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Democracy by country

Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).

Countries reporting
158
Highest
2
Albania
Lowest
0
Uzbekistan
Median
2
Years covered
245
1776–2020
Data points
18,392

What the numbers show

Democracy is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 2 in Albania; the lowest is 0 in Uzbekistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 1.54.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 50.0%).

Democracy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Albania 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Argentina 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Armenia 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Australia 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Austria 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Benin 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Burkina Faso 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Bulgaria 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Bolivia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Brazil 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Bhutan 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Botswana 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Central African Republic 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Canada 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Switzerland 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Chile 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Colombia 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Cape Verde 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Costa Rica 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Cyprus 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Czechia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Denmark 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Dominican Republic 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Finland 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 France 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 United Kingdom 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Ghana 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Guinea-Bissau 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Greece 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Guatemala 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Guyana 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Honduras 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Croatia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Hungary 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 India 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Ireland 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Israel 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Italy 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Jamaica 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Japan 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Kenya 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Kyrgyzstan 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 South Korea 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Lebanon 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Liberia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Sri Lanka 2 2018 unchanged falling
1 Lesotho 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Luxembourg 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Latvia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Moldova 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Madagascar 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Mexico 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 North Macedonia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Myanmar 2 2018 — volatile
1 Montenegro 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Mongolia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Mauritius 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Malaysia 2 2018 unchanged falling
1 Namibia 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Nigeria 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Nicaragua 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Norway 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Nepal 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Panama 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Peru 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Philippines 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Poland 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Portugal 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Paraguay 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Romania 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Senegal 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Solomon Islands 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Sierra Leone 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 El Salvador 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Serbia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Slovakia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Slovenia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 East Timor 2 2018 unchanged flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Tunisia 2 2018 up 100.0% volatile
1 Uruguay 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 South Africa 2 2018 unchanged rising
1 Zambia 2 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Taiwan 2 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Afghanistan 1 2018 — volatile
98 Angola 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Burundi 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 1994 unchanged volatile
98 Cote d'Ivoire 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Cameroon 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Congo 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Comoros 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 Cuba 1 2018 — volatile
98 Djibouti 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Algeria 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Ecuador 1 2018 unchanged rising
98 Egypt 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Ethiopia 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Fiji 1 2018 unchanged falling
98 Gabon 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Guinea 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Gambia 1 2018 unchanged falling
98 Haiti 1 2018 unchanged falling
98 Jordan 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Cambodia 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Libya 1 2018 — volatile
98 Morocco 1 2018 — volatile
98 Mali 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 Mozambique 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Mauritania 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Niger 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 Papua New Guinea 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Russia 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Rwanda 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Sudan 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Singapore 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Somalia 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 South Sudan 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Suriname 1 2018 unchanged rising
98 Chad 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Togo 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Thailand 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Tajikistan 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Turkey 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 Tanzania 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Uganda 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Ukraine 1 2018 down 50.0% volatile
98 United States 1 2020 down 50.0% rising
98 Venezuela 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 Yemen 1 2018 unchanged flat
98 Zimbabwe 1 2018 unchanged volatile
98 USSR 1 1991 — volatile
147 Azerbaijan 0 2018 — volatile
147 Bangladesh 0 2018 — volatile
147 Bahrain 0 2018 — volatile
147 Belarus 0 2018 — volatile
147 China 0 2018 — volatile
147 Equatorial Guinea 0 2018 — volatile
147 Iran 0 2018 — volatile
147 Kazakhstan 0 2018 — volatile
147 Laos 0 2018 — volatile
147 Syria 0 2018 — volatile
147 Turkmenistan 0 2018 — volatile
147 Uzbekistan 0 2018 — volatile

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About this data

Indicator
Democracy
Source
Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
168 places, 18,392 data points, 1776–2020
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Identifies the political regime of a country using the Polity 5 data by the Center for Systemic Peace. It distinguishes between autocracies (score 0), anocracies (score 1), and democracies (score 2).