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Democracy Index

As of 2025, Norway is No. 1 in the Democracy Index (9.81), ahead of New Zealand (9.62).

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s yearly score of how democratic each country is, from 0 to 10, top 50 countries, from Wikipedia’s copy of the latest edition.

As of
2025
Edition
2025
Last changed
198 days ago
Last checked
1 h ago
Checked
daily

Source: Wikipedia, The Economist Democracy Index (list by country) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · exact version used

The list

Movement since the 2024 edition

No.MoveCountryScore
1NorwayFull democracy9.81
2New ZealandFull democracy9.62
3DenmarkFull democracy9.42
4IcelandFull democracy9.38
5FinlandFull democracy9.37
6SwedenFull democracy9.35
7IrelandFull democracy9.33
8SwitzerlandFull democracy9.32
9CanadaFull democracy9.08
9LuxembourgFull democracy9.08
11NetherlandsFull democracy8.93
12UruguayFull democracy8.92
13AustraliaFull democracy8.85
13JapanFull democracy8.85
15TaiwanFull democracy8.78
16GermanyFull democracy8.73
17AustriaFull democracy8.42
18United KingdomFull democracy8.34
19Costa RicaFull democracy8.29
20PortugalFull democracy8.28
21MauritiusFull democracy8.23
22SpainFull democracy8.20
23Czech RepublicFull democracy8.15
24EstoniaFull democracy8.07
24GreeceFull democracy8.07
26FranceFull democracy8.05
27ChileFlawed democracy7.97
28MaltaFlawed democracy7.93
29SloveniaFlawed democracy7.82
30IsraelFlawed democracy7.80
31BelgiumFlawed democracy7.77
32South KoreaFlawed democracy7.75
33LatviaFlawed democracy7.73
34PolandFlawed democracy7.65
34United StatesFlawed democracy7.65
36BotswanaFlawed democracy7.63
37Cape VerdeFlawed democracy7.58
37ItalyFlawed democracy7.58
39LithuaniaFlawed democracy7.55
40CyprusFlawed democracy7.45
41South AfricaFlawed democracy7.16
42MalaysiaFlawed democracy7.11
43Trinidad and TobagoFlawed democracy7.09
44PanamaFlawed democracy7.04
45SurinameFlawed democracy7.03
46Timor-LesteFlawed democracy6.97
47IndiaFlawed democracy6.96
48SlovakiaFlawed democracy6.94
49ArgentinaFlawed democracy6.89
50BrazilFlawed democracy6.76

How the top 10 got here

Positions of the current top 10 over the last 3 editions12345678910111213144 Iceland5 Finland6 Sweden7 Ireland8 Switzerland9 Canada9 Luxembourg1 Norway2 New Zealand3 Denmark20232025

What changed

  1. Edition 2025: Canada climbs to No. 9 in the Democracy Index (from No. 14)

    • Denmark: No. 7 → No. 3
    • Netherlands: No. 9 → No. 11
    • Sweden: No. 3 → No. 6
    • Switzerland: No. 5 → No. 8

  2. Edition 2024: Sweden climbs to No. 3 in the Democracy Index (from No. 4)

    • Luxembourg: No. 11 → No. 10
    • Taiwan: No. 10 → No. 12
    • Switzerland: No. 8 → No. 5

  3. France falls to No. 24 in the Democracy Index (from No. 23)