Countries ranked by electoral democracy index

Every country ranked by electoral democracy index, highest to lowest. Denmark tops the list at 0.91; Saudi Arabia is lowest at 0.02.

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Highest

1Denmark0.91
2Belgium0.89
3Estonia0.89
4Ireland0.89
5Norway0.89

Lowest

174Saudi Arabia0.02
173Qatar0.03
172Eritrea0.07
171China0.07
170Afghanistan0.07

Full ranking — all 174 countries

#	Country	Electoral democracy index
1	Denmark	0.91
2	Belgium	0.89
3	Estonia	0.89
4	Ireland	0.89
5	Norway	0.89
6	Sweden	0.89
7	Switzerland	0.88
8	Luxembourg	0.87
9	Costa Rica	0.86
10	France	0.86
11	Uruguay	0.86
12	Czechia	0.85
13	Finland	0.85
14	New Zealand	0.85
15	Australia	0.84
16	Austria	0.84
17	Canada	0.84
18	Chile	0.84
19	Germany	0.83
20	Latvia	0.83
21	Netherlands	0.83
22	Spain	0.82
23	Japan	0.82
24	South Korea	0.82
25	Portugal	0.82
26	Iceland	0.81
27	Jamaica	0.81
28	Barbados	0.80
29	Taiwan	0.80
30	Lithuania	0.79
31	Trinidad and Tobago	0.79
32	Brazil	0.78
33	Sri Lanka	0.78
34	Malta	0.78
35	Suriname	0.78
36	Cyprus	0.77
37	United Kingdom	0.77
38	Poland	0.77
39	Seychelles	0.76
40	Cape Verde	0.74
41	Greece	0.74
42	Italy	0.74
43	Mauritius	0.74
44	East Timor	0.74
45	South Africa	0.74
46	Dominican Republic	0.73
47	Panama	0.73
48	Slovakia	0.73
49	United States	0.73
50	Vanuatu	0.73
51	Ghana	0.71
52	Solomon Islands	0.70
53	Argentina	0.69
54	Croatia	0.69
55	Israel	0.69
56	Slovenia	0.69
57	Colombia	0.68
58	Botswana	0.67
59	Peru	0.67
60	Lesotho	0.66
61	Nepal	0.66
62	Gambia	0.64
63	Guatemala	0.64
64	Montenegro	0.64
65	Namibia	0.63
66	Senegal	0.63
67	Sao Tome and Principe	0.63
68	Armenia	0.61
69	Ecuador	0.61
70	Bulgaria	0.60
71	Bolivia	0.60
72	Liberia	0.60
73	Romania	0.60
74	Paraguay	0.58
75	Bhutan	0.57
76	Kenya	0.56
77	Maldives	0.56
78	North Macedonia	0.56
79	Malawi	0.56
80	Moldova	0.55
81	Mongolia	0.54
82	Guyana	0.52
83	Fiji	0.51
84	Honduras	0.51
85	Nigeria	0.51
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.50
87	Malaysia	0.50
88	Zambia	0.50
89	Benin	0.49
90	Albania	0.48
91	Mexico	0.47
92	Papua New Guinea	0.47
93	Sierra Leone	0.47
94	Indonesia	0.46
95	Singapore	0.43
96	Hungary	0.42
97	Lebanon	0.42
98	Thailand	0.42
99	Georgia	0.40
100	Tunisia	0.40
101	Cote d'Ivoire	0.39
102	Philippines	0.39
103	Ukraine	0.39
104	India	0.38
105	Iraq	0.37
106	Madagascar	0.36
107	Tanzania	0.36
108	Togo	0.35
109	Angola	0.34
110	Mauritania	0.33
111	El Salvador	0.32
112	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.31
113	Kyrgyzstan	0.31
114	Gabon	0.30
115	Pakistan	0.30
116	Serbia	0.30
117	Central African Republic	0.29
118	Comoros	0.29
119	Turkey	0.29
120	Jordan	0.28
121	Mozambique	0.28
122	Algeria	0.27
123	Zimbabwe	0.27
124	Cameroon	0.26
125	Ethiopia	0.26
126	Kazakhstan	0.26
127	Morocco	0.26
128	Djibouti	0.25
129	Guinea-Bissau	0.25
130	Uganda	0.25
131	Congo	0.24
132	Haiti	0.24
133	Chad	0.24
134	Niger	0.23
135	Uzbekistan	0.22
136	Bangladesh	0.20
137	Egypt	0.19
138	Guinea	0.19
139	Libya	0.19
140	Rwanda	0.19
141	Burundi	0.18
142	Cuba	0.18
143	Cambodia	0.18
144	Venezuela	0.18
145	Azerbaijan	0.17
146	Equatorial Guinea	0.17
147	Oman	0.17
148	Russia	0.17
149	Somalia	0.17
150	Belarus	0.16
151	Iran	0.16
152	Mali	0.16
153	Tajikistan	0.16
154	Hong Kong	0.15
155	Nicaragua	0.15
156	Turkmenistan	0.15
157	Vietnam	0.15
158	Bahrain	0.14
159	Kuwait	0.14
160	Laos	0.14
161	Burkina Faso	0.13
162	Sudan	0.13
163	South Sudan	0.13
164	Eswatini	0.13
165	Syria	0.13
166	Yemen	0.13
167	United Arab Emirates	0.10
168	Myanmar	0.08
169	North Korea	0.08
170	Afghanistan	0.07
171	China	0.07
172	Eritrea	0.07
173	Qatar	0.03
174	Saudi Arabia	0.02

Common questions

Which country has the highest electoral democracy index?

Denmark, at 0.91 — the highest of all 174 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest electoral democracy index?

Saudi Arabia, at 0.02, ranks lowest among the 174 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

174 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

V-Dem (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: V-Dem (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive electoral democracy index map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.