Democracy by country
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral...
Countries reporting
193
Highest
7
Andorra
Lowest
0
Vatican
Median
6
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
32,485
What the numbers show
Democracy is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 7 in Andorra; the lowest is 0 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 6, and the mean is 4.58.
Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Ethiopia (up 200.0%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).
Democracy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Australia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Austria | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Bahamas | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belize | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Brazil | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Barbados | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Chile | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cyprus | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Czechia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominica | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Denmark | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Fiji | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | France | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Ghana | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Greece | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Grenada | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Iceland | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Italy | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Jamaica | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kiribati | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | South Korea | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lithuania | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mongolia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Namibia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Netherlands | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Nauru | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | New Zealand | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Palau | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Papua New Guinea | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Portugal | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | San Marino | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Suriname | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovenia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Sweden | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Seychelles | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Tonga | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Samoa | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Africa | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Taiwan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Albania | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Armenia | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Bolivia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Bhutan | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Botswana | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Colombia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Guatemala | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Honduras | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Hungary | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Indonesia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | India | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Iraq | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Israel | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 78 | Kenya | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Lebanon | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Liberia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Lesotho | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Moldova | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Maldives | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Mexico | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Montenegro | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Malawi | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Malaysia | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Nepal | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Philippines | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Paraguay | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Senegal | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Solomon Islands | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 78 | East Timor | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Ukraine | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 78 | Zambia | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Angola | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Burundi | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 3 | 2025 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Central African Republic | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Cameroon | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Congo | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Comoros | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Djibouti | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Algeria | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Egypt | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 3 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Gabon | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Georgia | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Mozambique | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Mauritania | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Nigeria | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Pakistan | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Rwanda | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Singapore | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Sierra Leone | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | El Salvador | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Serbia | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Chad | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Togo | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Thailand | 3 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Turkey | 3 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Tanzania | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Uganda | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 153 | Bahrain | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Iran | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Jordan | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Morocco | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Monaco | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Belarus | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Cuba | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Guinea | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Cambodia | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Laos | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Nicaragua | 1 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Oman | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | North Korea | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Russia | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Eswatini | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Syria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Tunisia | 1 | 2025 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Venezuela | 1 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Vietnam | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 159 | Western Sahara | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 175 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Brunei | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 175 | China | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Eritrea | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Haiti | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Libya | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Madagascar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Mali | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Myanmar | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Niger | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Palestine | 0 | 1947 | — | flat |
| 175 | Qatar | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 175 | Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Somalia | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | — | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 0 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Vatican | 0 | 1869 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
Identifies the political regime of a country. It distinguishes between non-electoral autocracies (score 0), one-party autocracies (score 1), multi-party autocracies without elected executive (score 2), multi-party autocracies (score 3), exclusive democracies (score 4), male democracies (score 5), electoral democracies (score 6), and full democracies (score 7).