Democratic change by country
Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
2
Benin
Lowest
0
United States
Median
1
Years covered
126
1900–2025
Data points
19,128
What the numbers show
Democratic change is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 2 in Benin; the lowest is 0 in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.8663.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Dominican Republic (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Democratic change: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benin | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bolivia | 2 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 1 | Botswana | 2 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Fiji | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Gambia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Honduras | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 2 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 1 | Maldives | 2 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 1 | Montenegro | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Mauritius | 2 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 1 | Nepal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Poland | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | Seychelles | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 1 | East Timor | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tunisia | 2 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 1 | Zambia | 2 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 23 | Angola | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Australia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Austria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Burundi | 1 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 23 | Belgium | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Bahrain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Barbados | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Bhutan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Canada | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Switzerland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Chile | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | China | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Cameroon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Congo | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Colombia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Comoros | 1 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 23 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Cuba | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Cyprus | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Germany | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Djibouti | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Denmark | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Algeria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Ecuador | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Egypt | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Eritrea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Spain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Estonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | France | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Gabon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Iran | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Iraq | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Iceland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Israel | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Jamaica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Jordan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Japan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Kenya | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | South Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Laos | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Lebanon | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Liberia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Latvia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Morocco | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Mongolia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Malawi | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Malaysia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Nigeria | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 23 | Netherlands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | New Zealand | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Oman | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Panama | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | North Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Portugal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Paraguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Palestine | 1 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Qatar | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Russia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Rwanda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Sudan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Singapore | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Sierra Leone | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Somalia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | South Sudan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Suriname | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Eswatini | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Syria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Chad | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Turkey | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Tanzania | 1 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 23 | Uganda | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Uruguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Venezuela | 1 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Vietnam | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Vanuatu | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Yemen | 1 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 23 | South Africa | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | Taiwan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 131 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 131 | Argentina | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Armenia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Belarus | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Greece | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Guyana | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Indonesia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | India | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Italy | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 131 | Moldova | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Madagascar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Mexico | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 131 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 131 | Mozambique | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Mauritania | 0 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 131 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Pakistan | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Peru | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Philippines | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Romania | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Senegal | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | rising |
| 131 | Serbia | 0 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 131 | Slovakia | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 131 | Slovenia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Togo | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Ukraine | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 131 | United States | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
Data by Episodes of Regime Transformation and V-Dem.