Electoral Democracy Index by Country (1789–2025)

V-Dem Electoral Democracy Index for 219 countries from 1789 to 2025, tracking global democratic progress and recent democratic backsliding by region.
# Entity
Code
Year
Electoral Democracy Index
World region according to OWID
1 Afghanistan AFG 1789 0.019 Asia
2 Afghanistan AFG 1790 0.019 Asia
3 Afghanistan AFG 1791 0.019 Asia
4 Afghanistan AFG 1792 0.019 Asia
5 Afghanistan AFG 1793 0.019 Asia
6 Afghanistan AFG 1794 0.019 Asia
7 Afghanistan AFG 1795 0.019 Asia
8 Afghanistan AFG 1796 0.019 Asia
9 Afghanistan AFG 1797 0.019 Asia
10 Afghanistan AFG 1798 0.019 Asia
11 Afghanistan AFG 1799 0.019 Asia
12 Afghanistan AFG 1800 0.019 Asia
13 Afghanistan AFG 1801 0.019 Asia
14 Afghanistan AFG 1802 0.019 Asia
15 Afghanistan AFG 1803 0.019 Asia
16 Afghanistan AFG 1804 0.019 Asia
17 Afghanistan AFG 1805 0.019 Asia
18 Afghanistan AFG 1806 0.019 Asia
19 Afghanistan AFG 1807 0.019 Asia
20 Afghanistan AFG 1808 0.019 Asia
21 Afghanistan AFG 1809 0.019 Asia
22 Afghanistan AFG 1810 0.019 Asia
23 Afghanistan AFG 1811 0.019 Asia
24 Afghanistan AFG 1812 0.019 Asia
25 Afghanistan AFG 1813 0.019 Asia
26 Afghanistan AFG 1814 0.019 Asia
27 Afghanistan AFG 1815 0.019 Asia
28 Afghanistan AFG 1816 0.019 Asia
29 Afghanistan AFG 1817 0.019 Asia
30 Afghanistan AFG 1818 0.019 Asia
31 Afghanistan AFG 1819 0.019 Asia
32 Afghanistan AFG 1820 0.019 Asia
33 Afghanistan AFG 1821 0.019 Asia
34 Afghanistan AFG 1822 0.019 Asia
35 Afghanistan AFG 1823 0.019 Asia
36 Afghanistan AFG 1824 0.019 Asia
37 Afghanistan AFG 1825 0.019 Asia
38 Afghanistan AFG 1826 0.019 Asia
39 Afghanistan AFG 1827 0.019 Asia
40 Afghanistan AFG 1828 0.019 Asia
41 Afghanistan AFG 1829 0.019 Asia
42 Afghanistan AFG 1830 0.019 Asia
43 Afghanistan AFG 1831 0.019 Asia
44 Afghanistan AFG 1832 0.019 Asia
45 Afghanistan AFG 1833 0.019 Asia
46 Afghanistan AFG 1834 0.019 Asia
47 Afghanistan AFG 1835 0.019 Asia
48 Afghanistan AFG 1836 0.019 Asia
49 Afghanistan AFG 1837 0.019 Asia
50 Afghanistan AFG 1838 0.019 Asia
51 Afghanistan AFG 1839 0.019 Asia
52 Afghanistan AFG 1840 0.019 Asia
53 Afghanistan AFG 1841 0.019 Asia
54 Afghanistan AFG 1842 0.019 Asia
55 Afghanistan AFG 1843 0.019 Asia
56 Afghanistan AFG 1844 0.019 Asia
57 Afghanistan AFG 1845 0.019 Asia
58 Afghanistan AFG 1846 0.019 Asia
59 Afghanistan AFG 1847 0.019 Asia
60 Afghanistan AFG 1848 0.019 Asia
61 Afghanistan AFG 1849 0.019 Asia
62 Afghanistan AFG 1850 0.019 Asia
63 Afghanistan AFG 1851 0.019 Asia
64 Afghanistan AFG 1852 0.019 Asia
65 Afghanistan AFG 1853 0.019 Asia
66 Afghanistan AFG 1854 0.019 Asia
67 Afghanistan AFG 1855 0.019 Asia
68 Afghanistan AFG 1856 0.019 Asia
69 Afghanistan AFG 1857 0.019 Asia
70 Afghanistan AFG 1858 0.019 Asia
71 Afghanistan AFG 1859 0.019 Asia
72 Afghanistan AFG 1860 0.019 Asia
73 Afghanistan AFG 1861 0.019 Asia
74 Afghanistan AFG 1862 0.019 Asia
75 Afghanistan AFG 1863 0.019 Asia
76 Afghanistan AFG 1864 0.019 Asia
77 Afghanistan AFG 1865 0.019 Asia
78 Afghanistan AFG 1866 0.019 Asia
79 Afghanistan AFG 1867 0.019 Asia
80 Afghanistan AFG 1868 0.019 Asia
81 Afghanistan AFG 1869 0.019 Asia
82 Afghanistan AFG 1870 0.019 Asia
83 Afghanistan AFG 1871 0.019 Asia
84 Afghanistan AFG 1872 0.019 Asia
85 Afghanistan AFG 1873 0.019 Asia
86 Afghanistan AFG 1874 0.019 Asia
87 Afghanistan AFG 1875 0.019 Asia
88 Afghanistan AFG 1876 0.019 Asia
89 Afghanistan AFG 1877 0.019 Asia
90 Afghanistan AFG 1878 0.019 Asia
91 Afghanistan AFG 1879 0.019 Asia
92 Afghanistan AFG 1880 0.019 Asia
93 Afghanistan AFG 1881 0.019 Asia
94 Afghanistan AFG 1882 0.019 Asia
95 Afghanistan AFG 1883 0.019 Asia
96 Afghanistan AFG 1884 0.019 Asia
97 Afghanistan AFG 1885 0.019 Asia
98 Afghanistan AFG 1886 0.019 Asia
99 Afghanistan AFG 1887 0.019 Asia
100 Afghanistan AFG 1888 0.019 Asia

Electoral Democracy Index by Country (1789–2025) — Analysis

Global democracy is in retreat: the average index peaked at 0.53 in 2012 and has fallen to 0.49 in 2025

83 of 193 countries (43%) have seen meaningful democratic decline since 2010

Key Findings

  • Democracy surged globally after the Cold War, with the average index nearly doubling from 0.28 in 1975 to 0.53 in 2010
  • Since 2010, every world region has seen democratic backsliding — Europe dropped from 0.76 to 0.71, Asia from 0.36 to 0.33
  • The sharpest collapses: Mali (0.61 → 0.16), Burkina Faso (0.56 → 0.13), and Hungary (0.81 → 0.42)
  • India's index fell from 0.67 to 0.38 — the largest backslide among the world's most populous democracies
  • Denmark leads the world at 0.913 while Saudi Arabia scores lowest at 0.016 — a 57× gap

Visualizations

Distribution of Democracy Scores (2025)
Steepest Democratic Declines (2010–2025)
Most Democratic Countries (2025)
Democracy by World Region (1900–2025)

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