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V-Dem
0-1 index
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176 countries · 1900–2025
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Value
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1
Germany
1.6
2
Spain
1.6
3
Australia
1.6
4
Costa Rica
1.6
5
Belgium
1.5
6
Chile
1.5
7
Denmark
1.5
8
Norway
1.5
9
Netherlands
1.5
10
New Zealand
1.5
11
Sweden
1.5
12
Finland
1.5
13
Italy
1.5
14
Ireland
1.5
15
Luxembourg
1.5
16
Estonia
1.5
17
Taiwan
1.5
18
Uruguay
1.5
19
Canada
1.5
20
Slovak Republic
1.5
21
France
1.5
22
Greece
1.4
23
United States
1.4
24
Portugal
1.4
25
Iceland
1.4
26
Latvia
1.4
27
Japan
1.4
28
Jamaica
1.4
29
Switzerland
1.4
30
Korea, Rep.
1.4
31
Cyprus
1.4
32
United Kingdom
1.4
33
Trinidad and Tobago
1.4
34
Czechia
1.4
35
Sri Lanka
1.4
36
Austria
1.4
37
Mauritius
1.4
38
Slovenia
1.3
39
Argentina
1.3
40
Israel
1.3
41
Cabo Verde
1.3
42
Barbados
1.3
43
Malta
1.3
44
Brazil
1.3
45
Seychelles
1.3
46
Panama
1.3
47
Suriname
1.3
48
Colombia
1.2
49
South Africa
1.2
50
Peru
1.2
51
Bolivia
1.2
52
Poland
1.2
53
Dominican Republic
1.2
54
Lithuania
1.2
55
Croatia
1.2
56
Vanuatu
1.2
57
Botswana
1.2
58
Ecuador
1.1
59
Timor-Leste
1.1
60
Gambia, The
1.1
61
Lesotho
1.1
62
Solomon Islands
1.1
63
Bhutan
1.1
64
Sao Tome and Principe
1.1
65
Moldova
1
66
Ghana
1
67
Nepal
1
68
Senegal
1
69
Bulgaria
1
70
Kosovo
0.96
71
Romania
0.91
72
North Macedonia
0.91
73
Armenia
0.9
74
Maldives
0.89
75
Liberia
0.88
76
Paraguay
0.88
77
Malawi
0.88
78
Guatemala
0.88
79
Montenegro
0.82
80
Guyana
0.81
81
Namibia
0.77
82
Jordan
0.77
83
Indonesia
0.76
84
Mongolia
0.76
85
Ukraine
0.75
86
Mexico
0.74
87
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.73
88
Malaysia
0.72
89
Benin
0.7
90
Kenya
0.7
91
Singapore
0.68
92
Thailand
0.68
93
Hungary
0.68
94
India
0.67
95
Zambia
0.65
96
Albania
0.64
97
Fiji
0.61
98
Honduras
0.61
99
Iraq
0.6
100
Nigeria
0.57
101
Oman
0.55
102
Papua New Guinea
0.53
103
Turkiye
0.5
104
Lebanon
0.47
105
Sierra Leone
0.43
106
Morocco
0.43
107
Georgia
0.39
108
Philippines
0.39
109
Kyrgyz Republic
0.39
110
Togo
0.38
111
Tanzania
0.36
112
Mauritania
0.35
113
El Salvador
0.33
114
Tunisia
0.32
115
Angola
0.32
116
Gabon
0.31
117
Cote d'Ivoire
0.29
118
Serbia
0.24
119
Madagascar
0.24
120
Ethiopia
0.23
121
Kazakhstan
0.23
122
Algeria
0.2
123
Pakistan
0.17
124
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.14
125
Zimbabwe
0.13
126
Comoros
0.08
127
Bahrain
0.06
128
Uzbekistan
0.03
129
Rwanda
0.03
130
Eswatini
0.03
131
United Arab Emirates
0.01
132
Guinea
-0
133
Uganda
-0.01
134
Djibouti
-0.03
135
Viet Nam
-0.03
136
Egypt, Arab Rep.
-0.07
137
Mozambique
-0.07
138
Iran, Islamic Rep.
-0.09
139
Central African Republic
-0.12
140
Cameroon
-0.16
141
Chad
-0.16
142
Burundi
-0.17
143
Congo, Rep.
-0.18
144
Russian Federation
-0.22
145
Hong Kong SAR, China
-0.22
146
Nicaragua
-0.24
147
Cuba
-0.31
148
Cambodia
-0.31
149
Azerbaijan
-0.34
150
Equatorial Guinea
-0.36
151
Belarus
-0.37
152
Lao PDR
-0.39
153
Venezuela, RB
-0.39
154
Tajikistan
-0.4
155
Turkmenistan
-0.43
156
Myanmar
-0.46
157
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
-0.49
158
West Bank and Gaza
-0.66
159
Haiti
-0.74
160
Bangladesh
-0.76
161
Niger
-0.77
162
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
-0.78
163
Guinea-Bissau
-0.78
164
Libya
-0.79
165
Burkina Faso
-0.81
166
Yemen, Rep.
-0.83
167
Sudan
-0.84
168
South Sudan
-0.91
169
Mali
-0.94
170
Syrian Arab Republic
-0.95
171
China
-1.3
172
Kuwait
-1.4
173
Afghanistan
-1.4
174
Qatar
-1.5
175
Eritrea
-1.5
176
Saudi Arabia
-1.6
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