Countries With the Highest Liberal Democracy

Every country with a figure for liberal democracy, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Denmark (0.884), Sweden (0.853) and Norway (0.847). The middle country of the 175 has 0.355.

What this measures

Liberal democracy index, in index (0-1). Source: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. For this measure, higher is better.

Electoral democracy plus limits on the head of government, independent courts and protected personal freedoms. It contains the electoral democracy index as a part, so the two are built from the same numbers and bound to match.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2025–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on liberal democracy

• Countries With the Lowest Liberal Democracy
• Liberal democracy by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.