Which country has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score?

Norway has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025, at 9.81, followed by New Zealand (9.62) and Denmark (9.42).

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 5.35 across the 167 countries with data in 2025.

Country rankings

Which Countries Have Authoritarian Governments?

Norway has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025 (9.81), followed by New Zealand (9.62) and Denmark (9.42). Afghanistan has the lowest (0.25).

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Median

5.35

Middle half 2.81 – 7.1

Average

5.19

167 countries

Highest

9.81

Norway

Lowest

0.25

Afghanistan

Over time · 2006–2025

The top 5 in 2025, against the median.

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1	Norway	Full Democracy	9.81	10	9.64	10	10	9.41
2	New Zealand	Full Democracy	9.62	10	9.29	10	8.75	10
3	Denmark	Full Democracy	9.42	10	9.29	8.33	9.38	9.41
4	Iceland	Full Democracy	9.38	10	8.93	8.89	9.38	9.71
5	Finland	Full Democracy	9.37	10	9.64	7.78	9.38	9.71
6	Sweden	Full Democracy	9.35	9.58	9.64	8.33	10	9.41
7	Ireland	Full Democracy	9.33	10	8.21	8.33	10	9.41
8	Switzerland	Full Democracy	9.32	9.58	9.29	8.33	10	9.41
9	Canada	Full Democracy	9.08	10	8.21	8.89	7.5	8.82
9	Luxembourg	Full Democracy	9.08	10	9.29	6.67	8.75	9.71
11	Netherlands	Full Democracy	8.93	9.58	8.93	8.33	8.75	9.41
12	Uruguay	Full Democracy	8.92	10	9.29	7.78	6.88	9.41
13	Japan	Full Democracy	8.85	9.58	8.93	6.67	8.13	9.12
13	Australia	Full Democracy	8.85	10	8.57	7.22	8.75	9.71
15	Taiwan	Full Democracy	8.78	10	8.57	7.78	8.13	9.41
16	Germany	Full Democracy	8.73	9.58	8.21	8.33	8.13	9.41
17	Austria	Full Democracy	8.42	9.58	7.5	8.89	6.88	8.53
18	United Kingdom	Full Democracy	8.34	9.58	7.5	8.33	6.88	9.41
19	Costa Rica	Full Democracy	8.29	9.58	7.5	7.78	6.88	9.71
20	Portugal	Full Democracy	8.28	9.58	7.14	6.11	8.75	8.82
21	Mauritius	Full Democracy	8.23	9.58	7.86	6.11	8.75	8.82
22	Spain	Full Democracy	8.2	9.58	7.5	7.22	7.5	8.82
23	Czechia	Full Democracy	8.15	—	—	—	—	—
24	Greece	Full Democracy	8.07	10	6.79	7.22	7.5	8.82
24	Estonia	Full Democracy	8.07	10	8.57	6.67	6.88	8.53
26	France	Flawed Democracy	8.05	9.58	7.5	7.78	6.88	8.24
27	Chile	Flawed Democracy	7.97	9.58	7.86	6.67	5.63	9.41
28	Malta	Flawed Democracy	7.93	9.17	7.14	6.67	8.13	8.53
29	Slovenia	Flawed Democracy	7.82	9.58	7.5	7.22	6.25	8.53
30	Israel	Flawed Democracy	7.8	9.58	7.5	9.44	6.88	5.59
31	Belgium	Flawed Democracy	7.77	9.58	8.21	5	6.88	8.53
32	South Korea	Flawed Democracy	7.75	9.58	7.5	7.22	5.63	8.82
33	Latvia	Flawed Democracy	7.73	10	7.14	6.67	6.25	8.24
34	United States	Flawed Democracy	7.65	9.17	6.43	8.89	6.25	8.53
34	Poland	Flawed Democracy	7.65	10	6.43	6.67	6.25	7.65
36	Botswana	Flawed Democracy	7.63	9.58	6.43	6.11	7.5	8.53
37	Italy	Flawed Democracy	7.58	9.58	7.14	7.22	6.88	7.06
37	Cape Verde	Flawed Democracy	7.58	9.17	6.64	6.67	6.88	8.53
39	Lithuania	Flawed Democracy	7.55	10	7.14	6.67	5.63	8.53
40	Cyprus	Flawed Democracy	7.45	9.17	5.36	6.67	6.88	8.82
41	South Africa	Flawed Democracy	7.16	9.17	6.79	7.78	5	7.06
42	Malaysia	Flawed Democracy	7.11	9.58	7.14	6.67	6.25	5.88
43	Trinidad and Tobago	Flawed Democracy	7.09	9.58	6.79	6.11	5.63	7.35
44	Panama	Flawed Democracy	7.04	9.58	5.71	7.22	3.75	7.94
45	Suriname	Flawed Democracy	7.03	9.58	5.36	6.67	5	7.35
46	Timor-Leste	Flawed Democracy	6.97	9.58	6.07	5.56	6.88	7.06
47	India	Flawed Democracy	6.96	8.67	7.5	7.22	6.88	6.18
48	Slovakia	Flawed Democracy	6.94	10	6.07	6.11	5.63	8.24
49	Argentina	Flawed Democracy	6.89	9.17	5	6.11	3.75	8.53
50	Brazil	Flawed Democracy	6.76	9.58	5	6.11	5	6.76
51	Dominican Republic	Flawed Democracy	6.75	9.17	5	7.22	4.38	7.35
52	Jamaica	Flawed Democracy	6.74	8.75	6.43	5	5	8.53
53	Montenegro	Flawed Democracy	6.73	8.75	7.14	6.67	3.75	7.35
54	Thailand	Flawed Democracy	6.59	6.5	5	8.33	5.63	5.88
55	Hungary	Flawed Democracy	6.58	8.75	5.71	4.44	6.88	6.76
56	Sri Lanka	Flawed Democracy	6.57	7	4.29	7.22	6.25	6.18
57	Croatia	Flawed Democracy	6.5	9.17	6.07	6.11	4.38	6.76
57	Mongolia	Flawed Democracy	6.5	8.75	5.71	6.67	5.63	5.88
59	Namibia	Flawed Democracy	6.48	7.42	5.36	6.67	5	7.94
60	Indonesia	Flawed Democracy	6.37	7.92	6.79	7.22	5	5.29
61	Bulgaria	Flawed Democracy	6.34	8.75	5.36	5.56	4.38	7.65
62	Philippines	Flawed Democracy	6.31	8.75	4.64	8.33	4.38	7.06
63	Serbia	Flawed Democracy	6.3	7.83	5.71	6.67	3.75	7.35
64	North Macedonia	Flawed Democracy	6.28	8.75	6.07	6.11	3.13	7.35
65	Ghana	Flawed Democracy	6.24	8.33	4.64	6.11	6.25	5.88
66	Lesotho	Flawed Democracy	6.23	9.17	3.79	5.56	5.63	6.18
67	Albania	Flawed Democracy	6.2	7	5.71	5	6.25	7.06
68	Singapore	Flawed Democracy	6.18	5.33	7.14	4.44	7.5	6.47
69	Romania	Hybrid Regime	6.11	8.25	5.36	5.56	3.75	7.06
70	Malawi	Hybrid Regime	6.1	7	4.29	5.56	6.25	6.18
71	Guyana	Flawed Democracy	6.09	6.92	6.07	6.11	5	6.47
72	Senegal	Hybrid Regime	6.05	7.42	5.36	4.44	6.25	6.18
73	Colombia	Flawed Democracy	6.04	9.17	5.71	6.11	3.13	7.65
73	Paraguay	Hybrid Regime	6.04	8.33	5.36	6.67	1.88	7.35
75	Papua New Guinea	Hybrid Regime	5.9	6.92	6.07	3.89	5.63	7.35
76	Peru	Hybrid Regime	5.88	8.75	5.71	5	2.5	6.47
77	Moldova	Hybrid Regime	5.86	6.5	5.36	7.22	4.38	6.76
78	Zambia	Hybrid Regime	5.82	7.92	3.29	5	6.88	5.59
79	Bhutan	Hybrid Regime	5.65	8.75	5.93	3.89	5	4.71
80	Liberia	Hybrid Regime	5.57	7.83	2.71	6.11	5.63	5.59
81	Mexico	Hybrid Regime	5.4	6.92	5	7.22	1.88	5.59
82	Fiji	Hybrid Regime	5.39	6.58	5	4.44	5.63	5.29
83	Bolivia	Hybrid Regime	5.38	4.33	3.93	5.56	1.88	5.59
84	Armenia	Hybrid Regime	5.35	7.92	4.29	6.11	3.13	5.29
85	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hybrid Regime	5.23	7	3.64	5	3.75	5.88
86	Ecuador	Hybrid Regime	5.2	8.75	5	5.56	1.88	5
87	Tanzania	Hybrid Regime	5.13	4.42	5	5	6.88	4.71
88	Madagascar	Hybrid Regime	5.06	6.58	3.93	6.11	5.63	4.41
89	Kenya	Hybrid Regime	5.05	3.5	5.36	6.67	5.63	4.12
90	Hong Kong	Hybrid Regime	5.03	2.75	4	3.89	6.88	7.94
91	Morocco	Hybrid Regime	4.97	5.25	4.29	5.56	5.63	4.12
92	Honduras	Hybrid Regime	4.87	8.75	3.93	4.44	2.5	5.29
93	Ukraine	Hybrid Regime	4.79	5.17	2.71	7.22	5	4.41
94	Guatemala	Hybrid Regime	4.65	6.08	3.93	5	1.88	5.88
94	Tunisia	Hybrid Regime	4.65	3.42	3.93	5.56	5.63	5
96	El Salvador	Hybrid Regime	4.57	6.17	3.21	5.56	3.13	5
97	Gambia	Hybrid Regime	4.47	4.42	4.29	3.89	5.63	4.12
98	Sierra Leone	Hybrid Regime	4.44	4.83	2.86	3.89	5	5
99	Georgia	Hybrid Regime	4.36	5.67	3.21	5.56	3.75	5.29
100	Uganda	Hybrid Regime	4.31	3.42	3.57	3.89	6.88	4.71
101	Bangladesh	Hybrid Regime	4.27	6.08	2.57	5	5	3.53
102	Turkey	Hybrid Regime	4.26	3.5	4.64	6.11	5	2.06
102	Benin	Hybrid Regime	4.26	1.75	5.36	4.44	6.25	4.41
104	Ivory Coast	Hybrid Regime	4.24	4.33	2.86	4.44	5.63	3.82
105	Nigeria	Hybrid Regime	4.1	5.17	3.57	3.89	3.75	4.41
106	Nepal	Hybrid Regime	4.01	4.83	5.36	5	2.5	5.29
107	Angola	Authoritarian	3.94	4.5	2.86	5.56	5	2.35
108	Mauritania	Authoritarian	3.84	3.5	3.21	5.56	3.13	4.41
109	Lebanon	Authoritarian	3.81	3.08	0.79	6.67	3.13	4.12
110	Algeria	Authoritarian	3.55	3.08	2.5	3.33	5	3.82
111	Gabon	Authoritarian	3.49	0.83	1.14	2.22	3.75	2.94
112	Palestine	Authoritarian	3.44	1.58	—	8.33	3.75	3.53
113	Mozambique	Authoritarian	3.38	1.67	1.43	5.56	5	3.24
114	Rwanda	Authoritarian	3.34	1.42	4.29	3.33	5	2.65
115	Jordan	Authoritarian	3.28	3.08	2.86	4.44	2.5	3.53
116	Kyrgyzstan	Authoritarian	3.27	3.42	1.86	3.89	3.13	5.29
117	United Arab Emirates	Authoritarian	3.18	—	4.29	2.78	5.63	2.65
118	Qatar	Authoritarian	3.17	—	3.93	2.78	5.63	3.53
119	Ethiopia	Authoritarian	3.13	0.42	2.86	6.11	5.63	1.18
119	Iraq	Authoritarian	3.13	4.83	—	6.11	1.88	1.18
121	Oman	Authoritarian	3.05	0.08	3.57	2.78	5	3.82
122	Zimbabwe	Authoritarian	2.98	—	2.5	4.44	5	2.94
123	Kazakhstan	Authoritarian	2.91	0.5	3.21	5	3.75	2.94
124	Togo	Authoritarian	2.88	0.92	2.14	3.33	5.63	2.94
125	Haiti	Authoritarian	2.81	—	0.29	2.78	5.63	5
125	Comoros	Authoritarian	2.81	0.83	2.21	3.89	3.75	3.53
127	Azerbaijan	Authoritarian	2.8	0.5	2.5	3.33	5	2.65
128	Egypt	Authoritarian	2.79	0.42	2.86	3.89	5	1.76
128	Republic of the Congo	Authoritarian	2.79	—	2.5	4.44	3.75	3.24
130	Kuwait	Authoritarian	2.78	0.92	3.21	2.78	3.75	3.24
131	Cambodia	Authoritarian	2.7	—	2.36	5	5	2.35
131	Djibouti	Authoritarian	2.7	—	1.64	3.89	5.63	2.35
133	Vietnam	Authoritarian	2.62	—	3.93	2.78	3.75	2.65
134	Eswatini	Authoritarian	2.6	—	1.64	2.78	5.63	2.94
135	Cuba	Authoritarian	2.58	—	2.86	3.33	3.75	2.94
136	Cameroon	Authoritarian	2.56	0.33	2.14	3.89	4.38	2.06
137	Burkina Faso	Authoritarian	2.55	—	2.14	3.33	3.75	3.53
138	Bahrain	Authoritarian	2.45	0.42	2.36	3.33	4.38	1.76
139	Pakistan	Authoritarian	2.44	0.83	4.29	2.78	2.5	3.82
140	Mali	Authoritarian	2.4	—	—	5	4.38	2.65
141	Libya	Authoritarian	2.31	1.25	—	3.89	3.75	2.65
142	China	Authoritarian	2.24	—	3.21	3.33	3.13	0.88
143	Guinea	Authoritarian	2.15	—	0.43	3.33	4.38	2.06
144	Venezuela	Authoritarian	2.13	—	1.07	5	3.13	2.06
144	Burundi	Authoritarian	2.13	—	—	3.89	5	1.76
146	Uzbekistan	Authoritarian	2.1	—	1.86	2.78	5	0.88
147	Saudi Arabia	Authoritarian	2.08	—	3.57	2.22	3.13	1.47
148	Russia	Authoritarian	2.03	—	2.14	2.22	3.75	2.06
149	Belarus	Authoritarian	1.99	—	0.79	3.33	4.38	1.47
150	Nicaragua	Authoritarian	1.97	—	2.14	2.78	3.75	1.76
150	Eritrea	Authoritarian	1.97	—	2.14	0.56	6.88	0.29
152	Iran	Authoritarian	1.96	—	2.5	3.33	2.5	1.47
153	Yemen	Authoritarian	1.95	—	—	3.89	5	0.88
153	Niger	Authoritarian	1.95	0.33	1.14	1.67	3.75	4.41
155	Tajikistan	Authoritarian	1.94	—	2.21	1.67	4.38	0.88
156	DR Congo	Authoritarian	1.92	2.08	0.43	2.78	3.13	1.18
156	Equatorial Guinea	Authoritarian	1.92	—	0.43	3.33	4.38	1.47
158	Chad	Authoritarian	1.76	—	—	3.33	3.75	2.35
159	Laos	Authoritarian	1.71	—	2.86	1.67	3.75	0.29
160	Turkmenistan	Authoritarian	1.54	—	0.79	2.22	5	0.29
161	Sudan	Authoritarian	1.46	—	—	1.11	5.63	0.59
162	Syria	Authoritarian	1.37	—	—	2.22	4.38	—
162	Guinea-Bissau	Authoritarian	1.37	2.17	—	2.78	3.13	2.06
164	Central African Republic	Authoritarian	1.18	—	—	1.67	1.88	2.35
165	North Korea	Authoritarian	1.08	—	2.5	1.67	1.25	—
166	Myanmar	Authoritarian	0.96	—	—	1.67	3.13	—
167	Afghanistan	Authoritarian	0.25	—	—	—	1.25	—

What correlates with EIU Democracy Index Overall Score (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,467 other country metrics sharing at least 101 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher EIU Democracy Index Overall Score tend to score higher on these

Global Freedom ScoreFreedom Index by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 166
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V-Dem LDI ScoreV Dem Democracy Index by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 163
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V-Dem EDI ScoreV Dem Democracy Index by Country
r = +0.93 · very strong · n = 167
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Rights & RulesSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 161
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V-Dem LCI ScoreV Dem Democracy Index by Country
r = +0.91 · very strong · n = 167
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Human Freedom IndexFreedom Index by Country
r = +0.91 · very strong · n = 159
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Places that have a higher EIU Democracy Index Overall Score tend to score lower on these

Civil Liberties Freedom RatingVoting Rights by Country
r = −0.93 · very strong · n = 159
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Political Rights Freedom RatingVoting Rights by Country
r = −0.93 · very strong · n = 159
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State LegitimacyFailed States
r = −0.91 · very strong · n = 164
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Human RightsFailed States
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 164
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Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 156
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Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 157
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score?: Norway has the highest EIU Democracy Index Overall Score in 2025, at 9.81, followed by New Zealand (9.62) and Denmark (9.42).
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 5.35 across the 167 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this which countries have authoritarian governments? data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Democracy Index 2024 - Economist Intelligence Unit; Democracy Index 2023 - Economist Intelligence Unit; Democracy Index 2022 - Economist Intelligence Unit.

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