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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Central estimate of the extent of individual and minority rights, equality before the law, and executive constraints.