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V-Dem v2xedvd_me_cent
V-Dem
0-1 index
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176 countries · 1945–2021
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2021
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Country
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Value
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1
Eritrea
0.98
2
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0.97
3
Turkmenistan
0.96
4
Syrian Arab Republic
0.95
5
Belarus
0.95
6
Bahrain
0.95
7
Azerbaijan
0.94
8
United Arab Emirates
0.94
9
South Sudan
0.93
10
Burundi
0.93
11
Saudi Arabia
0.92
12
Myanmar
0.92
13
China
0.92
14
Lao PDR
0.92
15
Cuba
0.92
16
Eswatini
0.91
17
Equatorial Guinea
0.9
18
Cambodia
0.88
19
Venezuela, RB
0.87
20
Turkiye
0.86
21
Yemen, Rep.
0.85
22
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0.85
23
Oman
0.84
24
Russian Federation
0.84
25
Tajikistan
0.83
26
Serbia
0.83
27
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0.83
28
Viet Nam
0.8
29
Kazakhstan
0.79
30
Uzbekistan
0.78
31
Qatar
0.77
32
Afghanistan
0.77
33
Singapore
0.76
34
Jordan
0.73
35
El Salvador
0.72
36
Chad
0.72
37
Congo, Rep.
0.71
38
Algeria
0.68
39
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.68
40
Nicaragua
0.67
41
Djibouti
0.66
42
West Bank and Gaza
0.64
43
Thailand
0.64
44
Rwanda
0.62
45
Albania
0.59
46
Ethiopia
0.58
47
Malaysia
0.58
48
Hungary
0.58
49
Bolivia
0.57
50
Fiji
0.55
51
Guatemala
0.55
52
Seychelles
0.53
53
Cameroon
0.53
54
Tanzania
0.53
55
Togo
0.52
56
Cote d'Ivoire
0.51
57
Morocco
0.51
58
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.5
59
Bangladesh
0.5
60
India
0.5
61
Sudan
0.49
62
Poland
0.49
63
Uganda
0.48
64
Comoros
0.47
65
Central African Republic
0.46
66
Zambia
0.46
67
Honduras
0.46
68
Pakistan
0.45
69
Kyrgyz Republic
0.45
70
Sri Lanka
0.44
71
Haiti
0.44
72
Zimbabwe
0.44
73
Slovenia
0.43
74
Ukraine
0.42
75
Philippines
0.42
76
Kuwait
0.41
77
Angola
0.41
78
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0.41
79
Guinea
0.4
80
Mauritius
0.4
81
Brazil
0.4
82
Cabo Verde
0.39
83
Mozambique
0.39
84
Maldives
0.39
85
Lebanon
0.39
86
Panama
0.37
87
Benin
0.37
88
Gabon
0.37
89
Iraq
0.36
90
Mauritania
0.36
91
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0.36
92
Liberia
0.35
93
Guyana
0.35
94
Lesotho
0.35
95
Mexico
0.35
96
Guinea-Bissau
0.34
97
Mali
0.32
98
Libya
0.31
99
Armenia
0.31
100
North Macedonia
0.31
101
Nigeria
0.31
102
Niger
0.3
103
Peru
0.3
104
Bhutan
0.3
105
Indonesia
0.27
106
Madagascar
0.27
107
Solomon Islands
0.26
108
Croatia
0.25
109
Israel
0.24
110
Sao Tome and Principe
0.24
111
Nepal
0.23
112
Greece
0.23
113
Taiwan
0.23
114
Cyprus
0.23
115
Ecuador
0.22
116
Vanuatu
0.22
117
Bulgaria
0.21
118
Georgia
0.21
119
Moldova
0.21
120
Montenegro
0.2
121
Colombia
0.2
122
Papua New Guinea
0.2
123
Paraguay
0.2
124
Kosovo
0.19
125
Namibia
0.19
126
Argentina
0.19
127
Timor-Leste
0.19
128
Chile
0.18
129
Suriname
0.17
130
Ghana
0.16
131
Malawi
0.16
132
Gambia, The
0.16
133
Kenya
0.14
134
South Africa
0.13
135
United States
0.13
136
Malta
0.13
137
Austria
0.13
138
Japan
0.13
139
Dominican Republic
0.13
140
Czechia
0.12
141
Botswana
0.12
142
Mongolia
0.12
143
Costa Rica
0.12
144
Barbados
0.12
145
Tunisia
0.11
146
Sierra Leone
0.11
147
Canada
0.11
148
Spain
0.11
149
Senegal
0.1
150
Burkina Faso
0.1
151
Trinidad and Tobago
0.09
152
Uruguay
0.09
153
Romania
0.09
154
Australia
0.08
155
New Zealand
0.07
156
Latvia
0.07
157
Lithuania
0.06
158
Germany
0.06
159
Slovak Republic
0.06
160
France
0.06
161
Finland
0.05
162
Jamaica
0.05
163
Netherlands
0.05
164
Italy
0.05
165
Korea, Rep.
0.05
166
Switzerland
0.05
167
Iceland
0.04
168
United Kingdom
0.04
169
Ireland
0.04
170
Norway
0.04
171
Estonia
0.03
172
Portugal
0.03
173
Luxembourg
0.02
174
Belgium
0.02
175
Sweden
0.02
176
Denmark
0.02
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