Countries With the Lowest Governing Party, Economic Left to Right
Every country with a figure for governing party, economic left to right, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Venezuela, RB (0.59), Korea, Dem. People's Rep. (0.593) and Eritrea (0.607). The middle country of the 156 has 3.15.
What this measures
Economic left-right position of the main governing party, in scale (0 = far left, 6 = far right). Source: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. For this measure, no agreed better direction.
Where the main party in government stands on economic issues, as rated by V-Party's experts: 0 is far left (the state should run or redistribute most of the economy), 3 is the centre and 6 is far right (the market should be left alone). The main party is the one V-Party marks as the senior partner in government after each national election. It is recorded in election years only, and V-Party's data end in 2019, so the latest figure for many countries is a few years old. A one-party state has its ruling party here too: China's Communist Party is rated near the centre on economics, Cuba's near the far left. No "better" direction is set.
The full ranking
Each country’s latest figure, from 2010–2019. The year beside each value says when it was measured.
| Rank | Country | Governing party, economic left to right | Year | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela, RB | 0.59 | 2015 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 2 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 0.593 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 3 | Eritrea | 0.607 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 4 | Cuba | 1.09 | 2013 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 5 | Bolivia | 1.11 | 2014 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 6 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 1.13 | 2011 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 7 | Kosovo | 1.27 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 8 | Congo, Rep. | 1.36 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 9 | Seychelles | 1.39 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.47 | 2016 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 11 | Mexico | 1.52 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 12 | Suriname | 1.53 | 2015 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 13 | Tanzania | 1.63 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 14 | Ecuador | 1.64 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 15 | Algeria | 1.67 | 2017 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 1.77 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 17 | Finland | 1.79 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 18 | South Africa | 1.79 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 19 | Nigeria | 1.81 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 1.82 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1.82 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 22 | North Macedonia | 1.87 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 23 | Slovak Republic | 1.88 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 24 | Denmark | 1.91 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 25 | Spain | 1.93 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 26 | Canada | 2.01 | 2019 | North America |
| 27 | Lao PDR | 2.01 | 2016 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 28 | Niger | 2.02 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 29 | Romania | 2.02 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 30 | Turkmenistan | 2.03 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 31 | Malaysia | 2.04 | 2018 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 32 | Sweden | 2.06 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 33 | Barbados | 2.13 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 34 | Liberia | 2.17 | 2011 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 35 | Vanuatu | 2.18 | 2012 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 36 | Mongolia | 2.19 | 2016 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 37 | Italy | 2.2 | 2013 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 38 | Poland | 2.2 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 39 | Estonia | 2.2 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 40 | New Zealand | 2.21 | 2017 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 41 | Slovenia | 2.22 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 2.24 | 2018 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.28 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 44 | Indonesia | 2.29 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 45 | Timor-Leste | 2.38 | 2018 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 46 | Mozambique | 2.39 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 47 | Albania | 2.45 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 48 | Portugal | 2.46 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 49 | Czechia | 2.47 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 50 | Lesotho | 2.48 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 51 | Panama | 2.5 | 2019 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 52 | Myanmar | 2.51 | 2015 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 53 | Argentina | 2.52 | 2019 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 54 | Morocco | 2.61 | 2016 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 55 | Georgia | 2.62 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 56 | China | 2.64 | 2013 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 57 | Mauritius | 2.66 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 58 | Djibouti | 2.66 | 2018 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 59 | Taiwan | 2.73 | 2016 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 60 | Lithuania | 2.77 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 61 | Gabon | 2.82 | 2018 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 62 | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.83 | 2015 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 63 | Benin | 2.85 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 64 | Zambia | 2.89 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.93 | 2017 | South Asia |
| 66 | Angola | 2.94 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 2.94 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 2.94 | 2016 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 2.96 | 2018 | South Asia |
| 70 | Namibia | 2.99 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 71 | Iceland | 2.99 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 72 | Russian Federation | 2.99 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 73 | Rwanda | 3 | 2018 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 74 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.02 | 2014 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 3.04 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 3.1 | 2013 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 77 | Mali | 3.12 | 2013 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 78 | Guyana | 3.12 | 2015 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 79 | Moldova | 3.15 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 80 | Fiji | 3.29 | 2018 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 81 | Montenegro | 3.29 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 82 | Ireland | 3.32 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 3.35 | 2015 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 84 | Iraq | 3.36 | 2018 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 85 | Senegal | 3.36 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 86 | Bhutan | 3.37 | 2013 | South Asia |
| 87 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 3.38 | 2016 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 3.39 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 89 | Cambodia | 3.43 | 2018 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 90 | Sudan | 3.46 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 91 | Botswana | 3.48 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 92 | Cameroon | 3.49 | 2013 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 93 | Malta | 3.49 | 2013 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 94 | Gambia, The | 3.5 | 2012 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 95 | Madagascar | 3.57 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 96 | France | 3.61 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 97 | Ghana | 3.64 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 98 | Germany | 3.66 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.67 | 2015 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 100 | Tunisia | 3.67 | 2011 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 3.67 | 2015 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 102 | Uzbekistan | 3.68 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 103 | Burundi | 3.71 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 104 | Austria | 3.72 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 105 | Cabo Verde | 3.74 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 106 | Pakistan | 3.75 | 2018 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 107 | Uganda | 3.81 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 108 | Australia | 3.82 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 109 | Jamaica | 3.83 | 2016 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 110 | Maldives | 3.84 | 2019 | South Asia |
| 111 | Chad | 3.85 | 2011 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 112 | Philippines | 3.85 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 113 | Croatia | 3.86 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 114 | Sierra Leone | 3.91 | 2018 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 115 | Comoros | 3.91 | 2015 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 116 | Belgium | 3.92 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 117 | Ukraine | 3.92 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 118 | Malawi | 3.96 | 2019 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 119 | Serbia | 3.97 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 3.99 | 2016 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 121 | Viet Nam | 4.01 | 2016 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 122 | Greece | 4.04 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 123 | Uruguay | 4.08 | 2019 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 124 | Latvia | 4.1 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 125 | Central African Republic | 4.12 | 2011 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 4.16 | 2015 | South Asia |
| 127 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4.19 | 2010 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 128 | Peru | 4.2 | 2016 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 129 | Armenia | 4.2 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 130 | Israel | 4.25 | 2015 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan |
| 131 | Netherlands | 4.28 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 132 | Haiti | 4.33 | 2015 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 133 | Hungary | 4.33 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 134 | Paraguay | 4.38 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 135 | Togo | 4.38 | 2018 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 136 | Chile | 4.39 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 137 | Kenya | 4.39 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 138 | Norway | 4.42 | 2017 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 139 | Japan | 4.43 | 2017 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 140 | Turkiye | 4.48 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 141 | United States | 4.5 | 2018 | North America |
| 142 | Guinea | 4.52 | 2013 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 143 | United Kingdom | 4.64 | 2019 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 144 | Cyprus | 4.65 | 2016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 145 | Singapore | 4.65 | 2015 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 146 | Mauritania | 4.66 | 2013 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 147 | India | 4.7 | 2019 | South Asia |
| 148 | Honduras | 4.71 | 2017 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 149 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.76 | 2016 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 150 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.79 | 2018 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 151 | Korea, Rep. | 4.8 | 2016 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.83 | 2017 | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 153 | Guatemala | 4.92 | 2019 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 154 | Colombia | 5.05 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
| 155 | Thailand | 5.16 | 2019 | East Asia & Pacific |
| 156 | Brazil | 5.37 | 2018 | Latin America & Caribbean |
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