025 down 52.7% volatile
149 Guinea-Bissau 0.218 2025 down 56.1% volatile
150 Central African Republic 0.206 2025 down 54.9% rising
151 South Sudan 0.199 2025 up 8.7% falling
152 Bahrain 0.188 2025 up 29.7% falling
152 Uzbekistan 0.188 2025 up 141.0% rising
154 Saudi Arabia 0.184 2025 unchanged rising
155 Syria 0.166 2025 up 225.5% volatile
156 Burundi 0.15 2025 unchanged rising
157 Russia 0.147 2025 down 41.2% volatile
158 Cuba 0.146 2025 down 2.7% volatile
159 El Salvador 0.141 2025 down 78.5% volatile
160 China 0.137 2025 down 25.1% volatile
161 Azerbaijan 0.132 2025 down 15.4% volatile
162 Yemen 0.125 2025 down 30.9% volatile
163 Cambodia 0.119 2025 down 51.6% rising
164 Equatorial Guinea 0.114 2025 down 3.4% volatile
164 Chad 0.114 2025 down 37.7% rising
166 Tajikistan 0.106 2025 up 19.1% volatile
167 Vatican 0.105 1870 down 5.4% falling
168 Sudan 0.09 2025 down 35.3% falling
169 Venezuela 0.089 2025 down 55.9% volatile
170 Belarus 0.086 2025 down 63.7% volatile
171 Turkmenistan 0.078 2025 up 69.6% volatile
172 Afghanistan 0.055 2025 down 87.6% volatile
173 Myanmar 0.04 2025 down 89.0% volatile
174 North Korea 0.034 2025 unchanged falling
175 Nicaragua 0.023 2025 down 90.8% volatile
176 Eritrea 0.019 2025 up 72.7% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Liberal Political Institutions Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,207 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.