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Thailand has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025 (6.59), followed by Tanzania (5.13) and Uganda (4.31). Afghanistan has the lowest (0.25).
Politics & Government61 countries · 5 metricsUpdated Feb 20, 2026Original page
19 sources
- Democracy Index 2023 - Economist Intelligence Unit
- Current Heads of State & Dictators - PlanetRules
- Dictatorship Countries 2023: A Closer Look at Power and Control - SouthWestJournal
- Countries and Territories - Freedom House
- Supreme Leader of Afghanistan - Wiki
- President of Laos - Wiki
- Military rule in Myanmar - Wiki
- Thailand - Freedom House
- Serdar Berdimuhamedow - Wiki
- Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan - Wiki
- Rashad al-Alimi - Wiki
- Jordan Human Rights Record - DAWN
- Haitham bin Tariq - Wiki
- Salman of Saudi Arabia - Wiki
- Countries Ruled by Dictatorships
- Kyrgyzstan Under Japarov - Human Rights Foundation
- Dictatorships today - Our World in Data
- President of Haiti - Wiki
- Government of Niger - Wiki
EIU Democracy Index Overall ScoreBetter directionWhether a higher or a lower value is better. A green arrow means higher is better, a red arrow means lower is better, and no arrow means neither.More in the glossary →
57 of 235 countries
EIU Democracy Index Overall Score, 2025
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
2.55
Middle half 1.96 – 3.05
Average
2.56
57 countries
Highest
6.59
Thailand
Lowest
0.25
Afghanistan
Over time · 2006–2025
The top 5 in 2025, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Thailand
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Turkey
- Angola
Data
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61 countries · # = rank by EIU Democracy Index Overall Score
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Thailand | 6.59 | Not Free |
| 2 |  Tanzania | 5.13 | Not Free |
| 3 |  Uganda | 4.31 | Not Free |
| 4 |  Turkey | 4.26 | Not Free |
| 5 |  Angola | 3.94 | Not Free |
| 6 |  Algeria | 3.55 | Not Free |
| 7 |  Gabon | 3.49 | Not Free |
| 8 |  Palestine | 3.44 | Not Free |
| 9 |  Rwanda | 3.34 | Not Free |
| 10 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.27 | Not Free |
| 11 |  United Arab Emirates | 3.18 | Not Free |
| 12 |  Qatar | 3.17 | Not Free |
| 13 |  Ethiopia | 3.13 | Not Free |
| 13 |  Iraq | 3.13 | Not Free |
| 15 |  Oman | 3.05 | Not Free |
| 16 |  Zimbabwe | 2.98 | Not Free |
| 17 |  Kazakhstan | 2.91 | Not Free |
| 18 |  Haiti | 2.81 | Not Free |
| 19 |  Azerbaijan | 2.8 | Not Free |
| 20 |  Egypt | 2.79 | Not Free |
| 20 |  Republic of the Congo | 2.79 | Not Free |
| 22 |  Kuwait | 2.78 | Not Free |
| 23 |  Cambodia | 2.7 | Not Free |
| 23 |  Djibouti | 2.7 | Not Free |
| 25 |  Vietnam | 2.62 | Not Free |
| 26 |  Eswatini | 2.6 | Not Free |
| 27 |  Cuba | 2.58 | Not Free |
| 28 |  Cameroon | 2.56 | Not Free |
| 29 |  Burkina Faso | 2.55 | Not Free |
| 30 |  Bahrain | 2.45 | Not Free |
| 31 |  Mali | 2.4 | Not Free |
| 32 |  Libya | 2.31 | Not Free |
| 33 |  China | 2.24 | Not Free |
| 34 |  Guinea | 2.15 | Not Free |
| 35 |  Venezuela | 2.13 | Not Free |
| 35 |  Burundi | 2.13 | Not Free |
| 37 |  Uzbekistan | 2.1 | Not Free |
| 38 |  Saudi Arabia | 2.08 | Not Free |
| 39 |  Russia | 2.03 | Not Free |
| 40 |  Belarus | 1.99 | Not Free |
| 41 |  Nicaragua | 1.97 | Not Free |
| 41 |  Eritrea | 1.97 | Not Free |
| 43 |  Iran | 1.96 | Not Free |
| 44 |  Yemen | 1.95 | Not Free |
| 44 |  Niger | 1.95 | Not Free |
| 46 |  Tajikistan | 1.94 | Not Free |
| 47 |  DR Congo | 1.92 | Not Free |
| 47 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.92 | Not Free |
| 49 |  Chad | 1.76 | Not Free |
| 50 |  Laos | 1.71 | Not Free |
| 51 |  Turkmenistan | 1.54 | Not Free |
| 52 |  Sudan | 1.46 | Not Free |
| 53 |  Syria | 1.37 | Not Free |
| 54 |  Central African Republic | 1.18 | Not Free |
| 55 |  North Korea | 1.08 | Not Free |
| 56 |  Myanmar | 0.96 | Not Free |
| 57 |  Afghanistan | 0.25 | Not Free |
| — |  Somalia | — | Not Free |
| — |  South Sudan | — | Not Free |
| — |  Western Sahara | — | Not Free |
| — |  Brunei | — | Not Free |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score?
- Thailand has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025, at 6.59, followed by Tanzania (5.13) and Uganda (4.31).
- Which country has the lowest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score?
- Afghanistan has the lowest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025, at 0.25.
- What is the median EIU Democracy Index Overall Score across countries?
- The median is 2.55 across the 57 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this dictatorship countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Democracy Index 2023 - Economist Intelligence Unit; Current Heads of State & Dictators - PlanetRules; Dictatorship Countries 2023: A Closer Look at Power and Control - SouthWestJournal; Countries and Territories - Freedom House.