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Political regime by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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198 countries · 1972–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Value
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1
Canada
2
2
Switzerland
2
3
Costa Rica
2
4
St. Lucia
2
5
Croatia
2
6
Brazil
2
7
Taiwan
2
8
New Zealand
2
9
Jamaica
2
10
Norway
2
11
Liechtenstein
2
12
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
2
13
Trinidad and Tobago
2
14
Tuvalu
2
15
Naoero
2
16
Finland
2
17
Senegal
2
18
Netherlands
2
19
Luxembourg
2
20
South Africa
2
21
Ireland
2
22
Korea, Rep.
2
23
Malawi
2
24
Poland
2
25
Argentina
2
26
Denmark
2
27
Bahamas, The
2
28
Sweden
2
29
Chile
2
30
Japan
2
31
Cyprus
2
32
Colombia
2
33
Fiji
2
34
St. Kitts and Nevis
2
35
Latvia
2
36
Suriname
2
37
Marshall Islands
2
38
Grenada
2
39
Mauritius
2
40
Kiribati
2
41
San Marino
2
42
Czechia
2
43
Lesotho
2
44
Australia
2
45
Austria
2
46
Palau
2
47
Tonga
2
48
Ghana
2
49
Botswana
2
50
Belgium
2
51
Italy
2
52
Dominica
2
53
Malta
2
54
Belize
2
55
Spain
2
56
Slovenia
2
57
United States
2
58
Lithuania
2
59
Estonia
2
60
Slovak Republic
2
61
Barbados
2
62
Bulgaria
2
63
United Kingdom
2
64
Germany
2
65
Iceland
2
66
Guyana
2
67
France
2
68
Seychelles
2
69
Sao Tome and Principe
2
70
Antigua and Barbuda
2
71
Israel
2
72
Solomon Islands
2
73
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
2
74
Uruguay
2
75
Cabo Verde
2
76
Panama
2
77
Mongolia
2
78
Samoa
2
79
Portugal
2
80
Timor-Leste
2
81
Monaco
2
82
Greece
2
83
Andorra
2
84
Bolivia
2
85
Bhutan
2
86
Vanuatu
2
87
Romania
2
88
Namibia
2
89
Tunisia
1
90
Singapore
1
91
Liberia
1
92
Zambia
1
93
Philippines
1
94
Paraguay
1
95
Serbia
1
96
Ecuador
1
97
Pakistan
1
98
Maldives
1
99
Georgia
1
100
Guatemala
1
101
Honduras
1
102
Benin
1
103
Sri Lanka
1
104
Ukraine
1
105
Mauritania
1
106
Gambia, The
1
107
Moldova
1
108
Nigeria
1
109
Peru
1
110
Hungary
1
111
Nepal
1
112
Lebanon
1
113
Montenegro
1
114
Comoros
1
115
North Macedonia
1
116
Jordan
1
117
Togo
1
118
India
1
119
Mozambique
1
120
Cote d'Ivoire
1
121
Dominican Republic
1
122
Sierra Leone
1
123
Mexico
1
124
Armenia
1
125
Papua New Guinea
1
126
Kenya
1
127
Madagascar
1
128
Guinea-Bissau
1
129
Albania
1
130
Morocco
1
131
El Salvador
1
132
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1
133
Indonesia
1
134
Bangladesh
1
135
Hong Kong SAR, China
1
136
Malaysia
1
137
Algeria
0
138
Rwanda
0
139
Cameroon
0
140
Eritrea
0
141
Viet Nam
0
142
Qatar
0
143
Nicaragua
0
144
Saudi Arabia
0
145
Yemen, Rep.
0
146
United Arab Emirates
0
147
Venezuela, RB
0
148
Uganda
0
149
Lao PDR
0
150
Sudan
0
151
Angola
0
152
China
0
153
Tajikistan
0
154
Equatorial Guinea
0
155
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
156
Kuwait
0
157
Burkina Faso
0
158
Syrian Arab Republic
0
159
Cuba
0
160
Chad
0
161
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
162
Uzbekistan
0
163
Afghanistan
0
164
Burundi
0
165
Guinea
0
166
Niger
0
167
Bahrain
0
168
Eswatini
0
169
Zimbabwe
0
170
Mali
0
171
Iraq
0
172
Cambodia
0
173
Tanzania
0
174
Thailand
0
175
Myanmar
0
176
Kyrgyz Republic
0
177
Gabon
0
178
Djibouti
0
179
Turkiye
0
180
Kazakhstan
0
181
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
182
Central African Republic
0
183
Brunei Darussalam
0
184
Oman
0
185
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
186
Azerbaijan
0
187
Ethiopia
0
188
Belarus
0
189
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
190
Russian Federation
0
191
Turkmenistan
0
192
South Sudan
0
193
Haiti
0
194
Libya
0
195
Congo, Rep.
0
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