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Liberal Political Institutions Index in Sweden

Sweden: Liberal Political Institutions Index was 0.975 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.975
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
2nd
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.98
in 2022
All-time low
0.664
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Sweden, 1789–2025

00.20.40.60.81178919072025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, liberal political institutions index in Sweden stood at 0.975.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, liberal political institutions index in Sweden peaked at 0.98 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.664, in 1789.

That places Sweden 2nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Liberal Political Institutions Index in Sweden, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.664 —
1790 0.722 +8.7%
1791 0.722 +0.0%
1792 0.722 +0.0%
1793 0.722 +0.0%
1794 0.722 +0.0%
1795 0.722 +0.0%
1796 0.722 +0.0%
1797 0.722 +0.0%
1798 0.722 +0.0%
1799 0.722 +0.0%
1800 0.722 +0.0%
1801 0.722 +0.0%
1802 0.722 +0.0%
1803 0.722 +0.0%
1804 0.722 +0.0%
1805 0.722 +0.0%
1806 0.722 +0.0%
1807 0.722 +0.0%
1808 0.722 +0.0%
1809 0.81 +12.2%
1810 0.81 +0.0%
1811 0.81 +0.0%
1812 0.81 +0.0%
1813 0.81 +0.0%
1814 0.81 +0.0%
1815 0.81 +0.0%
1816 0.81 +0.0%
1817 0.81 +0.0%
1818 0.81 +0.0%
1819 0.81 +0.0%
1820 0.81 +0.0%
1821 0.81 +0.0%
1822 0.81 +0.0%
1823 0.81 +0.0%
1824 0.81 +0.0%
1825 0.81 +0.0%
1826 0.81 +0.0%
1827 0.81 +0.0%
1828 0.81 +0.0%
1829 0.81 +0.0%
1830 0.81 +0.0%
1831 0.81 +0.0%
1832 0.81 +0.0%
1833 0.81 +0.0%
1834 0.81 +0.0%
1835 0.81 +0.0%
1836 0.81 +0.0%
1837 0.81 +0.0%
1838 0.81 +0.0%
1839 0.81 +0.0%
1840 0.81 +0.0%
1841 0.81 +0.0%
1842 0.81 +0.0%
1843 0.81 +0.0%
1844 0.81 +0.0%
1845 0.854 +5.4%
1846 0.854 +0.0%
1847 0.854 +0.0%
1848 0.854 +0.0%
1849 0.854 +0.0%
1850 0.854 +0.0%
1851 0.854 +0.0%
1852 0.854 +0.0%
1853 0.854 +0.0%
1854 0.854 +0.0%
1855 0.854 +0.0%
1856 0.854 +0.0%
1857 0.854 +0.0%
1858 0.854 +0.0%
1859 0.854 +0.0%
1860 0.861 +0.8%
1861 0.875 +1.6%
1862 0.875 +0.0%
1863 0.875 +0.0%
1864 0.875 +0.0%
1865 0.875 +0.0%
1866 0.875 +0.0%
1867 0.875 +0.0%
1868 0.875 +0.0%
1869 0.881 +0.7%
1870 0.881 +0.0%
1871 0.881 +0.0%
1872 0.881 +0.0%
1873 0.881 +0.0%
1874 0.881 +0.0%
1875 0.881 +0.0%
1876 0.881 +0.0%
1877 0.881 +0.0%
1878 0.881 +0.0%
1879 0.881 +0.0%
1880 0.888 +0.8%
1881 0.888 +0.0%
1882 0.888 +0.0%
1883 0.888 +0.0%
1884 0.888 +0.0%
1885 0.888 +0.0%
1886 0.888 +0.0%
1887 0.888 +0.0%
1888 0.888 +0.0%
1889 0.888 +0.0%
1890 0.893 +0.6%
1891 0.893 +0.0%
1892 0.893 +0.0%
1893 0.893 +0.0%
1894 0.893 +0.0%
1895 0.893 +0.0%
1896 0.893 +0.0%
1897 0.893 +0.0%
1898 0.893 +0.0%
1899 0.893 +0.0%
1900 0.893 +0.0%
1901 0.898 +0.6%
1902 0.898 +0.0%
1903 0.898 +0.0%
1904 0.898 +0.0%
1905 0.898 +0.0%
1906 0.898 +0.0%
1907 0.898 +0.0%
1908 0.898 +0.0%
1909 0.898 +0.0%
1910 0.898 +0.0%
1911 0.915 +1.9%
1912 0.915 +0.0%
1913 0.915 +0.0%
1914 0.914 -0.1%
1915 0.914 +0.0%
1916 0.914 +0.0%
1917 0.919 +0.5%
1918 0.919 +0.0%
1919 0.922 +0.3%
1920 0.935 +1.4%
1921 0.936 +0.1%
1922 0.942 +0.6%
1923 0.942 +0.0%
1924 0.943 +0.1%
1925 0.943 +0.0%
1926 0.943 +0.0%
1927 0.943 +0.0%
1928 0.943 +0.0%
1929 0.943 +0.0%
1930 0.943 +0.0%
1931 0.94 -0.3%
1932 0.944 +0.4%
1933 0.943 -0.1%
1934 0.943 +0.0%
1935 0.949 +0.6%
1936 0.949 +0.0%
1937 0.949 +0.0%
1938 0.945 -0.4%
1939 0.945 +0.0%
1940 0.948 +0.3%
1941 0.948 +0.0%
1942 0.948 +0.0%
1943 0.948 +0.0%
1944 0.948 +0.0%
1945 0.948 +0.0%
1946 0.955 +0.7%
1947 0.955 +0.0%
1948 0.955 +0.0%
1949 0.955 +0.0%
1950 0.957 +0.2%
1951 0.957 +0.0%
1952 0.959 +0.2%
1953 0.959 +0.0%
1954 0.959 +0.0%
1955 0.959 +0.0%
1956 0.959 +0.0%
1957 0.959 +0.0%
1958 0.959 +0.0%
1959 0.959 +0.0%
1960 0.962 +0.3%
1961 0.964 +0.2%
1962 0.964 +0.0%
1963 0.964 +0.0%
1964 0.964 +0.0%
1965 0.964 +0.0%
1966 0.964 +0.0%
1967 0.964 +0.0%
1968 0.965 +0.1%
1969 0.965 +0.0%
1970 0.967 +0.2%
1971 0.967 +0.0%
1972 0.972 +0.5%
1973 0.973 +0.1%
1974 0.973 +0.0%
1975 0.973 +0.0%
1976 0.973 +0.0%
1977 0.973 +0.0%
1978 0.973 +0.0%
1979 0.973 +0.0%
1980 0.974 +0.1%
1981 0.974 +0.0%
1982 0.975 +0.1%
1983 0.975 +0.0%
1984 0.975 +0.0%
1985 0.975 +0.0%
1986 0.975 +0.0%
1987 0.975 +0.0%
1988 0.975 +0.0%
1989 0.975 +0.0%
1990 0.975 +0.0%
1991 0.975 +0.0%
1992 0.975 +0.0%
1993 0.975 +0.0%
1994 0.975 +0.0%
1995 0.975 +0.0%
1996 0.975 +0.0%
1997 0.975 +0.0%
1998 0.975 +0.0%
1999 0.975 +0.0%
2000 0.975 +0.0%
2001 0.975 +0.0%
2002 0.975 +0.0%
2003 0.975 +0.0%
2004 0.975 +0.0%
2005 0.975 +0.0%
2006 0.976 +0.1%
2007 0.976 +0.0%
2008 0.976 +0.0%
2009 0.976 +0.0%
2010 0.975 -0.1%
2011 0.976 +0.1%
2012 0.977 +0.1%
2013 0.979 +0.2%
2014 0.979 +0.0%
2015 0.975 -0.4%
2016 0.975 +0.0%
2017 0.974 -0.1%
2018 0.977 +0.3%
2019 0.979 +0.2%
2020 0.979 +0.0%
2021 0.976 -0.3%
2022 0.98 +0.4%
2023 0.978 -0.2%
2024 0.979 +0.1%
2025 0.975 -0.4%

Sweden compared with similar countries

  • Sweden's 0.975 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.872, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Sweden's 0.975 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8415, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.664 0.664 0.664 1
1790s 0.722 0.722 0.722 10
1800s 0.7308 0.722 0.81 10
1810s 0.81 0.81 0.81 10
1820s 0.81 0.81 0.81 10
1830s 0.81 0.81 0.81 10
1840s 0.832 0.81 0.854 10
1850s 0.854 0.854 0.854 10
1860s 0.8742 0.861 0.881 10
1870s 0.881 0.881 0.881 10
1880s 0.888 0.888 0.888 10
1890s 0.893 0.893 0.893 10
1900s 0.8975 0.893 0.898 10
1910s 0.9145 0.898 0.922 10
1920s 0.9413 0.935 0.943 10
1930s 0.945 0.94 0.949 10
1940s 0.9508 0.948 0.955 10
1950s 0.9586 0.957 0.959 10
1960s 0.964 0.962 0.965 10
1970s 0.9717 0.967 0.973 10
1980s 0.9748 0.974 0.975 10
1990s 0.975 0.975 0.975 10
2000s 0.9754 0.975 0.976 10
2010s 0.9766 0.974 0.979 10
2020s 0.9778 0.975 0.98 6

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 1 Denmark 0.979 compare
  2. 3 Switzerland 0.969 compare
  3. 4 Germany 0.966 compare
  4. 5 Finland 0.965 compare
  5. 5 Norway 0.965 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is liberal political institutions index in Sweden?
Liberal political institutions index in Sweden was 0.975 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest liberal political institutions index recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 0.98 in 2022.
What is the lowest liberal political institutions index recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 0.664 in 1789.
How does Sweden rank for liberal political institutions index?
Sweden ranks 2nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is liberal political institutions index rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sweden data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Liberal Political Institutions Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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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