Liberal political institutions by country

Central estimate of whether the country has meaningfully liberal political institutions.

Countries reporting
73
Highest
1
Netherlands
Lowest
0
Mongolia
Median
1
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,207

What the numbers show

Liberal political institutions is currently reported for 73 countries. The highest value is 1 in Netherlands; the lowest is 0 in Mongolia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.7123.

Liberal political institutions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Netherlands 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Guatemala 1 2025 volatile
1 Croatia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Ireland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Iceland 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Israel 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Italy 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Japan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 South Korea 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Luxembourg 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Latvia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritius 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Malawi 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Namibia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Jamaica 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Norway 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Poland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Portugal 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Sao Tome and Principe 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Slovenia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Seychelles 1 2025 volatile
1 Trinidad and Tobago 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Uruguay 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Vanuatu 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 South Africa 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Taiwan 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Gambia 1 2025 volatile
1 Australia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Austria 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Bulgaria 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Brazil 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Barbados 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged rising
1 Chile 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Colombia 1 2025 volatile
1 Cape Verde 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Costa Rica 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Cyprus 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 France 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Czechia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Ghana 1 2025 unchanged volatile
53 Hungary 0 2025 volatile
53 Benin 0 2025 volatile
53 Tunisia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Tanzania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 United States 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Venezuela 0 2025 volatile
53 Suriname 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Greece 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Zambia 0 2025 volatile
53 Argentina 0 2025 volatile
53 Slovakia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Moldova 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Bhutan 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Serbia 0 2025 volatile
53 Romania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Botswana 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Albania 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Peru 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Nepal 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
53 Kenya 0 2025 volatile
53 Mongolia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Liberal political institutions
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 whether the country has meaningfully liberal political institutions.